FAQs: PHS-NIH

Information on the difference between a Co-Investigator and Key Person on an NIH submission may be found under the section “Who is an Investigator?” found on MIT’s Financial Conflict of Interest website.

The DMS Plan should be included on:

• PHS 398 Research Plan Form, field #11 or
• PHS 398 Career Development Award Supplemental Form, field #17

The DMS Plan should be:

• two pages or less in length
• in PDF format
• have a Title length of no more than 50 characters (including the ‘.PDF'). 

The following Elements are to be included:

1. Data Type
2. Related Tools, Software and/or Code
3. Standards
4. Data Preservation, Access, and Associated Timelines
5. Access, Distribution, or Reuse Considerations
6. Oversight of Data Management and Sharing

Resources:

• RAS checklists for NIH proposals
• Writing a Data Management & Sharing Plan (NIH resource)