RAP Access for Approved Application
Hello! My group recently filed an application which was approved on August 12, and all other requirements (MTA, payment, etc) were all taken care of by August 13. However, we still cannot access the RAP platform or any data. I pre-emptively emailed the GDPR training in an issue here and by email, but no one has responded to any attempts at contact.
Could anyone point us towards what we need to do to proceed? There are several of us poised to get started, and given that payment was transferred nearly 2 weeks ago we are wondering what else needs to happen. thanks!
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should also add - we have tried every mechanism of contact we can think of to see what is going on, or if there are other requirements we can meet (or at least some sort of timeline). any guidance beyond silence would be appreciated!
I've been contacted with the information that this will require taking a training that is NOT currently available. Thus, it appears that all applications are currently frozen, without that information being explicitly divulged.
Really, this is very poor management. There should really be some public, clear notice that no new applications are being approved for another month.
Hi Nathan,
Thanks for your post.
We recently announced changes to how UK Biobank data is accessed and as part of these changes we now require researchers to complete mandatory training courses.
You can find a copy of this announcement and the related FAQs here:
https://community.ukbiobank.ac.uk/hc/en-gb/community/posts/19996604847133-Changing-the-way-UK-Biobank-data-is-made-available-to-researchers-around-the-world
https://community.ukbiobank.ac.uk/hc/en-gb/categories/19950747200413-UK-Biobank-Research-Analysis-Platform-UKB-RAP
The following FAQs will be of use to you as they provide further information on the training courses and also how the recent changes affect approved applications:
https://community.ukbiobank.ac.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/19997160485533-Mandatory-training
https://community.ukbiobank.ac.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/19968905946397-My-application-has-been-approved-but-I-have-not-yet-started-my-project-How-does-this-change-affect-me
I hope you find this information useful.
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