Berkeley Lab Research Data Policy
UC Research Data Policy
Who to Contact for Questions
- The use, management, and sharing of research data should be directed to the relevant PI or to the applicable research division, data repository, or facility.
- Concerns or disputes over the control, use, and integrity of research data or violations of the Lab’s Research Data Policy, Research Integrity Officer (RIO) at rio@lbl.gov
- For data storage contact Science-IT, science-it@lbl.gov
- Licensing or patenting of Research Data, Intellectual Property Office (IPO) at ipo@lbl.gov
- Dryad questions, Geoff Hamm at ghamm@lbl.gov
- Copyright, publications@lbl.gov
- Export control, Export Compliance Office (ECO) at exportcontrol@lbl.gov
- Sharing of human subjects data, the Human and Animal Regulatory Committees (HARC) at HARC@lbl.gov
- Security concerns or in cases of accidental disclosure of personally identifiable information or protected health information, it-policy@lbl.gov
- Records retention, Records Management Office (RMO) at records@lbl.gov
Data Management Plan (DMP) Resources
- DMP Resource Guide – Includes resources for each of the DMP requirements
- Berkeley Lab Research Data Policy FAQs
DMP Tools
- DMP Tool – Build your Data Management Plan. The tool has a LBNL-specific template.
- Dmptool GitHub – Information on DMP IDs & Networked DMPs (maDMPs)
- Dryad – Repository for research data
- protocols.io – Platform to develop and collaborate on research methods as well as to share them in a citable manner. LBNL users have premium access.
DOE Public Access Plan
The DOE 2023 Public Access Plan ensures free, immediate, and equitable access to Federally funded research