Compiled January 2, 2018
The U.S. National Science Foundation Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) requires, in all proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018, a supplementary document of no more than two pages describing a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) for the proposed research. Proposals that are missing the DMSP may not be submitted. The DMSP will be reviewed as part of the intellectual merit or broader impacts of the proposal, or both, as appropriate. The goal is to provide clear, effective, and transparent implementation of the long-standing NSF Policy on Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results, which may be found in the PAPPG.
MPS Divisions will rely heavily on the merit review process in this initial phase to determine those types of plan that best serve each community and update the information accordingly.
The Physics Division is not in a position to recommend a division-specific single data sharing and archiving approach applicable to the disparate communities supported through the division. The division will rely on the process of peer review to allow each of these communities to identify best practices.
Physics Division PIs should include in their DMSP those aspects of data retention and sharing that would allow them to respond to a question about a published result. If there is no such data, this should be stated.
Members of formal collaborations may refer to the collaboration's existing policies and practices.