Data sharing policy

22 Mar
2017

We recognise the importance of contributing to the growing international efforts in data sharing. We are committed to getting the best value for the funds we invest and believe that making research data more readily available will reinforce open scientific enquiry and stimulate new investigations and analyses.

Our data sharing policy has been refreshed based on:

• Recommendation from our Data Sharing Policy Monitoring Group
• Consultation with our Tools and Resources Strategy Panel
• Change of terminology from 'data sharing statement' to 'data management plan'
• Reflect current process of recording research outputs via Researchfish
• Remove reference to software outputs pending the development of separate guidance on sharing software.

Our policy now includes systems biology (specifically the models arising from systems approaches) as one of three areas where there is a particularly strong scientific case for sharing.