German funders' data sharing policies-A qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data sharing is commonly seen as beneficial for science but is not yet common practice. Research funding agencies are known to play a key role in promoting data sharing, but German funders' data sharing policies appear to lag behind in international comparison. This study aims to answer the question of how German data sharing experts inside and outside funding agencies perceive and evaluate German funders' data sharing policies and overall efforts to promote data sharing.

Methods

This study is based on sixteen guided expert interviews with representatives of German funders and German research data experts from stakeholder organisations, who shared their perceptions of German' funders efforts to promote data sharing. By applying the method of qualitative content an

SUBMITTER: Anger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10852319 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature