1.1 The present Research Data Policy applies to Research Data generated by instrumentation purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project (raw data or analysed data), including associated metadata.
1.2 NFFA-DI infrastructure is required to allow structured and open access to scientific and technological data, to amplify their impact and return on society and the economy, both globally and locally, as per Article 8 of the Project Regulations.
2. Purposes
2.1 This policy aims to ensure that Research Data generated in the NFFA-DI project are managed and made accessible for use and reuse according to the objectives of the Piano Nazionale per la Scienza Aperta (PNSA) and the European Open Science Cloud.
2.2 This policy aims to ensure the long-term availability of scientific and technological data valuable for research, education and wider exploitation by individuals, governments, businesses or other organizations.
2.3 This policy aims to articulate the responsibilities of all users of the instrumentation purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project with respect to the archiving and preservation of research data and associated metadata arising from their research activities.
2.4 This policy aims to provide guidance on existing good practices for the production and management of data according to the FAIR principles (findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability).
3. Policy Statements
3.1 Data Management
3.1.1 Each Head of Laboratory must provide, for each scientific instrument purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project, information on the management of the generated Research Data, using the tool made available on the portal.
3.1.2 Each Principal Investigator whose proposal has been approved within the NFFA-DI infrastructure must submit a Data Management Plan (Proposal-DMP) relating to the management of the research data produced, using the tool made available on the NFFA-DI portal.
3.1.3 The first version of the Proposal-DMP must be submitted before the start date of scheduled access to the NFFA-DI infrastructure for that specific Proposal, while the final version must be submitted no later than one month after the end date of the experiments.
3.1.4 All users of the equipment purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project are required to use the electronic laboratory notebook integrated into the OFED system, in order to facilitate good data management practices, data and documentation sharing among researchers, demonstrate provenance and protect against data loss.
3.2 FAIR Principles
3.2.1 All research data and associated metadata generated by the instrumentation purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project must be managed according to the FAIR principles, with particular care in case they are present or discussed in Scientific Publications, conference presentations and patents.
3.2.2 All research data and associated metadata generated by the instrumentation purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project must be stored on the OFED system with specific access permissions for each user. OFED ensures their secure storage, allows them to be assigned a universally unique identifier (UUID) and provides appropriate integration of data and related metadata.
3.2.4 All research data and associated metadata generated by the instrumentation purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project must be archived in a file format that can be opened with an open-source multi-platform software.
3.3 Open Access
3.3.1 Users of instrumentation purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project should consider the possibility of protecting their results in case these are reasonably expected to be commercially or industrially exploited.
3.3.2 Research data and associated metadata generated by instrumentation purchased, implemented or integrated in the context of the NFFA-DI project presented or discussed in scientific publications and conference presentations (raw data and analyzed data) must be made available in open access by the product release date, using an open data repository, able to assign them a Persistent Identifier (PID).
3.3.3 Metadata of data made available in open access must include information on the tools needed to reuse or validate the data (e.g. specific software or codes, algorithms and analysis protocols).
3.3.4 Metadata of data made available in open access must be distributed under the CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence or another licence with equivalent rights.
3.3.5 Recipients must identify the deposited data by indicating in the deposit at least the following administrative metadata:
Brief description, Date of deposit and Author(s) of the Dataset
Funding: “European Union – NextGenerationEU within the PNRR project "NFFA-DI", IR0000015 - M4C2 - Azione 3.1.1”
Licensing terms: CC BY or a licence with equivalent rights
Proposal ID number (if applicable)
PID of related publications and other research outputs (if applicable).