The new NIH Policy for Data Management & Sharing went into effect January 25, 2023.
See this blog post or our funder requirements page for more information. Still have questions? Contact Data Management Services at data-management@mit.edu. We can help!
We help MIT faculty and researchers manage, store, and share data they produce.
Learn more about MIT’s commitment to research data management from the MIT Research Data Principles.
Make a plan
- Why manage your data?
- Write a data management plan
- Other guides to data management
- Meet funder requirements
Store your data
- Organize your files
- Back up & secure your data
- Use documentation & metadata
- Use file formats for long-term access
- Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs)
- Open Science Framework (OSF)
Share your data
- Find a data repository
- Meet journal requirements
- Learn about confidentiality & intellectual property