This Research Data Lifecycle Template can be used to help researchers clarify exactly what they are doing at each step of the data lifecycle and then think about what they need to add to their existing workflow for data management. This template can be downloaded and filled out to add data related tasks that researchers will do for their research project. For each step in the lifecycle, there are is a box for an example task and a box for possible concerns associated with the actions. The second page of the template is filled out to give researchers an idea of how the template can be utilized.