What is the long-term preservation plan for the dataset?

Questions to consider:

• Where, e.g. in which repository or archive will the data be held?
• What costs, if any, will your selected data repository or archive charge?
• Have you taken into account time and effort to prepare the data for sharing/preservation?

Guidance:

Consider how datasets that have long-term value will be preserved and curated beyond the lifetime of the grant. Also outline the plans for preparing and documenting data for sharing and archiving. If you do not propose to use an established repository, the data management plan should demonstrate that resources and systems will be in place to enable the data to be curated effectively beyond the lifetime of the grant.

An international list of data repositories is available via re3data, and some universities or publishers provide lists of recommendations, e.g., PLOS ONE recommended repositories.