Funder Requirements | UI Requirements
These practices will help you manage data and document your work during a project, while also facilitating data preservation and sharing later.
Funder Guidance & Policies
NIH lists some good data management practices, and individual Institutes and Centers may also provide guidance.
UI Requirements
The University of Iowa has several policies and guidelines that should be accounted for as you manage research data.
Data Classification, Export Controls
At the UI, research data falls into one of four classification levels. The classification level will determine how you should manage the data, and the infrastructure you use for your data, during and after your project.
- Managing University Data – Data Classification Guidelines, Personally Identifiable Information, System Risk Analysis, Export Controls
- Institutional Data Access Policy – includes data classification
- Privacy Rules and HIPAA
- Computer Equipment Disposal
Post-project: Data retention, ownership & transfer, data use agreements, data sharing
- Researcher Handbook: Data management: Research Records
- See full text. Excerpt: “At Iowa, researchers are encouraged to retain research data and records for a period of at least five years following publication to provide verification of the validity of the reported results, according to 27.6 of the University of Iowa Operations Manual.“
- Data ownership and transfer
- Data sharing and Data Use Agreements: Decision flowchart, guidance
Research Ethics
Institutions receiving NIH and NSF research funding are required to provide regular training for researchers on research ethics.
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Research Ethics Training: Requirements and approved courses