General BDC FAQs
BDC Frequently Asked Questions
NHLBI BioData Catalyst® (BDC) is a cloud-based ecosystem that offers researchers data, analytic tools, applications, and workflows in secure workspaces. It ...
Wed, 14 Jun, 2023 at 12:16 PM
You can find information about who we are, our culture, our principal investigators (PIs), the partners empowering our ecosystem, and how we are organized v...
Wed, 29 Sep, 2021 at 6:50 PM
For research investigators who need to find, access, share, store, and compute on large scale datasets, BDC serves as a cloud-based ecosystem providing tool...
Wed, 14 Jun, 2023 at 12:15 PM
The BDC ecosystem currently hosts a number of controlled and open datasets: COVID-19 data (ACTIV4a, ACTIV4b, ACTIV4c, C3PO, ORCHID, RED CORAL) LungMAP:...
Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Yes, the same policies for release of data used by TOPMed are enforced by BDC.
Wed, 25 Jan, 2023 at 8:54 AM
BDC hosts a number of datasets available for analysis to users with appropriate data access approvals. Users are not charged for the storage of these hosted...
Wed, 14 Jun, 2023 at 11:50 AM
BDC Help Desk Directory Need help with where to direct your question? Please see the directory below to understand the best option for directing your help...
Wed, 14 Jun, 2023 at 11:52 AM
For citation and acknowledgement language, please see the BDC GitBook.
Wed, 25 Jan, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Yes, dbGaP approval is needed to access controlled datasets in BDC. Users with eRA Commons credentials (see Understanding eRA Commons Accounts) can access t...
Wed, 14 Jun, 2023 at 11:54 AM
A principal investigator (PI) must follow the normal dbGaP process by submitting a Data Access Request (DAR). Once the DAR has been approved in dbGaP by the...
Wed, 14 Jun, 2023 at 12:18 PM