dbGaP submission process

Study Registration Data Submission Study Release

Discuss the project, data sharing plans, and Institutional Certification with an Institutional Review Board. Data Submission questions contact
Provide the Institutional Certification to the funding NIH Institute. dbgap-sp-help@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Principal Investigator

1. Complete Study
Data Outline and
Is the study NO Follow NIH
Start Study obtain study
NIH- Guidance
Registration accession (phs#)
funded?
2. Upload Phenotype
and Metadata using
YES Submission Guide
and Templates
Enter study Information 3. Upload Molecular
data using May be Approve preview site
Update when needed different
Contact NIH Program Submission Guide submitter
Officer or Genomic C
Program Administrator

YES
Genomic Program
Administrator

Invite PI/PI
Enter study
Register study in Invite PI to NO Assistant to
info in Complete
Submission System (SS) the SS the
collaboration registration Could be
Submission Could be multiple
with PI
Portal (SP) multiple iterations
iterations
dbGaP

Process
Create preview site Release Study
submitted data