NSF Data-Sharing

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Colleagues,

     You may have noted that NSF has recently implemented a requirement that, beginning in January,  proposals must include a detailed plan for data-sharing.  For proposals going to the SBE Sciences, the relevant policy can be download from:

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/SBE_DataMgmtPlanPolicy.pdf

The requirement is that proposals should include a clear plan to share primary data in standard formats and this plan will be monitored through yearly reports, final reports, and during requests for further funding.  In this regard, it would certainly make sense for people collecting child language data to propose that they will share their data through the CHILDES database.  It also seems appropriate to refer to placing data in CHAT format as a way of using a standardized data format.   The only limiting condition noted in the NSF statement is that, often, individuals should not be identifiable.  To match this requirement, we focus on removing any identification through the use of last names, both in the transcripts and the audio.

Best regards,

-- Brian MacWhinney

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