Agency Data Requirements
This table provides links to agency Public Access Plans and other information for depositing data for most agencies. Another good resource is SPARC's Data Sharing Requirements by Federal Agency.
Data Release
This refers to the time at which data must be made public. Most common is at time of article publication, but some agencies will state within 12 months from collection, or "within a reasonable time period."
You need to release the data you identified in your Data Management Plan and/or the data underlying the results of the article publication, if the journal specifies you do so.
Data Repository
If an agency has provided guidance regarding the selection of a data repository, it is indicated in the table. If your agency does not provide guidelines, you may want to:
- Double check your project or grant guidelines to see if a repository is suggested
- Ask colleagues in your field which data repository they use
- Check lists of repositories:
USU has a repository, DigitalCommons@USU that can house your datasets.
Useful Links
This column provides additional information about the agency's requirements for writing data management plans or information in general about the grant funding process.
For questions about requirements pertaining to depositing your publications, see the Publications Page
| Agency Plan | Awards On/After | Data Release | Data Repository | Useful Links |
| ACL- Administration for Community Living (DHHS) | October 2017 | Within 24 months of award's end date | ICPSR preferred; National Statistical and Data Centers for specific Programs | General Information |
| AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (DHHS) | February 2015 | With article publication | Commercial Repository | General Information |
| ASPR - Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (DHHS) | October 2014 | Within 30 months of collection | Publicly accessible repository | General Information |
| CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS) | July 2013 | With article publication and/or within 30 months of collection | National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) or CDC WONDER | General Information |
| Department of Defense (DOD) | October 2015 | Within a reasonable time frame | Public Repository | General Information |
| Department of Education (IES) | October 2012 | TBD | None specified or endorsed | General Information FAQ |
| Department of Energy (DOE) | October 2014 | With article publication | Depends on the office within the DOE (more information here) | General Information FAQ 1 FAQ 2 |
| Department of Transportation (DOT) | December 2015 | With article publication | Publicly accessible repositories, "Conformant Repositories" | General Information FAQ |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | 2018 for extramural resesearch | Within 30 days of posting paper to PMC | Publicly accessible data repositlry; must register metadata in EPA's EDG | General Information |
| FDA - Food and Drug Administration (DHHS) | October 2015 | With article publication | Disciplinary data repositories, where available | General Information |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | October 2015 | With article publication | NASA archives (see question 16 on FAQ 3) or other repository | General Information FAQ 1 FAQ 2 FAQ 3 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | January 2011 | "NEH does not endorse the use of any specific repository or tool." | General Information FAQ |
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| National Science Foundation (NSF) | January 2016 | With article publication and remainder within a reasonable timeline | An "appropriate repository" | General Information FAQ |
| NIH - National Institutes of Health (DHHS) | April 2008 | With article publication | Multiple solutions including NIH-supported repositories | General Information NIH Sharing Policies FAQ |
| NIST - National Institutes of Standard and Technologies (DOC) | October 2015 | 12 Months from article publication | EDI registry of datasets | General Information |
| NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC) | January 2016 | 12 Months from collection | Multiple solutions (short term) + NOAA Data Centers (long term) | General Information FAQ |
| Smithsonian Institute (SI) | October 2015 | 12 Months from collection | Smithsonian-managed and/or Smithsonian-approved repository | General Information Directive 609 and 610 |
| US Agency for International Development (USAID) | TBD | Within 12 months of publication or patent is pending | USAID repository: Development Data Library, or other appropriate repository | General Information FAQ 1 |
| US Department of Agriculture (USDA) | January 2016 | Within a reasonable time period | USDA Ag Data Commons (beta) other repository options | General Information |
| US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) | December 2015 | Not Specified | Partner with HHS, NIH, FDA, and DoD on "effective mechanisms" | General Information FAQ |
| US Geological Survey | October 2016 | With article publication | Approved USGS server (Oct. 2016) | General Information FAQ |