Apply for a Data Research Project
Step 1: Letter of Intent
Applying for a data research project begins with the researcher
submitting a
letter
of intent (Word) describing the proposed
research study.
PDE Data Governance Research Committee reviews the proposed research
study and makes a recommendation for the research project application process
to proceed or not;
Recommended research projects must have a completed research application
submitted for PDE’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) review.
Step 2: Complete the official IRB application
Step 3: Enter the Data Access Agreement
PDE will contact the researcher to enter into the appropriate
data access agreement once the
IRB has approved the research application.
Step 4:
Upon both parties completing and signing the Data Access agreement, PDE will work to pull together the identified research data and provide it to the researcher.