How will NCBI share study data with investigators?
The current plan is for NCBI to provide to Study Investigators, and all others whose requests are approved by the Data Access Committee, a secure method for downloading the requested GEI study dataset. There is no current plan to provide analytic capabilities to investigators through NCBI’s Web site or at NCBI. Thus, investigators will not be able to conduct analyses without obtaining a copy of the requested dataset. NCBI will perform basic genotype-phenotype correlations, the results of which will be provided through NCBI’s Web site. NIH has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to data-sharing for genome-wide association studies (Proposed Policy for Sharing of Data obtained in NIH supported or conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies); the deadline for comments is November 30, 2006 (Extended Comment Period for the Proposed Policy for Sharing of Data Obtained in NIH Supported or Conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies). We expect that the policy will be finalized prior to
