Data sharing policies and incentives for data sharing: An interview study with members of funding agencies

Background

Open science policy documents have emphasized the need to install more incentives for data sharing. These incentives are often understood as being reputational or financial. Additionally, there are other policy measures that could be taken, such as data sharing mandates.

Aim: To document views of funding agencies on (1) potential alterations to recognition systems in academia; (2) incentives to enhance the sharing of cohort data; (3) data sharing policies in terms of the governance of cohort data; (4) other potential interactions between science policy and data sharing platforms for cohorts. Our study focused on the sharing of patient- and population-based cohorts through data infrastructures.