PF 2026-07 Data Management and Sharing Plan Requirements

DATE: December 2, 2025

TO: HCAs/Procurement Directors/Contracting Officers

FROM: Director, Contract and Financial Assistance Policy Division, Office of Policy, Office of Acquisition Management

SUMMARY: The attached Financial Assistance Letter, FAL 2026-01, provides guidance regarding how to incorporate the Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) requirements into all DOE and NNSA notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs), financial assistance agreements and any financial assistance agreements resulting from unsolicited proposals that support research and development (R&D) activities that generate scientific data, a type of scientific and technical information (STI), that are issued on or after the effective date of the FAL.  

Questions concerning the policy flash should be directed to the Contract and Financial Assistance Policy Division at DOE_oapmpolicy@hq.doe.gov.