#  Retention of Research Data and Materials 

 



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- Effective Date: 7/1/2011
- Revision Date: April 2017
- Principles and FAQs: [Office of the Vice Provost for Research - Research Records Retention](https://vpr.harvard.edu/2020/06/26/research-data-management/)

## Related Policies

[General Records Schedule (GRS)](https://provost.harvard.edu/links/general-records-schedule)  
[Research Data Security Policy](https://vpr.harvard.edu/pages/harvard-research-data-security-policy)

## Revision History

- June 2015 - Clarified the starting point of the 7-year retention period for financial and administrative records in Principle 2.
- September 2016 - Further clarified the starting point of the 7-year retention period.
- April 2017 - Further clarified the starting point of the 7-year retention period for Research Administrative and Financial Records.



 



 

 See also:- [ R ](/alpha/r)
- [ Policies ](/page-type/policies)
- [ Data Retention ](/policies-guidance/data-retention)
- [ General Records Schedule ](/policies-guidance/general-records-schedule)