<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hi all,</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">FYI, USDA-NIFA has made some modifications to their DMP requirements. This youtube video goes through a slide presentation to USDA-NIFA program officers.<br></span></span></font></div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuQpdHdkiD5Q%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cca7bec6bbacd48c1bbf108d74751602d%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637056287135817783&sdata=xbVS%2BuEat1h2xFrTRApZ9Rljmn8cx4EOQLhBTw47Nno%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQpdHdkiD5Q&feature=youtu.be</a></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><br></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>Two highlights for me:<br></span></span></span></font></div><div><ol><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>USDA-NIFA will be requiring DMPs for all projects starting this fiscal year </span></span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>They're actually including a line about evaluating the DMP as part of
the scientific merit of the proposal, quite a step!</span></span></span></font></li></ol></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>See more at<br></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/resource/data-management-plan-nifa-funded-research-projects" target="_blank">https://nifa.usda.gov/resource/data-management-plan-nifa-funded-research-projects</a><br></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Considering what's going on at USDA-NIFA these days, we'll see how the implementation goes...</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">-Jon</span></font><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2" face="arial" color="#000000">Jonathan Petters Ph.D.<br>Data Management Consultant and Curation Services Coordinator<br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2" face="arial" color="#000000">Data Services, University Libraries<br>Virginia Tech<br>(540) 232-8682<br><a href="https://www.lib.vt.edu/research-learning/ResearchDataManagementAndCuration.html" target="_blank">https://www.lib.vt.edu/research-learning/ResearchDataManagementAndCuration.html</a><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2" face="arial" color="#000000">ORCID: 0000-0002-0853-5814<br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>