Whilst there is some movement towards standard practices (such as the use of data management plans) there is little cost standardisation. In addition, more systematic research data management throughout the research lifecycle is relatively new and there are undoubtedly new practices and costs in transitioning to a situation where research data management is business as usual. Even where services do exist, the lack of robust costing models and comparisons frustrates attempts to measure and realise efficiency savings to reduce costs. Without a clear, evidence based business case organisations can find it difficult to establish funding commitments for RDM services.
However, there are funder mandates and in general research data management is seen as essential to research integrity. There are currently very few published business cases, or detailed information about the costs involved when undertaking Research Data Management (RDM).
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