NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Repositories

• Use of established repositories is encouraged​

• Depositing data in a quality repository improves the FAIRness of data – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable​

• NIH Institutes or Centers may designate specific repositories ​

• Filterable list of 70+ NIH Repositories (https://sharing.nih.gov/)​

• ECU Dataverse or Open Science Framework 

Desirable Characteristics for All Data Repositories

• Unique Persistent Identifiers​

• Long-Term Sustainability​

• Metadata​

• Curation and Quality Assurance​

• Free and Easy Access​

• Broad and Measured Reuse 

• Clear Use Guidance​

• Security and Integrity​

• Confidentiality​

• Common Format ​

• Provenance​

• Retention Policy

• Generalist repositories ​

• Nature's Data Repository Guidance​

• Registry of Research Data Repositories

See Selecting a Data Repository for details