Access

The NICB is available to bona fide researchers for COVID-19 research in the public interest, in accordance with the NICB Sample and Data Access Policy. All researchers who wish to access the NICB must first register with NICB by completing the registration form

The NICB wishes to ensure fair and efficient access to NICB samples and data to ensure the widest possible usage, whilst ensuring that such access and usage is consistent with the informed consent provided by the participants, and that the research proposal is in the wider public interest (including being scientifically valuable, lawful, and ethically sound).

Research projects will only be approved for access if they align with one of NICB’s Strategic Research Prioritisation Areas. These are currently Long Covid, Therapeutics and Vaccine Response.


Steps to Access

Collaborate

Are you interested in collaborating with NICB? If so, please complete this form and we will get back to you.

Current Collaborations

Samples

Summary information on samples and data currently stored in the NICB

Participant cohort types:

  • Acute COVID-19

  • Long COVID

  • Controls

Biological samples:

  • Serum

  • Plasma

  • Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

  • Citrated Plasma

  • Urine

Data:
The NICB collects the following types of data:

  • Healthcare information:  from your hospital chart, hospital electronic patient record, other hospital databases. Examples: treatments, test results, images/scans

  • Socio demographic information: Examples: ethnicity, education, living conditions.

  • Questionnaires:  from standard questionnaires that can be compared with other studies internationally.

  • The NICB Codebook is available here.