Good data management is part of the research process and contributes to the integrity and transparency of research. If you begin with data management planning at the start of your project, ...

• you can budget for the required infrastructure, legal questions and costs, which are sometimes reimbursed by your sponsor.
• you can save time and resources in the long term and increase the efficiency of your research.
• you will prevent data loss by increasing data security.
• you will avoid unnecessary data duplication and additional workload.
• you will enable the reproducibility and verifiability of your research.
• you will meet the requirements of the funding institutions.