NSF requests data sharing plans with grant applications

National Sci­ence Foun­da­tion Sets Rules for Shar­ing Data

The National Sci­ence Foun­da­tion will soon begin requir­ing all grant appli­cants to sub­mit a two-page plan describ­ing how they will man­age and share any data that is accu­mu­lated as part of their grant, in the lat­est exam­ple of a grow­ing effort to ensure pub­lic access to find­ings financed with tax­payer dol­lars, Sci­ence magazine’s Sci­en­ceIn­sider blog reported.”

Source:  Chron­i­cle of Higher Edu­ca­tion, May 7, 2010, via Jane Holmquist