European Research Funders and data sharing:

anoverview of

current practices

Angus Whyte, DCC‘EUDAT Data Acess and Reuse

Policy Working Group Workshop November 11-12

2014

a.whyte@ed.ac.uk

Helping to build capacity, capability and skills in data management and

curation across the UK’s higher education

research community

RDM Service ‘Components’

www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/how-develop-rdm-services

RDM Service ‘Components’

www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/how-develop-rdm-services

Guidance on UK Funder Policies

http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/datapolicy/

UK Funder Policy Overview

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies

Current European Activity

Current European Activity

Current European Activity

What about National Funders?

References Sources

ec.europa.eu/research/era/eraprogress_en.htm

ec.europa.eu/research/era/eraprogress_en.htm

Do funders support open data?

“Among those Member States whose funders support it, the average share of funding organisations frequently supporting it is 28.1 %”

What kinds of ‘sticks’?

Q. Do most of the national funders

• State their policy on OA to research data?

• Expect a data management plan?

• Mandate sharing in repository?

• Monitor DMP submitted or data deposited?

A. ● Common ◑ Occasional ○ Rare or never

What kinds of ‘carrots’?

Q. Do most of the national funders

• Offer guidance, tools, support staff?

• Support a data repository?

• State costs will be met?

• Offer rewards through funding or assessment?

A. ● Common ◑ Occasional ○ Rare or never

Other sources of Information

• Int’l Federation of Data Organizations for Social Science (IFDO) Report ‘ Policies for Sharing Research Data in Social Sciences and Humanities’http://ifdo.org/wordpress/?p=532

• SIM4RDM Landscape Report• APARSEN d35. Exemplar Good Governance Structures

and Data Policies• January ’15 RECODE D5 Policy guidelines for open access

and data dissemination and preservation “…review relevant open access and data dissemination and preservation policies at the European and Member State level and in third countries. It will identify policy gaps…”

Selected EUDAT member countries’ funder policies

● Common ◑ Occasional ○ Rare or never

Policy DMP Deposit Monitor Guides Repos Costs Reward

AT ◑ ○ ◑ ○ ○ ◑ ○ ○

CZ ○ ○ ○ ○ ◑ ◑ ○ ○

FI ● ● ○ ● ● ● ◑ ○

FR ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ◑ ○ ○

DE ◑ ◑ ◑ ○ ◑ ● ● ○

IT ◑ ○ ● ○ ○ ● ○ ○

ND ◑ ◑ ◑ ◑ ● ● ◑ ○

NO ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○

PL ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○

ES ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ● ○

SE ○ ◑ ○ ○ ● ● ○ ○

CH ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

UK ● ● ◑ ◑ ● ● ● ○

Some observations

Repositories supported across all 13

DMPs expected in 6 of 13 countries

Monitoring in only 4 countries

Rewards are rare

What is and should be monitored?

Was DMP submitted with research bid?

6/7

Does plan meet quality criteria and needs of the project?

6/7

Was data shared from the project as planned?

2/7

Number of UK Research Council

What is and should be monitored?

Data plan submitted with research bid?

6/7 funders

Does plan meet quality criteria and needs of the project? *

5/7

Was data shared from the project as planned?

2/7

Number of UK Research Council

* e.g. Medical Research Councilhttp://www.mrc.ac.uk/documents/pdf/data-management-plans-guidance-for-reviewers/

What kinds of reward?

Specific funding streams for data sharing or reuse?

e.g. UK Biotechnology and Biology Sciencies (BBSRC)•Tools and Resources Development Fund •Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund

What kinds of reward?

Specific funding streams for data sharing or reuse?

e.g.UK Biotechnology and Biology Sciencies (BBSRC)•Tools and Resources Development Fund •Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund

Credit in research assessment?

e.g. UK Research Excellence Framework 2014•Case studies on impact beyond academia•Research environment information

What about trust?

What policies build trust in RO’s support services?

– Trust certification to promote trust in repositories

– How should RO’s help local domain RDM scale up?

Questions?

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