This is an overview about policies, guidelines, and templates for research data management and open science of relevant research funders.
Policies and guidelines of research funders and programmes
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COST
- Rules and principles for COST activities (PDF): COST is committed to Open Science in general and focuses on the open access to research results (chapter 3.1.1. Openness and inclusiveness)
- Annotated Rules for COST actions (PDF): more detailed information about Open Access (chapter 5. Communication, Dissemination and Valorisation of the COST action results)
- Data Protection FAQ for COST Actions (PDF)
- FAQ on Open Research Europe
- see also Horizon
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ERC & Horizon Europe
ERC Grants
- ERC Open Science website: key concepts, requirements
- Open Research Data and Data Management Plans. Information for ERC grantees (PDF): April 2022
- Data management plan template (MS Word)
- Minimum information for a DMP in ERC (TU Vienna)
Horizon Europe
- Open Science in Horizon Europe
- Open Access and research data management in Horizon Europe: Information by FFG
- RDM in Horizon Europe Proposals: OpenAIRE Guide for researchers
- How to comply with Horizon Europe mandate for Research Data Management: OpenAIRE Guide for researchers
- How to comply with Horizon Europe mandate for publications: OpenAIRE Guide for researchers
Horizon 2020
- Guidelines on FAIR Data Management in Horizon 2020: Guidelines from the expired research programme
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Interreg
Interreg programmes are not research programmes. There are currently only guidelines for the communication and publication of project results/outputs (use of the relevant programme/project logos, reference to EU funding/funds, etc.). However, there are no specific regulations regarding data management as there are for other EU programmes.
Still, the project results/outputs are to be made available to the public, especially by publishing the results/outputs on the project websites. More on the programme at https://interreg.eu/.
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OeAD Sparkling Science
- Sparkling Science 2.0 Guideline (PDF): Sparkling Science has no specific requirements for research data management, but it requires open access to research results and is overall based on the concept of Open Science.
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WWTF
Vienna Science and Technology Fund
- Open Science Policy (PDF): valid since 09.03.2022
- Open Access Regulation (PDF): valid until 08.03.2022
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Ethics guidelines
Usual templates for data management plans include a chapter on ethical considerations. Here some examples for guidelines, codices, or handbooks you can use or refer to in this context.
Good academic practice
- Guidelines for Good Scientific Practice (Austrian Agency for Research Integrity, 2015)
- Best Practice Guide for Research Integrity and Ethics (Austrian federal ministry of science, 2020)
- Guidelines of Safety and Diversity in Research (FWF, 2024)
- The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (allea, revised edition 2023)
Ethics guidelines for specific disciplines or research areas
- Ethics in Social Science and Humanities (Guidelines of the European Commission for Horizon Europe, prepared by Marjo Rauhala and Louiza Kalokairinou, 2021)
- Research Ethics in Ethnography/Anthropology (Guidelines of the European Commission for Horizon2020, prepared by Ron Iphofen)
- Guidelines for the Care of Collections from Colonial Contexts (Deutscher Museumsbund, 3. version, 2021)
- Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Museums and Collections (Deutscher Museumsbund, 2021)
- Ethics Guidelines for Collecting Folklore: Ethical guidelines for good practice in collecting, archiving and sharing folklore material (The Folklore Society, UK, 2022)
- The Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: Implementation and checklist development (2022)
- Living Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Research (European Commission, 2024)
Research with indigenous peoples, individuals, data
- CARE Principles for indigenous data governance ("reflect the crucial role of data in advancing Indigenous innovation and self-determination", "complement the existing FAIR principles encouraging open and other data movements to consider both people and purpose in their advocacy and pursuits")
- National Inuit Strategy on Research (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2018)
- Interviewing Elders. Guidelines from the National Aboriginal Health Organization (National Aboriginal Health Organization, about 2005)
- Guidelines for the ethical publishing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and research from those communities (The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2015)
Overview
- International Compilation of Human Research Standards ("enumerates over 1,000 laws, regulations, and guidelines that govern human subject protections in 133 countries, as well as standards from a number of international and regionalorganizations", 2020)