ARC NHMRC Perspectives on data management and future direction

Research Integrity Advisors Workshop
Data management
31 March 2017, Brisbane
Wee-Ming Boon & Justin Withers

Presentation overview
• Australian Research Council & National Health and
Medical Research Council overview
• Data Management Requirements
• Research Data Initiatives in Australia
• Developments in Data Management
• Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of
Research
NHMRC & ARCARC and NHMRC

ARC and NHMRC Overview
• The ARC and NHMRC are Commonwealth entities within the Australian
Government.
• The ARC’s main responsibilities are:
o Providing funding for research through the National Competitive
Grants Program (NCGP)
o Evaluating the quality of research in universities under the
Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) program
o Developing an engagement and impact assessment framework
o Providing advice on research matters to Government.
• The NHMRC’s main responsibilities are to:
o fund high quality health and medical research and build research
capability
o support the translation of health and medical research into better
health
o outcomes promote the highest ethical standards in health and
medical research

2016-17 Federal Budget - $450.6 billion

2016-17 Federal Budget – R&D $10.1 billion

ARC Funding
• ARC investment on R&D for 2016-2017 is:
• ~$744.4 million
• ~7.4% of Commonwealth expenditure on all
R&D
• research funded is across all disciplines –
clinical and medical is primarily supported by the
NHMRC

NHMRC Funding
• NHMRC expenditure on health and medical research is:
• ~$800 million per annum
• ~15% of all Australian health R&D
• ~10% of Commonwealth expenditure on all R&D

ARC and NHMRC
Data Management Requirements

Open Data
o Types of data produced
o Standards and approaches to data management, analysis,
archiving, storing, sharing, citation and publication
o Funders and publishers are increasing support
Open data and data management are dynamic and rapidly
evolving
Open Access &
Open Science
Open Data
Community
and researcher
benefits

ARC: Open Data
• The ARC encourages researchers to deposit data arising from research
projects in publicly accessible repositories.
o Included in ARC funding rules since 2007
o Where researchers are unable to meet this requirement, reasons
must be provided in the Final Report.
• Recognising the challenges involved in addressing the rapid growth and
significant changes occurring in relation to data, the ARC has not
mandated open access to research data.

ARC: Data Management
• Effective data management is an important part of ensuring open
access to publicly funded research data.
• The ARC requires researchers to outline how they plan to manage
research data arising from ARC-funded research.
o Included as part of the NCGP application process since February
2014.
• The ARC does not require full, detailed data management plans (such
as those required by some funding agencies internationally).
• Further information is available at:
http://www.arc.gov.au>Polices and Strategies>Strategy>Research Data
Management

ARC: Data Management continued
The ARC’s requirement is consistent with:
• Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2007)
• OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from
Public Funding (2007)
o Guidance on the management of data and primary materials.
o Australia, as an OECD member, is expected (not legally bound)
to implement the principles and guidelines.

NHMRC: Statement on Data Sharing
“NHMRC encourages data
sharing and providing access to
data and other research outputs
(metadata, analysis code, study
protocols, study materials and
other collected data) arising
from NHMRC supported
research.”

NHMRC: Principles for accessing and using
publicly funded data for health research
• common set of priorities
• encourage communication
• understand each other’s roles
and responsibilities
• optimise data use to benefit all

Open Access Policies: Publications
• ARC: any publications arising from ARC supported research Project
must be deposited into an open access institutional repository within a
twelve (12) month period from the publication date.
o Where researchers are unable to meet this requirement, reasons
must be provided in the Final Report.
• NHMRC: requires that any publication arising from NHMRC supported
research must be deposited into an open access institutional repository
and/or made available in another open access format within a twelve
(12) month period from the date of publication.

Research Data Initiatives in Australia

Australian Government initiatives
• Boosting the Commercial Returns from Research
• National Innovation and Science Agenda initiative for “Promoting
innovation through publishing and sharing public data”
• Whole-of-government approach to open access
• Productivity Commission inquiry into data availability and use

Other initiatives
• Australian National Data
Service (ANDS)
• Australian FAIR Access
Working Group

International Developments in data
management

International research funders
• Data management plan: US National Science Foundation
• Data sharing plan: US National Institutes of Health
• Full data management plan submitted at application:
• US National Science Foundation; RCUK; Wellcome Trust.
• Retaining research datasets after the completion of a grant:
• Canadian Institute of Health Research; Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada.
• Repository for datasets – most UK funders provide or specify:
• Economic and Social Research Council – UK Data Service
• National Environment Research Council data centre
• MRC, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome Trust: UK PubMed Central.

Academic publishers
• Elsevier
o “Research data should be made available free of charge to all
researchers wherever possible and with minimal reuse restrictions”.
• Wiley
o “Research data should be made available free of charge to all
researchers wherever possible and with minimal reuse restrictions”.
o Submission of data files required with final manuscript
o Data sharing service (partnership with figshare)

EU Open Access Monitor

Australian Code for the Responsible
Conduct of Research and Data
Management

Background and purpose
• The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
(the Code) came into effect in 2007.
• ARC, NHMRC and Universities Australia are signatories to the
Code.
• Comprised of two parts:
o Part A describes the principles and practices for encouraging
the responsible conduct of research, for institutions and
researchers
o Part B provides a framework for resolving allegations of
breaches of this Code and research misconduct.

Responsibilities
Management of research data (section 2)
o Institutions: Ownership, data management & access
o Researchers: Data management, access and privacy/ethics
Dissemination of research (section 4)
o Institutions: publication, promotion and communication
o Researcher: dissemination and the level of coverage

Review of the Code
• To ensure the Code remains practical and relevant in an evolving
research sector and landscape, both domestically and
internationally.
• Targeted consultation conducted in late 2015.
• Feedback received with broad opinions.

Development of principles-based Code
and Better Practice Guides (BPG)
• This approach:
o allows institutions flexibility in how to apply the principles and
responsibilities supporting them
o includes adopting an approach that is best suited to their size
and internal systems.
o designed to be effective across all disciplines.
• Public consultation on the principles-based Code and the first BPG
on managing allegations was undertaken from December 2016 to
March 2017.

Data management and the Code
• The principles-based Code will specify responsibilities for both
institutions and researchers in relation to the management of research
data.
• Less details.
• BPG development will seek input from appropriately experienced
individuals within institutions.
• A BPG on data management is currently under development in
consultation with the Australian National Data Service (ANDS).

• Data Management BPG will complement the Code and guide
institutions to:
1. ensure that sufficient data and materials are retained to justify the
outcomes of research
2. allow for appropriate access to, and use of, data and materials by
interested parties, and
3. maximise the potential value of data and materials for future
research.
4. provide guidance to assist researchers in management of their
data.
Data management and the Code….continued

Thank you

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