What projects are involved in the development of a data management plan (DMP)?

Since VES 2025, the ZD has stipulated that recipients must have a research data management plan in place by the time they submit their first interim report at the latest (a brief description of the research data that will be used, collected, or created during the project and how it will be handled) and to update this plan regularly as necessary and submit it to the provider upon request.

In the framework of VES 2023 and VES 2024, only a general condition was set, according to the amendment to Act 130/2002 Coll., in the contract, respectively in the contract, therefore, the preparation of a plan for research data management will be required for these ongoing projects as well, at the latest by the PPA for the year 2024.

For creating and managing DMPs, we recommend using a template created based on the Horizon Europe model for the Data Stewardship Wizard tool.