This month we are sharing knowledge exchange blog post written by Dr Sander Bosch from the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam.

"At Karolinska Institutet work on improving research documentation and data management took a big step forward ten years ago with the implementation of an electronic logbook system and increased support to our researchers. Last year DMPonline became the most recent addition to our electronic research support for documentation and data management. This was in part triggered by changes in funding requirements when one of our biggest national funders, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) decided that starting in 2019 all their awarded projects required a data management plan before the start of the project. They also made it clear that the responsibility for this does not lie with the principal investigator, but with the university."

"DMPonline is a really useful resource for researchers who already have experience in writing a DMP, and we have a number of repeat users. However, we're finding that it really comes into its own when helping researchers write a DMP for the very first time. DMPonline provides us with a single point of entry for a researcher."