For many in the scientific community, this new NIHData Management and Sharing Policysounds like a no-brainer.
I am the Director of the Rochester Institute of Technologys Open Programs Office.
In the sciences, these practices are often referred to as open data and open science.
Even so, for some scientists, the new policy will be a big change.
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And second, that researchers include a two-pagedata management planas part of their tool for any NIH funding.
So what exactly is a data management plan?
Take an imaginary study on heat waves and heatstroke, for example.
Will the new requirements be a burden?
But as beneficial as the new policy is likely to be, its not without costs and shortfalls.
The system of sciencedoesnt reward the researchers who reproduce an experiments resultsas highly as the ones who originate it.
Second are concerns about the increased workload and financial challenges involved in meeting the requirements.
This means they may need training for themselves or the support of trained staff to do so.
The National Science Foundationpublished their first open data policytwo years earlier.
I hope that the new NIH open data policy will help this movement gain momentum.
