Build your Data Management & Sharing Plan, step by step
Answer a short guided interview about your project's data and get a well-structured plan in the section order NSF, NIH and USDA-NIFA reviewers expect — with storage, security and repository choices spelled out. Your plan is drafted in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
- Pick your sponsor — NSF, NIH or USDA-NIFA. The sections and wording change to match the current official format.
- Work through the wizard — each step shows the official prompt, helper hints and example repositories. Jump between steps anytime.
- Watch the live preview — word counts, a page-length estimate and a reviewer checklist update as you type.
- Save, export or print — drafts persist in your browser; export Markdown or open a print-ready view.
Start with your sponsor
About this format
Live preview
Reviewer checklist
Glossary
Hover, focus or tap a dotted term in the wizard or preview to see its definition. Full list below.
Data & sources
All section prompts, checklist items and glossary definitions are quoted or adapted from
official U.S. federal government works (public domain, 17 U.S.C. §105), retrieved
2026-09-13 and recorded in data/raw/SOURCES.md. No University of Idaho
service names, prices or statistics are invented; for institution-specific details, see the
U of I
Library Data Services and the
Library's Data Management Guide. For questions about storage, backup
and repository options, ask U of I Research Computing and Data Services or the Library.
Example repositories and storage/security options are illustrative, not endorsements.