Funder policies (data management)

Funder policies

The table below includes the data management and sharing requirements of external funders of SOAS research and links to their official guidance. 

Please contact outputs@soas.ac.uk if your funder isn’t listed and you aren’t sure of their data management and sharing requirements.

FunderData management planningData sharing requirements
AHRC
  • Key data management issues should be covered in the Ethics and Responsible Research and Innovation section of the application. 
  • Research data should be made openly available in a timely and responsible manner, with as few restrictions as possible. 

  • Include a data access statement in published journal articles. 

  • Research data to be stored on SOAS network for 10 years after project ends. 
ESRC
  • Data Management Plan required with application according to set template.
  • Data may be deposited with the UK Data Service (the ESRC data service provider), or another appropriate repository with a metadata record added to the UK Data Service linking to the dataset. 

  • Include a data access statement in published journal articles. 

  • Research data to be stored on SOAS network for 10 years after project ends.
European Commission: Horizon Europe
  • Projects that intend to generate or collect data should provide a brief overview on how the data will be managed in line with the FAIR principles (data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable). 

  • A comprehensive data management plan must then be submitted within six months of the project's start.

  • Researchers should deposit data in a trusted repository which allows it to be as open as possible.  
DFID / Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 
  • Access and Data Management Plan required in project design.
  • Research data should be deposited in a suitable open data repository within 12 months of final data collection. 
  • All original raw data should be retained for a minimum of five years after project completion and access provided on request. 
  • An alternative option for depositing simple datasets is the FCDO's Research for Development Outputs.
Wellcome
  • If the research generates data, an Outputs Management Plan is required at application.  
  • All research data that underpins publications to be available in a data repository wherever possible by the time of publication. 
  • Research data to be stored on SOAS network for 10 years after close of project. 
Leverhulme Trust
  • No specific data management plan required in application.
  • no specific requirements related to data sharing
British Academy
  • Some funding schemes ask applicants for a statement about how digital data gathered during the project will be stored and made accessible. 
  • Requirements vary between funding schemes, so check what is expected. 

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