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Register a Study

This guide explains how to register your study on the FAIRLYZ platform to share your research and collaborate with others.
How to register a study?

Get Started

Go to your “Researcher Dashboard” using the menu option “Dashboard”. The first time you open it, it will be empty.

From the Researcher Dashboard, click the “Register Study” button.

Complete the following steps in the form:

  1. Confirm you are authorized: Check the box to confirm you have permission to add the study.
  2. Study Tagline: Enter a brief, descriptive tagline (up to 100 characters) summarizing your study.
  3. Study Lifecycle Phase: Select the current phase of your study from the dropdown menu. This selection may affect other form fields.
  4. Model System(s): Choose all applicable model systems. You can also search for terms and select them, or copy and paste a URL from BioPortal if your term isn’t available. This selection may affect other form fields, e.g. Non-Human Studies cannot be of type Clinical Trial. Example: You may type “Mouse” if your study is non-human and uses mouse as an animal model.
  5. Type(s) of Study: Choose all applicable study types from the checkbox list. You can also search for terms and select them, or copy and paste a URL from BioPortal if your term isn’t available. This selection may affect other form fields.
  6. Type(s) of Data Used or Generated: Select all applicable data types based on your previous selections (these options will be filtered). You can also search for terms and select them, or copy and paste a URL from BioPortal if your term isn’t available.
  7. Biological/Anatomical Source of Data (Optional): Enter the biological or anatomical source of your data. You can also search for terms, select them, or copy and paste a URL from BioPortal. This information is required for specific data types, e.g. if your type of data is “Sequencing Data”.

Save your work now, if you will not finish at this time:

  • Click “Save” to save the study as “Pending” but not continue with the study registration.
  • The study will be marked as “Pending” in your Dashboard and you may finish the registration at some other time.

Continue to the next page:

  • Click “Next” to proceed to the next section of the form if all required fields are filled correctly.
  • If there are errors, the system will display clear messages indicating what needs to be fixed. You can then correct the errors and resubmit the form.

Complete the following steps in the next page:

  1. Study Details:
    • Title: Enter a concise and informative title (2-25 words).
    • Description: Provide a more detailed description of your study (10-200 words).
  2. Sharing and Visibility:
    • Publication URL(s): Add links to relevant publications (up to 3) – availability depends on your previous selections (e.g., study lifecycle phase).
    • Public Study/Project URL(s): Add links to public study or project websites (up to 3) – visibility depends on your previous selections (e.g., study lifecycle phase).
  3. Study Characteristics:
  4. Featured Image: Upload a cover/featured image to promote your study (recommended size: no less than 150 pixels length or height, no more than 1000 pixels length or height, and max 1 MB file size). A default blank image will be provided if none is uploaded.
    • You have 3 options:
      • Use an image as is:
        • Add an image for which you have copyright
        • Add an image that is in the public domain. You can search and find one in Unsplash.
        • Add the image from your publication that is used in social media by following these OG tagged image instructions.
      • Blur your image: Add your preferred image for which you have no copyright and have it blurred by FAIRlyz.
      • Add no image.
  5. Timeline and Scope:
    • Start Date of Study: Select the start date of your study (US format MM/DD/YYYY).
    • Number of Subjects: Enter the number of subjects involved in the study (up to 8 characters).
    • Samples or Images: Indicate the number of samples or images used in the study (up to 8 characters).
  6. Keywords:
    • User-defined Keywords/Tags: Add relevant keywords or tags to your study that you did not find in BioPortal (up to 16).
  7. Funding
    • Funding Goal: Enter your funding goal amount (USD, up to $100 million). This may be funding to execute the study or to pay publication fees for a study that already has data. Enter 0 if you do not have a funding goal.
    • Funding Obtained: Specify the amount of funding already secured (USD, up to $100 million).

Submitting your study:

  • Click “Register Study” to save your registration and submit your study for review.
  • Upon successful submission, you’ll receive a confirmation message, and your study will appear as “pending for review” in your Scientist Dashboard.

Additional Notes:

  • BioPortal URLs can be used to link to relevant terminology sources for model systems, study types, and data types. Watch this tutorial on Youtube here.
  • Certain form fields are accessible dependent on previous selections (e.g., data types will be filtered based on chosen study types).

By following these steps, you can successfully register your study and share your research with the scientific community.