This document discusses research data management (RDM) and the open data pilot program in Horizon 2020. It provides information on why RDM is important, noting key stakeholders that expect data sharing, and how RDM enables data re-use and integrity. The Horizon 2020 open data pilot program is described, including the seven research areas included in the pilot and funder requirements for a Data Management Plan and depositing data in repositories. Guidance and support resources for participating in the open data pilot are also listed.

1. Horizon 2020 and research data
Info meeting Horizon 2020 @ TU/e
TU/e, 07-10-2014
l.osinski@tue.nl, TU/e IEC/Library
Available under CC BY license, which permits
unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author and
source are credited

2. What is research data management [RDM]?
RDM: caring* for your data with the purpose of protecting their
mere existence and making them available to others
Data sharing implies research data management during your
research, or: RDM prepares the way for sharing your data after
the project
Source: Research Data
Netherlands / Marina Noordegraaf
*Goodman A, et al. (2014) Ten simple rules for the care and feeding of scientific data. PLoS Comput Biol 10(4):
e1003542. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003542

3. Why research data management? [1]
Because this is expected by:
 Funders [NWO, ZonMW, EC]
 Journals [here, here, here, here]
 Professional organizations: VSNU code of conduct, KNAW
 Research evaluators: VSNU SEP protocol 2015-2021
 Universities: Radboud, TU/e (?)
Source: Research Data Netherlands /
Marina Noordegraaf

4. Why research data management? [2]
 Scientific integrity
 Re-use of research data
Source: Research Data Netherlands /
Marina Noordegraaf

5. Horizon 2020 #1
Model grant agreement
 “… the beneficiary must aim to deposit at the same time the research data
needed to validate the results presented in the deposited scientific
publications, ideally into a data repository.” [ Model grant agreement, p.
58, italics mine ]
 “… the notion of ‘publication’ increasingly includes the data underpinning
the publication and results presented (…) This data is needed to validate
the results presented (…) Beneficiaries are also invited to grant open access
to this data, but there is no obligation to do so.” [ Guidelines on open
access, p. 7, italics mine ]

6. Horizon 2020 #2
Open research data pilot : scope
7 areas of Horizon 2020 participate in the pilot:
 Future and emerging technologies
 Research infrastructures – part e-infrastructures
 Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Information and
communication technologies
 Societal challenge: ‘Secure, clean and efficient energy’ – part Smart cities and
communities
 Societal challenge: ‘Climate, action, environment, resource efficiency and raw
materials’ – except raw materials
 Societal challenge: ‘Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective
societies’
 Science with and for society
Projects from other areas may join the pilot on a voluntary basis

7. Horizon 2020 #2
Open research data pilot : additional information #1
 “Projects may opt out of the pilot to allow for the protection of intellectual
property or personal data; in view of security concerns; (…)”
 “… aims to improve and maximise access to and re-use of research data
generated by projects for the benefit of society and the economy.”
 “Regarding the digital research data (…), the beneficiaries must: deposit in a
research data repository and take measures to make it possible (…) to
access, mine, exploit, reproduce, and disseminate – free of charge for any
user (…) the data …”
 Two types of data: data underlying publications and other data as indicated
by researchers in DMPs [raw data or curated data not directly attributable
to a publication] [ italics mine ]

8. Horizon 2020 #2
Open research data pilot : additional information #2
 “At the proposal submission stage, the information provided is not part of
the evaluation.”
 “As an exception, the beneficiaries do not have to ensure open access to
specific parts of their research data…”
 “Costs relating to the implementation of the pilot will be eligible.”
 “Participating projects will be required to develop a Data Management Plan
(DMP), in which they will specify what data will be open.” [ italics mine ]

9. Horizon 2020 #2
Open research data pilot: data management plan [DMP] #1
The DMP should address:
1. Data set reference and
name
2. Data set description
3. Standards and metadata
4. Data sharing
5. Archiving and preservation
Research data should be:
1. Discoverable
2. Accessible
3. Assessable and intelligible
4. Useable beyond the original
purpose
5. Interoperable
DMP template by 3TU.Datacentrum

10. Horizon 2020 #2
Open research data pilot: data management plan [DMP] #2
 DMP is required
 DMP is deliverable 6 months after project starts
 DMP is not part of the project evaluation
Take out so far (out of 3054 proposals)
 opt out: 24% in core areas
 opt in: 27% in other areas

11. Horizon 2020
Support
 Data Coach [website]
 Data librarian : Leon Osinski, Merle Rodenburg
Video Talk Dr Celina Ramjoué
Source: Research Data Netherlands /
Marina Noordegraaf

12. URL’s of mentioned webpages
(in order of appearance)
1. Website IEC/Library [TU/e]: http://w3.tue.nl/nl/diensten/bib/
2. NWO, presentation Franciska de Jong, 10-09-2014:
https://wiki.surfnet.nl/download/attachments/46794177/NWODatamanagement_sep2014_FJ.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1410789907398&a
pi=v2
3. ZonMW: http://www.zonmw.nl/nl/programmas/programma-detail/toegang-tot-data-ttdata/algemeen/
4. Data availability policy of journals: General: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10613&page=33 ; American Economic Review:
https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/data.php ; PLOS: http://www.plos.org/plos-data-policy-faq/ ; Nature:
http://www.nature.com/authors/policies/availability.html
5. VSNU Code of Conduct:
http://www.vsnu.nl/files/documenten/Feiten_en_Cijfers/The_Netherlands_Code_of_Conduct_for_Scientific_Practice_2012.pdf
6. Responsible research data management [KNAW]: https://www.knaw.nl/en/news/publications/responsible-research-data-management-and-the-prevention-
of-scientific-misconduct?set_language=en
7. VSNU SEP protocol 2015-2021: http://www.vsnu.nl/files/documenten/Nieuwsberichten/SEP_2015-2021.pdf
8. Radboud University Research data policy: http://www.ru.nl/ubn/diensten/onderzoeksdata/vm/beleid-radboud/
9. TU/e Code of scientific conduct: http://www.tue.nl/en/university/about-the-university/integrity/scientific-integrity/
10. Horizon 2020 Participant portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html
11. Horizon 2020 Model grant agreement: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html
12. Guidelines on data management in Horizon 2020 [Open research data pilot]:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-data-mgt_en.pdf
13. Guidelines on open access to scientific publications and research data in Horizon 2020:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-pilot-guide_en.pdf
14. DMP Template 3TU.Datacentrum: http://datacentrum.3tu.nl/en/what-we-offer/data-management-plan/
15. Take out Horizon 2020: http://tulibrarian.weblog.tudelft.nl/2014/09/27/international-data-week/
16. Data Coach [TU/e]: http://www.tue.nl/datacoach
17. Data librarian: http://www.tue.nl/en/employee/ep/e/d/ep-uid/19880267/
18. Video Talk Dr Celina Ramjoué: http://youtu.be/kd3mF3DsP5Y