Source: https://science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_547652FB.html
The Government of Canada has finally announced its new Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy. The policy aims to support Canadian research excellence by promoting data management practices, and was developed by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) in consultation with stakeholders.
The three components of the policy are:
1. Institutional strategies:
By March 1, 2023, each postsecondary institution eligible to administer CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC funds is required to create an institutional RDM strategy and notify the agencies when it has been completed. The strategy must be made publicly available on the institution’s website, with contact information to which inquiries about the strategy can be directed.
2. Data management plans (DMPs):
All grant proposals submitted to the agencies should include methodologies that reflect best practices in RDM.
By Spring 2022, for certain funding opportunities, the agencies will require data management plans (DMPs) to be submitted to the appropriate agency at the time of application, as outlined in the call for proposals; in these cases, the DMPs will be considered in the adjudication process.
3. Data deposit:
Grant recipients are required to deposit into a digital repository all digital research data, metadata and code that directly support the research conclusions in journal publications and pre-prints that arise from agency-supported research.
After reviewing the institutional strategies and in line with the readiness of the Canadian research community, the agencies will phase in the deposit requirement.
Canada’s three federal research granting agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and SSHRC— have issued the Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Research Data Management. The statement outlines "overarching expectations regarding research data management, and the responsibilities of researchers, research communities, research institutions and research funders in meeting these expectations."
SSHRC has adopted a policy to facilitate making data that has been collected with the help of SSHRC funds available to other researchers. Costs associated with preparing research data for deposit are considered eligible expenses in SSHRC research grant programs. Research data includes quantitative social, political and economic data sets; qualitative information in digital format; experimental research data; still and moving image and sound databases; and other digital objects used for analytical purposes.
Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications
Recipients of CIHR funding are required to adhere with the following responsibilities:
This resource is developed primarily to support researchers with COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding.
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Major funding agencies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canada Research Coordinating Committee's (CRCC) New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and Genome Canada (GC) have all offered rapid response funding to researchers working across disciplines to address pandemic-related research and technical challenges.
These funding opportunities require data sharing according to the Joint statement on sharing research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus (nCoV)
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Principle as written in the Joint statement |
Locally supported action to fulfill requirement |
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| All peer-reviewed research publications relevant to the outbreak are made immediately open access, or freely available at least for the duration of the outbreak. |
Self-archive a pre-print , post-print, or final version of article in UVic Space |
| Research findings are made available via preprint servers before journal publication, or via platforms that make papers openly accessible before peer review, with clear statements regarding the availability of underlying data. |
Use the Open COVID License Contact Copyright Office for guidance on licencing options for data sharing Cite your data:
Self-archive a pre-print , post-print, or final version of article in UVic Space |
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Researchers share interim and final research data relating to the outbreak, together with protocols and standards used to collect the data, as rapidly and widely as possible - including with public health and research communities and the WHO. |
Deposit your data and supporting documentation in a recognized repository |
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