University of Arizona Example DMPs
These vetted DMPs from successful proposals were provided by UA researchers for the benefit of the UA community. Please do not copy text from these DMPs verbatim into your own DMP. Note: UA NetID login required
Examples From Other Institutions
These examples were compiled by others. Although we strive to ensure they represent accurate information, they are provided here as-is.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Each section contains examples for the indicated directorate.
- Pannell J (2016) Data Management Plan for PhD Thesis "Climatic Limitation of Alien Weeds in New Zealand: Enhancing Species Distribution Models with Field Data". Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e8664. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e8664 (created using NSF template in DMPTool)
- NSF General: Rio Grande example (Zenodo)
- NSF: Physical Sciences and Engineering, Biosciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences (courtesy of the Rice University Faculty Senate's Research Committee)
- NSF: Directorate faculty examples (University of California, San Diego)
- NSF: General example (courtesy of Kenneth Hayes, University of Hawai’i, 2011)
- NSF: Division of Biological Infrastructure example (courtesy of Thomas Ranker, University of Hawai'i, 2011)
- NSF ENG: positive and negative examples (University of Michigan)
- NSF: Division of Ocean Sciences example (courtesy of Craig Smith, University of Hawai'i, 2012)
- NSF: Social Sciences example 1 (University of North Carolina Odum Institute)
- NSF: Social Sciences example 2 (UNC Odum Institute)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sample plans. These samples are for educational purposes only and are not intended to be used as templates. Their use does not guarantee approval by NIH.
- Sample Genomic Data Sharing Plan template from Stanford University
- Model Data Sharing Plan for Human Genomic Data from the University of Pittsburgh (alt link)
Other examples
These resources contain additional examples from a variety of funders.
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): Collection of Natural Science examples
- Sample Data Management Plan for Depositing Data with ICPSR
- University of Wisconsin-Madison DMP - Environmental Biology: Lakeshore Nature Preserve example
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities provides sample applications which include Data Management Plans for their Digital Humanities Advancement grants program.
- For example, the Data Management Plan for the successful application Temple University, Developing the Data Set of Nineteenth-Century Knowledge is included in the Appendix (page 17 of the pdf linked to above).