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ImmPort Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan Resources

Effective January 25, 2023, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a new Policy for Data Management and Sharing which includes creation of a Data Management and Sharing Plan.
ImmPort supports your NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan needs. As a NIH Open Domain-Specific Data Sharing Repository, ImmPort has been FAIR-sharing immunology-related data for over 20 years


Infographic celebrating over 20 years of FAIR-sharing immunology data.

FAIR-sharing Immunology Data for over 20 Years

ImmPort contains…
over 6 Million Experimental Results
across 100+ Diseases & Conditions
from Data Providers associated with
more than 1,000 Publications


ImmPort is designed for immunology data. From Transcriptomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics, to Flow Cytometry, ELISA and more; ImmPort supports large, complex datasets that empower research.


Pie chart titled 'Total Studies (648) By Research Focus.' The chart shows the distribution of studies across various research focuses: Vaccine Response (185 studies, 28.5%), Immune Response (126 studies, 19.4%), Infection Response (95 studies, 14.7%), Transplantation (57 studies, 8.8%), Preterm Birth (43 studies, 6.6%), Atopy/Allergy (41 studies, 6.3%), Autoimmune (33 studies, 5.1%), Pregnancy (22 studies, 3.4%), No Research Focus Specified (12 studies, 1.9%), and Oncology (16 studies, 2.5%). The largest segments are Vaccine Response and Immune Response.
Pie chart titled 'Total Results (6514037).' The chart shows the distribution of various research results: Flow Cytometry Results (4791875 results, 73.6%), Luminex/MBAA Results (923764 results, 14.2%), Elisa Results (349680 results, 5.4%), HLA Typing Results (149342 results, 2.3%), PCR Results (127676 results, 2.0%), Elispot Results (71132 results, 1.1%), and GEO/SRA/Other (50552 results, 0.8%). The largest segment is Flow Cytometry Results.


ImmPort is funded by the National Institutes of Health, is a free resource for the community, and follows best practices for data management and sharing. As an accredited repository, recommended by journals, your data will join many other high-quality data sets that are advancing science.




Ready to get started? View the ImmPort Data Management and Sharing Plan Template, along with additional links below, for helpful information about DMS plan creation and ImmPort data submission.

ImmPort Data Management and Sharing Plan Template

NIH Data Management & Sharing Plan Guidance

ImmPort Data Submission Introduction

ImmPort Webinars

Ontologies used by ImmPort

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