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• Enhances the transparency and integrity of your research.
• Ensures the project meets the requirements of many institutions and funding agencies.
• It helps to increase the awareness of potential data management obstacles.
• Finally, a DMP helps to save time in the long run.

The GFBio Data Management Plan Tool (DMP Tool)

The GFBio DMP Tool (https://dmp.gfbio.org/) provides an intuitive platform for creating detailed Data Management Plans (DMPs).

It contains important relevant questions on data management planning in the biodiversity, ecological, and environmental domainsdomain, as and it is based on the DFG Guidelines on the Handling of Research Data in Biodiversity Research.

Major features of the GFBio

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's DMP Tool

• Users answer the questionnaire about data management for their research project.

• Users can download the output

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• Users need to respond to important questions about their project's data management.

• Next, download the entries as a structured PDF file or if they have a GFBIo account, they can save it in their records.

• Upon the user's request, the DMP support begins: the DMP officers at GFBio save a copy of the entry answered questionnaire in the system and , review it., and create an elaborated DMP with the researcher

• Users can also request free personal DMP RDM support from the DMP expertsofficers.

• The tool users have the opportunity to save and edit their entries in the personal account they've established.

Steps to create a DMP with the GFBio DMP tool

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Visit the GFBio DMP Tool website: https://www.gfbio.org/plan/

Create an account (free of charge) to save and manage your DMPs. This allows you to archive your entries, seek personal assistance, and review your DMP as your project advances.

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• Data types (e.g., observational, experimental, simulatedmolecular, multimedia):
• Data formats (e.g. .csv, .txt, .fastq., .xlsx, .pdf)
• Expected Projected data volume
• Methods and tools for data collection
  

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• Data protection protocols
• Intellectual Property RightsCopyright and licensing
• Ethical approvals issues (if applicable).

Preservation and Sharing

Describe your long-term data preservation and distribution strategies:

• Project Planned data storage
• Long-term preservation plan .(archiving)
• Methods and platforms for data sharing.
• Access restrictions (if appropriate)

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The assistance will provide you with a GFBio-approved DMP GFBio

Get support

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through the

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GFBio's helpdesk: helpdesk@gfbio.org

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Training materials arealso available here.

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