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Using the DMPTool to write a NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan

A 2-page Data Management Plan (DMP) is now required as part of the new NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy. The Plan will set you up for long-term research success. The DMPTool is web-based and provides basic templates that can help you construct data management plans. The DMPTool provides you with templates, funder mandates, institutional […]

Organize Your Data: Files and Spreadsheets

Data organization refers to classifying and organizing data sets to make them more useful. Once you create, gather, or start manipulating data and files, they can quickly become disorganized. To […]

Data Documentation: Writing Better READMEs

To ensure that you understand your own data and to enable others to find, use and properly cite your data, it helps to create README files with ‘documentation’ or ‘metadata’ about […]

Don’t Leave Yet! Research Data Offboarding

When employees leave, they take their skills and institutional knowledge with them. It is important to record essential informative information related to projects and datasets to ensure the success of future […]

Where Should I Put My Data? Understanding Data Storage at HMS

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As research grows increasingly more complex, arrangements for data storage and transmission of research data require continuous review and modification. Data storage encompasses not only the specific location where data […]