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NIH issues a seismic mandate: share data publicly

The data-sharing policy could set a global standard for biomedical research, scientists say, but they have questions about logistics and equity.
  1. Max Kozlov
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In January 2023, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin requiring most of the 300,000 researchers and 2,500 institutions it funds annually to include a data-management plan in their grant applications — and to eventually make their data publicly available.

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Nature 602, 558-559 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00402-1

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  • Correction 16 February 2022: In an earlier version of this story, Lyric Jorgenson's surname was spelled incorrectly.

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