National Science
Foundation
Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences
•NSF is committed to the principle that the various forms
of data collected with public funds belong in the public domain
•Purpose of policy is to advance science by encouraging data sharing among researchers
•Grantees …will develop and submit specific plans to
share materials collected with
NSF support
–Include how and where these materials will be stored at
reasonable cost, and how access
will be provided to other researcher, generally at their cost.
•Policy explicitly recognizes that many complexities
arises across the range of
data collection supported by SBE programs,
and that unusual circumstances may require modifications or even full exemptions.
