Research Data Management in LUT Universities: Data Management Planning

Open research data and methods. National policy and executive plan by the higher education and research community for 2021-2025. Policy component 1: Open access to research data

CSC's self-study "Research Data Management" online course

• Introduction to Data Management Planning (Source: CSC)
  Introduction, basics and benefits for data management planning. Introduction to data management planning tools.
• Introduction to Make a General Data Management Plan (Source: CSC)
  The parts of the generic data management plan.

The Elements of FAIR video series by CSC:

• Findable
• Accessible
• Interoperable
• Reusable

Figure 1. Research Life Cycle and Data Management Life Cycle as separate but synchronous processes. CC-BY UH Data Support.

Figure 2. Research data life cycle. https://blogs.helsinki.fi/thinkopen/files/2020/09/Life-Cycles-Research-ja-RDM_v2.jpg

Always check the current requirements from the funder's guidance! Below are links to the most common funder's guidance.

Academy of Finland:

• Data Management Plan Guidelines in the Academy of Finland calls
• Academy policy on Open Science: Data management and openness
• After positive funding decision
• Tips (Ask and Apply)

Business Finland:

• Template and guidance in the DMPTuuli tool
• OA publishing and Data Managent Plan (DMP)

Horizon Europe:

• Funding and Tender Opportunities portal (Search the template with guidance with "Data Management Plan")
• Factsheet: Open Science in Horizon Europe
• European Commission: Horizon Europe - Data Management Plan (initial DMP - a part of a proposal text)

European Research Council:

• European Research Council Open Science guidance (focuses Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe funding programmes)
• Recommendations on opening research data (pdf)

• DMPTuuli tool is a tool for writing and exporting a data management plan. Using this tool is recommended by LUT and LAB.
• DMPTuuli includes up-to-date templates for the most common funder's requirements.
• Go the DMPTuuli (www.dmptuuli.fi) and log in with your organization’s username and password (HAKA login). This way you get to use your own organization’s instructions and guidance. LUT and LAB has their own examples and guidance.

• Public DMP templates
• Publicly shared DMPs in DMPTuuli

How to create a dmp using the DMPTuuli tool?

(by University of Helsinki, Tuuli office)

Contact persons

• LUT: Ilkka Nokelainen and Sari Lötjönen
• LAB: Riikka Sinisalo and Sari Lötjönen

LUT Academic Library offers guidance for Data Management Plans and comments the DMP's typically during the research funding application periods. We avoid offering the ready answers and we do not write plans on behalf of the applicant but we advice on the best practices and decision making concerning the data management. In some funding applications the organisation accepts the DMP before the funding is paid. We in the library give the acceptance concerning the DMP.

Practical guidance

• Always check the funder's guidance and requirements concerning the data management plan related to the current funding application.
• The best file format is the doc-file, in which we can comment directly. Pdf format is not the best option.
• Try to be as specific as possible, describe your choices clearly and avoid listing possible options. Avoid direct copying the best practices and examples to your plan.
• Remember to update your DMP when the project goes on especially if your plans are changed or refined.
• If you have made the DMP using the DMPTuuli tool use the export function and send the DMP using e-mail instead of adding library staff to as collaborators in DMPTuuli.
• Send your DMP to the kirjasto@lut.fi to be commented.

• CSC Data Support Network's training material
• Fairdata: Data Management checklist
• FSD: Data Management Guidelines
  • Data management plan
  • Research Data Life cycle
• Responsible Research - Researcher’s check list for publishing research data
• Managing your data - MIT checklist
• MANTRA - Research data management training

LUT Academic Library helps with planning data management, data handling and description by writing metadata during the life cycle of the data.

Contact email: library@lut.fi