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- NIH policy requiring all grant applications to include a data management and sharing plan comes into effect in January 2023.<\/li>\n
- The policy sets to improve reproducibility in biomedical research, reduce wasted resources, and help regain public trust in science, but some researchers worry about the associated logistical challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nAs of 25 January 2023, all National Institutes of Health (NIH<\/a>) grant applications for projects that collect scientific data must include a data management and sharing plan, with a view to making data publicly available. The funder will require that all scientific data needed to validate and replicate study findings are shared using a reputable repository, regardless of whether they are used to support journal publications. The policy, which is largely based on open science principles, aims to tackle the reproducibility crisis, which has reportedly cost US public funding bodies between $10 and $50 billion.<\/p>\n
In a recent News in Focus article<\/a>, published in Nature<\/a><\/em>, the Acting Associate Director for Science Policy at the NIH, Dr Lyric Jorgenson<\/a>, describes irreproducible studies as a waste of taxpayers\u2019 money and damaging to public trust in science.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe want to make sure that we\u2019re making good on the nation\u2019s investment and fostering transparency and accountability in research.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n
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