Writing a Data Management Plan
The Data Management Plan (DMP) is a living document that evolves with the project and helps you keep track of your research data and its availability. Most funding instruments require the researcher to produce a DMP either during the application phase or when signing the grant agreement.
All projects benefit from planning the data management before hand, which is why ÅAU requires that all projects have a DMP. Unless specified otherwise by the funding instrument (e.g. in Horizon2020 or Horizon Europe projects), use the DMPTuuli tool for writing your DMP. DMPTuuli includes templates and general instructions as well as step-by-step guidance, also regarding ÅAUs services and policies for data management.
DMP Content Example: Research Council of Finland
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DATA
2. ETHICAL AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE
3. DOCUMENTATION AND METADATA
4. STORAGE AND BACKUP DURING THE RESEARCH PROJECT
5. OPENING, PUBLISHING AND ARCHIVING THE DATA AFTER THE RESEARCH PROJECT
6. DATA MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESOURCES
Source: DMPTuuli 20.6.2023
DMP guides
- Best Practices for Data Management - CSC
- General Finnish DMP Guidance - Tuuli project
- Data management planning guide by Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD)
https://www.fsd.uta.fi/aineistonhallinta/en/data-management-planning.html - Making a research project understandable. Guide for data documentation - Helsinki University Library
- Planning data management - best practices - Research Council of Finland
- Horizon 2020 Data Management Manual
- Improve the quality and impact of your research through data management - A guide for making your data FAIR - AVOTT working group
Check your DMP skills!
Use the evaluation guide A Three Point DMP Performance Criteria to make sure that your DMP includes all the crucial parts of your research project. The guide also provides tips for best practices.
Responsible research and research permission
- Responsible research - TENK & TJNK - Research ethics and science communication in Finland
- Form for research permission [pdf] (4.12.2018)
- for ÅAU affiliated researchers who need to apply for research permission at site of research lacking their own forms (e.g. schools, municipalities)