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Open Data/ DMP requirement from Funders
An increasing number of funders now require grant applicants to include a Data Management Plan (DMP) in their funding applications. Additionally, researchers are expected to share their research data on data repositories for open access, as part of promoting responsible data management and sharing practices.
► Research Grants Council (RGC)
In the Open Access Plan of the RGC released in June 2021, two initiatives have been outlined under Phase II of the plan, which will be enforced and monitored from February 2024 to July 2026. These initiatives are as follows:
Initiative 8: DMP as a Requirement for Applications
The requirement of DMP in the applications submitted to the RGC’s research funding schemes…is an important step to promote responsible data management and sharing. … [T]he RGC would consider providing a DMP template. … PIs would be required to report on the implementation of the DMP.
Initiative 9: Data Sharing Pilot Scheme
[T]he RGC could at the end of Phase II further consider the implementation of a data sharing pilot scheme for publication-generating data from funding scheme(s)…/ discipline(s) ... most relevant to the development of Hong Kong and therefore having the highest public value.
Read more from the Open Access Plan of the Research Grants Council (released June 2021), pp.10-11.
► Other funders (Overseas)