Access to FOREVER data

Access to FOREVER data

This page includes necessary information for researchers who would like to use the FOREVER dataset for research. All information that you as a researcher might miss can be requested via email to forever@sund.ku.dk.

Application process

The FOREVER dataset contains personal sensitive information, therefore, access to the dataset can only be granted after an application has been submitted to the FOREVER steering group. The application form can be found on the FOREVER Zenodo repository.

The FOREVER steering group will review applications and contact the applicant regarding approval, amendments or rejection. After a positive decision, a data access agreement will be send by mail and must be signed to get access to a secure compute environment. Please note that the data cannot be copied from the server, however, the access fee includes support for creating your personal subset of the dataset and to help you with moving necessary files onto the server. A complete checklist will be provided upon request or after a positive decision.

The application form will ask you to describe the data you apply for access to. A metadata overview sheet can be downloaded on Zenodo. It consists of an overview of the variables included in the data along with a description and a unique identifier for each variable. Please note that not all variables contain a value for each examination or participant. We will discuss the availability and completeness of certain variables upon request.

If you have any questions regarding the application process, feel free to reach out to us by sending an email to forever@sund.ku.dk.

Terms of use:

The rules of using the dataset are stated in the data access agreement. The rules include:

• How to handle the data
• The access procedure
• The costs of using the data
• How to cite the dataset

Before any access for research on the server is allowed, a secure server access agreement also needs to be signed by the researcher who is to work with the data.

Pricing:

Access to the FOREVER dataset is granted on an annual basis with the following pricing scheme:

**: Charge of Storage >100 GB

***: Charge of GPU costs and CPU Cores > 4

For researchers not affiliated with a university (e.g. from the industry), other prices may apply. This information can be requested via email to forever@sund.ku.dk.