Research Data Management: Determining Costs

Many Agencies allow researchers to write into their grant funds to cover all or some of the costs of data management.

What are the costs associated with preserving and making research data shareable? The UK Data Service created a costing tool and checklist that describes activities associated with managing data. 

This tool will prompt you to consider who will perform activities, how much time to allow, and any hardware or software.  

It also provides a nice overview  of  many of the steps in the process that must be taken to make data shareable.

Information about the UK Costing Data Management. 

Download the UK Data Service Costing Tool and Checklist.