With regard to research data, the research funding institutions demand that ...

• at least the data on which a publication is based should be made openly accessible, provided that there are no legal, ethical, copyright or other clauses to the contrary.
• the data is published in a repository that follows the FAIR principles.
• depending on the funding institution, that a preliminary data management plan be submitted on submission of the application, or after the project has been approved, which will then be adapted and supplemented during and at the end of the project.
• the data on which a publication is based be archived. The recommended retention period is 10 years. The SNSF admits that depending on the subject area, this is not always equally meaningful.