Links to data management requirements and plans relevant to specific Directorates, Offices, Divisions, Programs, or other NSF units, are provided below. If guidance specific to the program is not provided, then the requirements established in Grant Proposal Guide apply.

Please note that if a specific program solicitation provides guidance on preparation of data management plans, such guidance must be followed.

• Engineering Directorate       (ENG)
  • Directorate-wide Guidance
• Geological Sciences Directorate (GEO)
  • Division of Earth Sciences
  • Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
  • Division of Ocean Sciences
• Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS)
  • Division of Astronomical Sciences
  • Division of Chemistry
  • Division of Materials Research
  • Division of Mathematical Sciences
  • Division of Physics
• Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE)
  • Directorate-wide Guidance
• Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO)
  • Directorate-wide Guidance

  Data Management Plans for Collaborative Proposals

  Simultaneously submitted collaborative proposals and proposals that include subawards are a single unified project and should include only one supplemental combined Data Management Plan, regardless of the number of non-lead collaborative proposals or subawards included. Fastlane will not permit submission of a proposal that is missing a Data Management Plan. Proposals for supplementary support to an existing award are not required to include a Data Management Plan.

  Data Management & Sharing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (updated November 30, 2010)