"Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance"
The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) defines a Data Management Plan as:
A DMP will prompt researchers to consider a range of elements in the research project e.g., budgeting, author naming order, will/can/should data be made Open, where will data be stored, and disaster planning for worst case scenarios.
The ARDC’s rationale towards data management planning is:
Not all DMPs are the same, depending on the DMP template used there may be more questions or less questions, or similar questions but ordered differently. Organisations or funders may have their own DMP template, and in some instances, both the organisation AND the funder will both require their own DMP to be used.
Click on the drop-down to see a list of DMP elements based on the DMPTool’s guidance.
There are different policies of which all researchers need to be aware. Policies from the Federation University, or other institutions if collaborating, funders and journals requiring research data being made available to some degree.
The ‘Research and Research Training’ section on Policy Central has a full list of Federation University policy and procedures, although not all are necessarily relevant. The drop-down contains a curated list of relevant Federation University policy and procedure, however the full Policy Central site should be used to access the listed policies and procedures, and consulted for new and updated documentation.
Funders such as ARC and NHMRC are now requiring research data to be published where possible within a timeframe.
Read the funder's contract and take note of expectations regards research data management, data management plans and data publishing.
A growing number of journals require 'data availability statments' prior to publication or data to be made available.