Many research funders encourage applicants to include data management and sharing costs in research proposals. Some funders will provide advice on costs related to data management. Some remarks on costs are provided here:
A practical costing tool is available from the UK Data Archive. Based on this costing tool, Utrecht University has developed a guide to calculate the costs of data management. Similarly, in collaboration with RDM experts from several Dutch universities, the Landelijk Coördinatiepunt Research Data Management (LCRDM) has made an RDM costs table that includes budgetting for technical applications. You can use those guides as well to estimate the costs needed specifically for RDM.
Most material costs of the storage solutions offered by the VU are covered centrally (up to 500 GB), but if you need to specify the costs for your project, look at the following sections in the LibGuide:
Examples to put in a data management plan:
Data Stage | Dataset | Type of data | Costs |
Raw data | Interviews | Audio files |
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Processed data | Transcription of interviews | Word files |
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Analysis software | R script |
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Analysed data | Regression graphic | Photoshop files |
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Project Website | HTML, Java |
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