The Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences division of the NSF Geosciences directorate provides a data management plan template in PDF format. The form and additional guidance are provided on the division's website: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/geo-data-policies/ags/index.jsp
NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences periodically updates its DMP guidance. The current version is linked below.
NSF Division of Chemistry's updated advice to PIs on data management plans includes chemistry specific comments on the essential components of a DMP elaborated elsewhere. Reference is made to multiple resources, with a note that DMP's "should not be generic."
The NSF CISE provides DMP guidance, linked below. Among other details of note, CISE provides guidance on selecting or evaluating repositories for data sharing and preservation and describes how progress in data management may be addressed in annual and final project reports.
The NSF Earth Sciences division of the Geosciences directorate provides some elaboration, linked below, on the general NSF data sharing policy. Specifically, EAR guidance affirms that "preservation of all data, samples, physical collections and other supporting materials needed for long-term earth science research and education is required of all EAR-supported researchers."
Because the EAR data sharing policy was released in 2010, PIs are encouraged to contact us for any updated information. Notably, the EAR policy defines a 2 year maximum embargo period for exclusive data use by researchers. Though still potentially in effect, this policy contrasts with NSF's more recent Public Access Plan, which specifies a one year maximum for embargos.
In its DMP guidance, the NSF EHR directorate acknowledges issues of privacy and other constraints relevant to human subjects research. PIs are encouraged, among other things, to consider "the lowest level of aggregated data that PIs might share with others in the scientific community, given that community's norms on data."
DMP guidance provided by the NSF ENG directorate notes that engineering proposals may involve proprietary or other data relevant to eventual commercialization. PIs are encouraged to distinguish between released and restricted data, but to describe how all data will be managed.
The Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) of the NSF Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) published an update to the OCE sample and data policy in December 2016. The linked template below, provided by the online DMP Tool, includes recommendations for addressing DMP requirements. PIs submitting proposals to OCE are encouraged to take note of the Special Digital Data Guidance detailed in the sample and data policy regarding designated Federal National Data Centers where certain types of ocean digital data must be deposited.
Similar to the EHR directorate, in its DMP guidance, the NSF SBE directorate acknowledges issues of privacy and other constraints relevant to social sciences and economics research. PIs are encouraged, among other things, to consider "the lowest level of aggregated data that PIs might share with others in the scientific community, given that community's norms on data."
The Data Management Plan is required for all proposals submitted to the NSF. Proposals submitted without a DMP will be returned for resubmission or rejected unread.
For investigators submitting proposals which will not generate or acquire data (as defined by the sponsoring directorate), the DMP is still required. Within the DMP, PIs may simply state that the project is not anticipated to generate data or samples that require management and/or sharing.