NIH Changes to Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan Progress Reporting and the Submission of Revised DMS Plans in effect
Posted October 2, 2024
Disciplines: All
As of October 1, NIH is adding several new Data Management and Sharing (DMS) questions to Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) and updating the process for submitting revised DMS Plans to NIH for review. In brief:
- As mentioned in a May 2024 Guide Notice, NIH is including several new questions about DMS activities in RPPRs submitted on or after October 1, 2024 (See Guide Notice NOT-OD-24-175). For awards for which the NIH DMS Policy applies, recipients will now be asked:
- Whether data has been generated or shared to date
- What repositories any data was shared to and under what unique digital identifier
- If data has not been generated and/or shared per the award’s DMS Plan, why and what corrective actions have or will be taken to comply with the plan
- If significant changes to the DMS Plan are anticipated in the coming year, recipients will be asked to explain them and provide a revised DMS Plan for approval.
- NIH is updating the processes for submitting requests to revise a DMS Plan through the Just in Time (JIT) Module, the Prior Approval Module, and the RPPR Module in eRA Commons (See Guide Notice NOT-OD-24-176).
An updated NIH RPPR Instruction Guide will be posted to the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) page on October 1, 2024. Users should contact the Grants Management Specialist listed on the award’s most recent year’s Notice of Award for questions about RPPRs. For technical issues related to eRA Commons Modules, users should contact the NIH eRA Service Desk.
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