FAIRsharing record for: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Data Management Policy

This FAIRsharing record describes: The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) Data Management Policy details the resources available to EMSL users and facility staff for managing data associated with research using EMSL user facility capabilities at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This policy is to assist EMSL users and staff to better understand what data is available at EMSL and downstream procedures including storage and retrieval capabilities, data definitions, data release requirements, and the data management responsibilities of EMSL’s instrument and computational scientists. EMSL’s policy is based on the guiding principles summarized below from the Department of Energy (DOE), DOE Office of Science (DOE-SC) and the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER). It also provides information necessary to assist researchers in developing a data management plan to meet funding agency requirements. To promote the efficient delivery of scientific discoveries and effective use of government resources, DOE and DOE-SC have mandated that data management planning be an integral element of research planning. Data preservation and sharing facilitates validation and reproducibility of scientific results and broadens the applicability of data products beyond the scope of individual research projects. Therefore, it is the intent of DOE-SC that scientific data generated at scientific user facilities such as EMSL be made available to the scientific community, industry, and the public to the greatest extent possible. DOE-SC policy requires that “all research data displayed in publications resulting from [SC-sponsored] research be open, machine-readable, and digitally accessible to the public at the time of publication.” Additional information on data and publication sharing requirements and guidelines is provided in DOE’s Public Access Plan.