• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Recipients of CIHR funding are required to adhere with the following responsibilities:

• Deposit bioinformatics, atomic, and molecular coordinate data into the appropriate public database (e.g. gene sequences deposited in GenBank) immediately upon publication of research results. Please refer to the Annex for examples of research outputs and the corresponding publicly accessible repository or database.

• Retain original data sets for a minimum of five years after the end of the grant (or longer if other policies apply).This applies to all data, whether published or not. The grant recipient's institution and research ethics board may have additional policies and practices regarding the preservation, retention, and protection of research data that must be respected.

For more information see: Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications; specifically Section 3.2: Publication related research data

The increased focus on data management planning began in early 2011, when the National Science Foundation in the US began requiring Data Management Plans with all proposals.

From the National Science Foundation:

Beginning January 18, 2011, proposals submitted to NSF must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled "Data Management Plan" (DMP) .  This supplementary document should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results.  Proposals that do not include a DMP will not be able to be submitted.  For more information about this new requirement, please see the Grant Proposal Guide, Chapter II.C.2.j and the Data Management and Sharing Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs).

The 2011 Canadian Research Data Summit, Mapping the Data Landscape, was held on September 14 and 15, 2011. Over 150 participants, including decision-makers from government, private sector, academia and NGOs, worked on formulating a shared strategy for addressing the challenges and opportunities for maximizing the benefits of our collective investment in research data in Canada. 

Read more about this and other background related to research data management in Canada at:
Community Actions to Preserve Research Data in Canada