What's in it
A page or two: the types and volume of data, file formats and metadata standards, where it lives during the project and how it's backed up, how sensitive or human-subjects data is protected, and the plan to deposit it in a repository with a citable identifier when the work is done.
Getting it right
Funders increasingly check that you actually followed the plan, so keep it realistic. The library's data-services team has templates matched to each major agency, can advise on a repository for your field, and will review a draft before submission. Build the storage cost into the budget.
In and around Porter Falls
Research at Porter is applied and partner-driven: a Valley Health quality project, a DNR study on the Porter River, a manufacturing-process fix for a county employer. The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs handles the review and paperwork so the work can start on time.
The practical details
Required by: Most federal grants and many foundations, submitted with the proposal. Covers: What data you'll collect, formats, storage and backup, who can access it, and where it goes after the project. Help: Library data-services staff review drafts and maintain funder-specific templates. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (Millwright Hall, Room 340). Call (715) 555–0230 or email research@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.