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DMP assessment

The structured rating of a DMP against a published rubric to produce a comparable score across plans, used in funder evaluation, institutional benchmarking, and capacity-building.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

  • Is an instance

    An institutional benchmarking study scoring 100 DMPs against the DCC rubric.

  • Is an instance

    A funder pilot programme requiring assessed DMPs from all renewing grantees.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

  • Not an instance

    A free-text comment on a DMP draft (review, not assessment).

  • Not an instance

    A funder's pass/fail compliance check.

Editorial commentary

Assessment frameworks (e.g., the DCC DMP rubric, the FAIR-Aware DMP assessment, the Belmont Forum DMP rubric) typically score each topic area on a 0-3 or 1-5 scale, sometimes weighting categories. Where review is conversational, assessment is comparative and longitudinal.

References

  • DCC DMP rubric; Belmont Forum DMP guidance.

Also known as

DMP rubric · DMP scoring

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