South African Data Management Plan
What is a Data Management Plan?
A Data management plan is a formal document that describes what you will do before your research, during your research and after your research. DIRISA has already deployed its own implementation of the DCC DMPonline. This tool can be accessed on service.dirisa.ac.za. Any queries/comments about the tool can be forwarded to dirisa(at)csir.co.za
Why do researchers need to complete a Data Management Plan (DMP)?
- Meet funding body grant requirements, e.g. NSF, NIH;
- It helps you ensure your research data are accurate, complete, reliable, and secure both during and after you complete your research.
- It allows you to critically review your project and develop a suitable plan of action to overcome any issues.
- DMPs outline the practices for collecting, organising, backing up, and storing the data that will be generated
What to remember about DMPs?
- Every project is unique so there is no one data management plan that fits all projects
- DMPs are live documents. They must be continuously maintained and kept up-to-date throughout the course of your research.
About DIRISA
The Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA) promotes, enables, and coordinates a data intensive research ecosystem in support of national science and strategic priorities.