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The funding you are applying for may also influence the content or structure of your DMP. Some funders have special requirements for a DMP as a mandatory part of the proposal (e.g., DFG, Horizon 2020). Many funders, as well as institutions or publishers also have their own policies and guidelines for data management. You do not need to know all the details of these at the beginning of your data management planning, but it is important to know the requirements and to document them. If you are unsure which policies or guidelines you have to stick to, just let us know, and we can support you in identifying them.
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Outline the data you will collect and your methods for data collection
When it is either text files, code, GIS, numeric, molecular data, or multimedia files – depending on your research questions and methods, you create different types of data. In environmental and ecological research, it is common to have multiple data types. Studies and projects are a complex composition of various methods. If you are an experienced researcher in your field, you might already have an idea of the data formats (e.g., .xlsx, .csv, .docx, .txt, .shp) you will create. In this case, you can specify your data types, even to the level of data formats. Please document the data types and formats as detailed as possible when submitting your DMP support request to us. The more information we get, the better we can support you in your data management planning.
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