In order to promote access to research data, many funding agencies require the data produced by funded research to be made publicly available and/or have instituted requirements for formal data management plans, including:
- Department of Defense (DOD)
- Department of Energy (DoE)
- Department of Education (DoED)
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO)
- Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering (CISE)
- Education & Human Resources Directorate (EHR)
- Engineering Directorate (ENG)
- Geosciences Directorate (GEO)
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS)
- Astronomical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Materials Research
- Mathematical Sciences
- Physics
- Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE)
- Smithsonian
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Memorandum
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
- United States Geological Society (USGS)
- Veterans Affairs (VA)