All ESRC grant applicants generating data during their research have to include a data management plan with their Je-S grant application. the data management plan helps decide how research data will be managed throughout the research cycle and how best to prepare for data deposit with the UK Data Service, so they may be archived and shared for future reuse. The ESRC DMP is organised into nine themes that applicants should address, which are built into the DMPonline ESRC template.