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- | + | ==== NSHD Data Sharing Committee ==== | |
- | ====== NSHD Data Sharing Committee | + | ---- |
- | + | === The review | |
- | ==== The Review | + | All proposals are considered |
- | All proposals are reviewed | + | |
Sharing Committee and by specialist reviewers if necessary. Proposals are considered by | Sharing Committee and by specialist reviewers if necessary. Proposals are considered by | ||
- | the LHA/NSHD Data Sharing Committee on a monthly | + | the LHA/NSHD Data Sharing Committee on a regular |
- | Director of the NSHD and consists of senior LHA scientists and NSHD operational heads. | + | |
As a general guideline, successful research proposals meet the following criteria: | As a general guideline, successful research proposals meet the following criteria: | ||
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- | • The science of the proposal should have been peer-reviewed prior to submission. However, all proposals will be peer-reviewed by the Data Sharing Committee and may be reviewed by their expert advisers. | + | |
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- | When proposals | + | Researchers |
- | complementary | + | to assess points of similarity or overlap with already existing projects. |
- | a common project. | + | |
The LHA/NSHD Data Sharing Committee reserves the right to prioritise applications where | The LHA/NSHD Data Sharing Committee reserves the right to prioritise applications where | ||
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may be subject to a charge to cover the additional costs incurred by the LHA. Any such | may be subject to a charge to cover the additional costs incurred by the LHA. Any such | ||
costs will be notified in advance. | costs will be notified in advance. | ||
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- | ==== Correspondence and timings for review of submissions | + | === Correspondence and timings for review of submissions === |
Receipt of your application will be notified using the email address you supplied. If you have | Receipt of your application will be notified using the email address you supplied. If you have | ||
not received an electronic confirmation of your submission within 10 working days please | not received an electronic confirmation of your submission within 10 working days please | ||
- | contact | + | [[mrclha.swiftinfo@ucl.ac.uk|contact us]]. |
- | The LHA/NSHD Data Sharing Committee meets once a month to assess all new applications | + | The LHA/NSHD Data Sharing Committee meets regularly |
to use NSHD data. In normal circumstances a decision will be taken by the LHA/NSHD Data | to use NSHD data. In normal circumstances a decision will be taken by the LHA/NSHD Data | ||
- | Sharing Committee within two months | + | Sharing Committee within two weeks of receipt of the proposal, however this is dependent |
upon the timing of the original proposal in relation to the meetings. Applicants will be | upon the timing of the original proposal in relation to the meetings. Applicants will be | ||
notified by email if their application to use the data will be delayed beyond these time lines. | notified by email if their application to use the data will be delayed beyond these time lines. | ||
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- | ==== Rejected proposals and appeals procedure ==== | ||
- | In the unusual situation that the LHA/NSHD Data Sharing Committee decides not to | ||
- | approve a proposal, the external researcher can appeal to the Risk Management Sub- | ||
- | Committee of the LHA/NSHD Steering Committee. Full details of the appeals procedure will | ||
- | be supplied to the applicants should this prove necessary. | ||
- | ==== Collaborative working | + | === Facilitated collaborations |
- | When the LHA/NSHD Data Sharing Committee approves a proposal it will recommend the | + | |
- | level of collaboration required with the NSHD study team. The collaboration required takes | + | |
- | into account the quality, sensitivity or amount of data/ | + | |
- | biomedical data requested, and the scientific investments of the NSHD study team and their | + | |
- | key specialist collaborators | + | |
- | The title and description of all approved projects will be made available on the NSHD | + | |
- | website to registered users. | + | |
- | A NSHD co-ordinator may or may not be assigned to a research project by the | + | Facilitated collaborations are required in the following circumstances and |
- | LHA/NSHD data Sharing Committee. Research projects requiring access to limited curated | + | |
- | and quality assured data that contain little biomedical, specialist or sensitive data and do | + | |
- | not significantly overlap with the study team’s scientific objectives may not require a NSHD | + | |
- | co-ordinator. Please see the NSHD website for further information on the current research | + | |
- | objectives (http:// | + | |
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- | Facilitated collaborations between the external researcher and the NSHD study | + | |
- | team are encouraged. This means that a NSHD co-ordinator (either from the study team or | + | |
- | one their key expert collaborators) is assigned to help the external scientist make the best | + | |
- | use of the NSHD archive, advise on interpretation of a specialist database, or supervise the | + | |
- | use of sensitive or restricted data. In some circumstances this may lead to a full scientific | + | |
- | collaboration. | + | |
may involve additional conditions for use of the data: this list is indicative rather than | may involve additional conditions for use of the data: this list is indicative rather than | ||
exhaustive. | exhaustive. | ||
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- | • Proposals from researchers outside | + | |
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+ | === Rejected proposals and appeals procedure === | ||
+ | In the unusual situation | ||
+ | approve a proposal, the external researcher can appeal, in the first instance | ||
+ | of the LHA. | ||
+ | independent body. Full details of the appeals procedure will | ||
+ | be supplied to the applicants should this prove necessary. | ||