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NIH 2023 Data Management and Sharing Policy: Budgeting for Data Management & Sharing

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy effective January 25, 2023

Data Management

The NIH recognizes that cost will incur when making data accessible and reusable.  There is a list of allowable and unallowable costs that may be including in the budget portion of an application to the NIH.
The supplemental information for the policy can be located in the link below:

Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Allowable Costs for Data Management and Sharing

Or check out the NIH website on creating a budget in line with the NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan:

NIH Scientific Data Sharing: Budgeting for Data Management & Sharing

Elements of a Data Management and Sharing Plan

Click on the tabs directly above to explore the different elements of the plan. Look below for links to references.

 

When can costs be incurred?

“All allowable costs submitted in budget requests must be incurred (e.g., curation fees, data repository fees) during the performance period, even for scientific data and metadata preserved and shared beyond the award period.”

 

NIH funds cannot legally be spent after the award period.

Allowable Costs - Reasonable, allowable costs may be included in NIH budget requests when associated with:

costs

Unallowable Costs - Budget request must NOT include:

costs

Link to NIH: Facilities and Administrative costs