diff --git a/templates/sci/.gitignore b/templates/sci/.gitignore
index 9ae8c55..348a1f8 100644
--- a/templates/sci/.gitignore
+++ b/templates/sci/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-data/*
-!data/.gitkeep
+data
+!data/raw/.gitkeep
+!data/processed/.gitkeep
 .venv
 __marimo__
diff --git a/templates/sci/data/processed/.gitkeep b/templates/sci/data/processed/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/templates/sci/data/raw/.gitkeep b/templates/sci/data/raw/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/templates/sci/tables/.gitkeep b/templates/sci/tables/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29