In the framework of VES 2025, the obligation for the beneficiary to have a research data management plan (a brief description of the research data that will be used, collected or generated during the project and how it will be handled) prepared and, if necessary, regularly updated and submitted to the provider upon request, is already enshrined in the ToR.
In the context of VES 2023 and VES 2024, only a general condition was set out in the contract or in the ToR, according to the amendment to Act 130/2002 Coll., therefore the preparation of a research data management plan will be required for these ongoing projects as well, at the latest by the 2024 ToR.