This document is a Template for a Data Management Plan (DMP). DMPs are required for all science projects funded by Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Completed DMPs will be stored in each project's Community under LC MAP/Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative/GNLCC Supported Science. Because DMPs are intended to be dynamic and likly to evolve over the course of a science project, multiple versions may be created for any project. PI's can download this version to use as a Template for their individual submission. From the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative Information Management, Delivery, and Sharing Standards (Revised FY15; GNLCC_DataMgt_Sharing_policy_FY15_9-23-15.pdf): When a proposal [...]
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This document is a Template for a Data Management Plan (DMP). DMPs are required for all science projects funded by Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Completed DMPs will be stored in each project's Community under LC MAP/Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative/GNLCC Supported Science. Because DMPs are intended to be dynamic and likly to evolve over the course of a science project, multiple versions may be created for any project. PI's can download this version to use as a Template for their individual submission.
From the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative Information Management, Delivery, and Sharing Standards (Revised FY15; GNLCC_DataMgt_Sharing_policy_FY15_9-23-15.pdf):
When a proposal is identified for funding by the GNLCC Steering Committee, the Committee will request a written Data Management Plan (DMP) that must be delivered and approved by the Coordinator and Science Coordinator before funds are provided to the Principal Investigator. A key tool to foster quality data development and documentation, the DMP helps researchers and data managers:
Think holistically about their project and data design, data needs, methodology, computational and analytical needs, documentation, data storage/archiving, and product delivery
Develop realistic budgets regarding project’s data management activities, and
Implement standard data documentation practices at the outset of the project.
For GNLCC, a Data Management Plan:
Assists with reproducibility and review of research projects because data and methods are well documented.
Helps ensure data and data products can be discovered and are accessible and available for the long term.
Is consistent with the best practices from many science funding programs such as the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) and National Science Foundation (NSF).
