Research funders: research data policies & expectations

Here is a list of most UK and European research funders, along with their official documents on Research Data Management, an overview of their expectations and help to comply with them.

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Funder	Data policy	Overview of expectations	Help to comply
AHRC	Research Funding Guide (see p.87)	Summary of expectations	How to write the Data Management Plan (see p.49)
AMRC (Association of Medical Research Charities)	Data handling good practices Policies on animal research		Guides to Research Management
BBSRC	Data Sharing Policy	Summary of expectations	FAQs & Data Management Plans
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	Open Access Policy (see element 5)		Policy FAQs
CRUK	Data Sharing and preservation Policy	Summary of expectations	Data Management & Sharing Plans - Practical guidance FAQs
DFID	Open and Enhanced Access Policy		Implementation guide Access & Data Management Plan (see p.15)
EC - Horizon 2020	Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data		Guidelines on Data Management How to write your Data management policy & Plan FAQs
EPSRC	Policy framework on research data	Guidance for UCL researchers is available.	FAQs: Freedom of Information & Research data
ERC	Guidelines on Implementation of Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data		Data Management Plan template Recommended repositories FAQs
ESRC	Research Data Policy	Guidance for UCL researchers is available.	FAQs & Data Management Plans
MRC	Data sharing policy	Summary of expectations	Data Management Plans Information on data sharing
NERC	Data policy	Summary of expectations	Data Policy - Guidance notes Data Management Plans
NIH	Data sharing policy		Data Sharing Plans FAQs
NIHR - UK Department of Health	NIHR Open Access Policy (see note on data access)	Summary of expectations	Data sharing guidelines Information Governance guidance
Royal Society	Conditions of awards (see section 10)		Information on data sharing and mining
STFC	Scientific data policy	Summary of expectations	Data Management Plans
Wellcome Trust	Policy on data management and sharing	Summary of expectations	Advice on data sharing Outputs Management Plans

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Research funders: research data policies & expectations

Funder

Data policy

Overview of expectations

Help to comply

AHRC

AMRC (Association of Medical Research Charities)

BBSRC

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

CRUK

DFID

EC - Horizon 2020

EPSRC

ERC

ESRC

MRC

NERC

NIH

NIHR - UK Department of Health

Royal Society

STFC

Wellcome Trust

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