Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Open Research Data (ORD) policy

Abstract

With its Open Research Data (ORD) policy, the SNSF requires a data management plan (DMP) for approved applications. It should provide information on the data life cycle. In order to account for different data management practices between disciplines, the SNSF has defined minimum standards for the structure and content of the information to be provided. The SNSF had introduced relevant requirements in its project funding scheme by October 2017: Researchers will have to include a data management plan (DMP) in their funding application.

While the SNSF does not have a distinct policy exclusively for software management, it recognizes research software as a vital component of research data. Consequently, the principles applied to data management extend to software, encouraging practices that ensure software is properly documented, shared, and preserved.

Overview

Country	Switzerland
Start date	2017
Annual Budget	n/a
Responsible organisation(s)	Funding institution
Target group(s)	Established researchers|Students|Junior researchers
Policy instrument type	Policy and Guidelines

Background

The SNSF collaborates with national entities like swissuniversities and the ETH Domain to develop and implement strategies for open research data. These collaborations aim to establish a cohesive framework for data and software management across Switzerland's research landscape.

Objective(s)

To ensure that data generated by funded projects are publicly accessible in digital data repositories provided there are no legal, ethical, copyright or other issues.

Public access URL

https://www.snf.ch/en/dMILj9t4LNk8NwyR/topic/open-research-data

https://www.snf.ch/en/FAiWVH4WvpKvohw9/topic/research-policies

All tags

• Responsibility, Ownership & Stewardship
• Switzerland
• 2017
• Funding institution
• Established researchers
• Students
• Junior researchers
• Strategies, agendas and plans
• Data and software management

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