Advice on preparing a data management plan

Are you a member of the University of Cambridge and would you like advice on your data management plan? We are here to help. Please send us your data management plan by using our Data Management Plan Review Request form. You need to submit your data management plan to us at least 7 working days before your grant submission deadline otherwise we might be unable to help.

Important notes

By using this service you certify that you have read you funder's policies on research data management and prepared your data management plan in accordance with these policies.

You may wish to complete the University's Information Security Risk Assessment alongside your data management plan. This will prompt you to think more in depth about the potential security issues you face with your data.

DMPonline

If you prefer not to use our service, you can try using the online tool to create data management plans, DMPonline, instead.

Simple data management plan template

If you do not have a funder, or your funder does not provide guidance on data management plans, you can create a plan on DMPonline and tick the box that states 'No funder associated with this plan or my funder is not listed'. This might be a good starting point to help you draft a data management plan. If you would like us to review the draft, you can download it from DMPonline and send to us to us for review using the form below.

Example data management plans

Digital Curation Centre maintains a website with numerous examples of data management plans.

DMPonline also has some example public data management plans