Data Management Plans

A Data Management Plan (DMP) 

DMP is a document that outlines, from the start of the project, the main aspects of the lifecycle of research outputs, notably including data. This includes their provenance, organization, and curation, as well as adequate provisions for their access, preservation, sharing, and eventual deletion, both during and after a project.
Writing a DMP is an activity directly linked to the methodology of the research, i.e., good data management will make the work more efficient/save time, contribute to safeguarding information, and increase the impact and the value of the data among the beneficiaries and others, during and after the research.

Managing research data is useful and necessary for the person who conducts the research, in particular, to ensure security and access.

Funding bodies increasingly require their grant holders to produce a Data Management Plan (DMP), both during the bid-preparation stage and after funding has been secured. 

Data management planning tools

DMPonlinelink opens in new page is the DCC's data management planning tool. It provides tailored guidance and examples to help researchers write data management plans.

  Creating account
If you have an account please sign in and create or edit your DMP.
If you do not have a DMPonline account, click on 'Create account'link opens in new page on the homepage.

To create an account, use your e-mail address, select "Library of Estonian University of Life Sciences" as the organization, and create a secure password. Read the terms of use, accept, and create an account.

If the data management plan is developed at the request of a listed funder (such as the European Commission's Horizon Europe Framework Program), you can use the worksheet Horizon Europe Template.

In any case, the most general template for generating a data management plan is a generic DMP.

 Sharing a data management plan

An existing data management plan can be shared with others or created from scratch. There are three levels for sharing:

  • the right to watch
  • the right to make changes or corrections
  • be a co-owner, ie. share rights in addition to editing

As the owner of a data management plan, you enter the email addresses of the people with whom you want to share the plan, assign permissions, and continue working together.

 

DMPonline 'Help' link opens in new page DCC Practical guidance link opens in new page

Feel free to contact me with any questions regarding research data management

Kersti Laupa

Services Development Manager

Vice Rector for Academic Affairs’ area of responsibility

Library

+372 7313495

+372 7313495

5210082

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[email protected]
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