An Open Science and Data Management Plan (OSDMP) describes how the scientific information that will be produced from SMD-funded scientific activities will be managed and made openly available. At a minimum, the OSDMP should include sections on data management, software management, and publication sharing that describe how these categories of scientific information will be managed and openly shared to comply with applicable SMD scientific information policies. The OSDMP may also include a description of other types of scientific information that will be shared openly and other open science activities associated with the project.
Many SMD funding opportunities starting with ROSES-2023 require an OSDMP instead of the previous requirement for a data management plan. The ROSES Open Science and Data Management Plan page provides additional guidance for proposers.
OSDMPs should reflect the practices of specific research communities, and SMD divisions and/or specific ROSES program elements may provide additional guidance on components such as data management plans and software management plans.
All SMD-funded scientific activities that are expected to produce scientific data shall include a data management plan describing how data will be managed, preserved, and released to comply with the requirements of SPD-41a. General guidance on the components of data management plans for SMD is provided in the Data Management and Sharing section.
All SMD-funded scientific activities that are expected to produce software shall include a software management plan describing how software will be managed, preserved, and released to comply with the requirements of SPD-41a. General guidance on the components of software management plans for SMD is provided in the Software Management and Sharing section.
This section should describe the types of publications that are expected to be produced from the SMD-funded scientific activities, including peer reviewed manuscripts, technical reports, conference materials, and books. The plan should also outline the methods expected to be used to make the publications publicly accessible, which will likely include options listed in How to Share Publications.
This section may also include a description of additional open science activities associated with the project. This may include:
- Holding scientific workshops and meetings openly to enable broad participation
- Preregistering research plans in advance of conducting scientific activities
- Providing project personnel with open science training or enablement (if not described elsewhere in a proposal)
- Implementing practices that support the inclusion of broad, diverse communities in the scientific process as close to the start of research activities as possible (if not described elsewhere in a proposal)
- Integrating open science practices into citizen science activities
- Contributions to or involvement in open-science communities
A general example of an OSDMP template for SMD is provided here. Download this template as a Word document here.
OSDMPs should reflect the practices of specific research communities, and SMD Divisions and/or specific ROSES program elements may provide additional templates or guidance. These include:
- Earth Science Division OSDMP template
- Heliophysics Division OSDMP template
- Planetary Science Division OSDMP template
- Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) OSDMP template (DOC)
Members of the scientific community at JPL have made available a general template that incorporates guidance from the above SMD division-specific templates. The JPL OSDMP template is available in Word and LaTeX:
SMD uses a dual-anonymous peer review (DAPR) process for the evaluation of many ROSES program elements. The OSDMP is included in the anonymized portion of the proposal for program elements using DAPR. Proposers to these program elements must write the OSDMP in an anonymized format that does not explicitly identify the names of the team members or their institutions. The SMD DAPR page includes guidance for writing anonymized proposals and examples of anonymized proposal text.