# Demographic Data Sharing and Archiving

> **NIH NIH U24** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2020 · $239,750

## Abstract

Abstract
The overall goal of the Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR) project is to enhance
the value of NICHD-funded data collection projects and other studies of interest and to broaden
dissemination of these data throughout NICHD-funded population centers and the research
community. DSDR’s mission is to create a data infrastructure that (1) stimulates research and
pushes the boundaries of research seeking to develop and validate theories related to the life
course, and (2) promotes the sharing of ideas across the scientific community to increase the
possibility of new research, greater replication, scientific discovery, and learning. Based on the
premise that (a) the population sciences comprise a central core of data sharing and are an
important source for the impetus for advances in data sharing, (b) active interaction between
DSDR and the research community leads to better services, (c) user support and training for
emerging and new researchers in secondary data analysis is critical, and (d) demonstrating the
value of DSDR data sharing is essential, DSDR will engage in a series of activities that will move
the field of data sharing forward. DSDR will: (1) maintain and build the DSDR collection by
incorporating a wide spectrum of NICHD-funded projects and other data collection projects of
interest to the demographic and population sciences scientific community; (2) advise and assist
researchers who produce data by offering services for data archiving and documentation, in
particular in the area of confidentiality and disclosure review; (3) enhance dissemination of data
and documentation by developing innovative protocols and technologies for data sharing; (4)
promote secondary analysis of data by providing user support, access to data, training,
consultation, and opportunities for sharing ideas; and (5) develop key metrics that measure the
value of data sharing for the scientific community. As a result of its activities, DSDR seeks to
contribute to the intellectual environment and be a valuable partner in the demography and
population science community. Over the next five years, DSDR will employ its project staff,
listen to advocates who advise DSDR, and work with established researchers both within and
outside of ICPSR to be adaptive and responsive to the circumstances of an increasingly fast-
paced and dynamically changing data sharing environment and in so doing provide value to the
scientific community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10097191
- **Project number:** 3U24HD048404-15S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** John Edwin Marcotte
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $239,750
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-03-01 → 2020-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10097191

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10097191, Demographic Data Sharing and Archiving (3U24HD048404-15S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10097191. Licensed CC0.

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