As outlined in the NIH Supplemental Policy Information: Allowable Costs for Data Management and Sharing, investigators may request funds toward data management and sharing in the budget and budget justification sections of their applications. All allowable costs submitted in the budget requests must be incurred during the award period, even for scientific data and metadata preserved and shared beyond the award period.
The NIH suggests reviewing "Forecasting Costs for Preserving, Archiving, and Promoting Access to Biomedical Data" to properly budget for data management and sharing costs.
The NIH provides the following examples for allowable and unallowable costs:
Allowable Costs
Unallowable Costs