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MorphoBank's mission is to be the long term repository for morphological data matrices and associated 2D or 3D images that are described in peer-reviewed publications. While we have funding from NSF to replatform Morphobank's aging software by 2025 and our membership community is growing, MorphoBank can always benefit from research project-based grant support. We are committed to MorphoBank being an open access resource that is accessible to all, regardless of membership status. If you plan to use MorphoBank as a repository for grant funded projects and your institution cannot become a member (for any reason), we ask that you include a line item in your grant to support MorphoBank's work.
We include some sample text below that can be modified as needed and used in your Data Management Plan. You You may also wish to cite Cranston et al. 2014 Best Practices for Data Sharing in Phylogenetic Research. PLoS Currents. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073804/ This paper provides important language on 'best practices' for morphological phylogenetics and emphasizes the importance of planning for data management at the start, not the end, of a research project.
We include some sample text below that can be modified as needed and used in your Data Management Plan.
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MorphoBank (www.morphobank.org) is an open access database and curation platform that makes morphological data matrices that are linked to peer-reviewed publications easily discoverable and freely available for reuse. MorphoBank mints DOIs as the persistent digital identifiers at both the Project and Matrix level. DOIs are issued at the time of project publication and the projects themselves link back to the originating publication. MorphoBank's data and media are backed up on a weekly basis. MorphoBank strongly encourages grant funded users at institutions that are not currently supporting MorphoBank through membership fees to include funding in their grant proposals to help ensure safe, secure, and free distribution of these data for future researchers. Funds requested in this proposal were calculated in collaboration with MorphoBank staff. |
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