NIH Data Management and Sharing : Repositories and Storage

Official document from the NIH intended to help researchers choose data repositories.

Guidance on evaluating repositories from the NIH website.

Browsing through this listing allows to learn more about some places to share scientific data.

List of generalist repositories intended for researchers who cannot locate a storage option for their discipline or the type of data they generate.

List of domain-specific repositories for researchers who need to deposit specific types of data, usually related to their discipline.

The University Library hosts INDIGO, our institutional and data repository, on the figshare platform. This is a generalist repository which can accept smaller non-sensitive datasets or where you can create a metadata only "catalog-style" record for identifying where and how your data can be accessed.

UIC Libguide page about INDIGO and the benefits of submitting your material into the institutional repository.

Guidance on the submission requirements, as well as the process of material submission into the repository.

UIC Libguide page on types of data accepted in INDIGO and how to prepare your data for deposit (including guidance on data selection, formatting, file names, README files and metadata).

In some cases researchers might need to upload a metadata only record, which allows to inform others about data that can be requested for re-use given the correct security and credentials.
This resource includes the guidance on how to upload metadata only records to INDIGO.

This long-standing website hosts a global and multidisciplinary list of data repositories. Researchers can search for discipline-specific repositories and narrow results based on type and amount of data as well as duration of storage.

PubMedCentral allows for supplemental files including small (under 2GB) non-sensitive datasets to be uploaded with articles as authors are ensuring their compliance with the Public Access Policy.