The Nelson Memo's guidance unlocks more than $90 billion in research that the U.S. government funds each year by calling on all federal agencies to generate policies that eliminate the current 12-month waiting period for access to the outputs of federally funded research, including articles and data.
In light of this guidance, federal grant agencies have worked with OSTP to update their public access and data sharing plans; for a final deadline of December 31, 2025. Consequently, most grant agencies require a data management plan that describes how research data will be preserved and published.
Public Access Plans and Guidance can be found on Science.gov.
Many disciplines have repositories set up to host their data, such as:
To explore repository options in your discipline, search the Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data), a global registry of research data repositories across academic fields.
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The Chester Fritz Library will assign DOIs to small datasets deposited in the UND Scholarly Commons at no cost. Costs may vary depending on the repository or registration service you decide to utilize.
If your preferred open repository does not offer DOI assignment services, the DOI Foundation recommends the US-based registration agencies listed below:
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