For anyone applying for or managing research projects, the newly published guide "Forschungsdaten-Policies für Forschungsprojekte" (in German; engl. title: Research Data Policies for Research Projects) (DOI: 10.14279/depositonce-16196) can be very helpful: The guide provides orientation for the creation of a research data policy for a research project and helps you to ensure that all necessary aspects for your research project are taken into account.

The guide covers both the process of drafting and the contents of an FD policy for research projects.

The first part deals with early considerations and reasons for initiating the research data policy, with stakeholders and project-related framework conditions, and furthermore with the process of drafting, adoption, publication and implementation. The second part focuses on content and structure and contains conceptual considerations for the structure as well as a catalogue of topics and guiding questions. In the third part, a checklist serves as an aid to the systematic procedure for creating a research data policy for research projects.