Welcome to this module on Data Management Planning in the College Context, created by Heads of Applied Research and the Ontario Colleges RDM Community of Practice. This collaborative project was made possible by the generous funding of Compute Ontario.

Researchers are encouraged to consider how they will manage their research data at every stage of a project. Not only is this considered good research practice, but increasingly, publications and government agencies are making Data Management Plans a requirement for funding. Fortunately, there are tools and support materials available to researchers. This module will use one such tool, the DMP Assistant, to highlight the key considerations when building a Data Management Plan.