NIH DMSP Budgeting & Application Instruction Tip Sheet

Revised Version February 2023

The Harvard NIH DMSP Budgeting & Application Instructions Tip Sheet provides guidance for PIs and Grant Managers working together to complete a budget and application including a Data Management & Sharing Plan (DMSP) under the new NIH policy. This updated version incorporates feedback received on the first version of the University Tip Sheet, as well as a new section regarding "Best Practices with Subawards."

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policywas effective January 25, 2023. Several other resources have been developed to help support researchers and administrators as they navigate this new policy:

Also refer to the New GMAS Questions for Data Management & Sharing Plan Implementation and watch the December 1, 2022 HMS/HSDM Open Forum Zoom recording which included an overview. Additional information will be shared as it becomes available.