Data Services

Tri-Agency Policy and Guidelines Pertaining to Open Data

Harmonized Tri-Council Policies

• Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy 
   

• Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management

• DRAFT Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy and its Summary of consultation results (December 2019) 

• Tri-Agency Access to Research Results: Guiding Principles  

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 

• CIHR Open Access Policy

"deposit bioinformatics, atomic, and molecular coordinate data into the appropriate public database (e.g. gene sequences deposited in GenBank) immediately upon publication of research results"

"retain original data sets for a minimum of five years (or longer if other policies apply)"

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 

• SSHRC Research Data Archiving Policy

"All research data collected with the use of SSHRC funds must be preserved and made available for use by others within a reasonable period of time. SSHRC considers "a reasonable period" to be within two years of the completion of the research project for which the data was collected."

"Costs associated with preparing research data for deposit are considered eligible expenses in SSHRC research grant programs."

NSERC

• NSERC Policy and Guidelines on Contributions to Research and Training

“Where the contribution is a peer-reviewed journal publications resulting from tri-agency (NSERC, SSHRC or CIHR) grants awarded May 1, 2015 and onward, it must be freely accessible online within 12 months of publication, as required by the  Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications.”

Government of Canada

• Roadmap for Open Science (February 2020)

Other Relevant Tri-Agency  Policies and non-Tri-Agency Guidelines

Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans

• Researchers and their respective institutions must comply with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2).  
• BU, in compliance with TCPS 2, does not provide access to research funds in the absence of a valid human ethics protocol.For more details, see BUREC.
   

Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit & Métis Peoples of Canada

• Researchers who undertake research in partnership with, or research about, the First Nations, Inuit or Métis Peoples of Canada should carefully read TCPS 2 – Chapter 9. The goal of Chapter 9 is to provide guidance to researchers and Research Ethics Boards; it is not meant to override or replace ethical guidance offered by Indigenous peoples themselves, such as: 
  • C.A.R.E. Principles for Indigenous Data Governance 
  • Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP) 

Brandon University Research

Brandon University Research Committee (BURC)  Policies and Procedures. 
 

Senate Research Policies.

• These include several institutional, animal care and human ethics policies. 

American Funding Agency DMP Requirements
 

Article and Data Sharing Requirements by Federal Agency.  

• This is a SPARC community resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding both current and future U.S. federal funder requirements for sharing research articles and research data.

Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing
 

NIH Data Sharing Policy and Implementation Guidance

Broader Funder Policies
 

SHERPA Juliet

• Enables researchers to learn about Open Access Policies of various funders.  These policies can include information about Open Data Requirements.

Overview of UK Funding Agencies Requirements 

• Provided by the Digital Curation Centre.