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
The following documents must be submitted, along with the
IRB research application (where applicable):
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.