Effective for Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) due on or after October 1, 2024, a set of new questions has been added, asking NIH recipients for details on how they are adhering to their approved Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan, if applicable. See NIH Guide Notices: NOT-OD-24-175, NOT-OD-24-176 and NOT-OD-24-123 for more details.

New DMS Questions in RPPR:

• Whether data has been generated to date and what type of data it is
• Whether data has been shared for use by others
• If data has been shared, in what repository and under what unique digital identifiers
• If data has NOT been shared, what is the status of data sharing (e.g. being prepared for submission, submitted to repository, not yet expected to be shared); and
• If data has not been generated and/or shared as outlined in an approved DMS plan, what corrective actions have been or will be taken to comply with the approved plan.

RPPR users who initiated but not submitted their RPPR as of October 1, 2024, may need to redo the revised C.5 section, which will be split into C.5.a (Other Products), C.5.b (Resource Sharing) and the new C.5.c (DMS) section under the C. Products section.

For step-by-step instructions, see the updated RPPR Instruction Guide and the eRA Commons online help web pages.