Cloud access at app.nightingalescience.org will be retired June 30th.

Access Nightingale Datasets

Individual researchers can access most of our datasets using Globus to transfer the datasets to their institution’s compute infrastructure. To access all our datasets an institutional-level agreement will need to be signed.

If you have any questions, email CAAI@chicagobooth.edu

Globus Access for Individual Researchers

Follow the steps below to request access to most of our datasets on Globus. Your submission will be reviewed, and if approved, you will be granted the appropriate permissions to access our datasets on Globus.

Only researchers at academic institutions or non-profit research organizations will be admitted.

Step 1 - Fill out the registration form

Review our user terms of service and agree to them when registering.

Step 2 - Request to join our Globus Group

You will need to request to join the Nightingale User Group on Globus.

Join Globus Group

You need to use a Globus account using your institutional email address, otherwise, you will not be approved.

Nightingale Network - Access All Datasets

You can gain access to all our datasets when your academic institution becomes a part of the Nightingale Network. With a signed agreement between your institution and the University of Chicago, your institution will be able to give it’s researchers access to all of Nightingale’s datasets within it’s secure computing facilities.

To get started, contact the data governance or management team at your institution and inquire about their procedures for establishing data use agreements with other institutions. Provide them with this draft agreement that they will need to complete.

If you have any questions about the Nightingale Network, email CAAI@chicagobooth.edu.

Datasets only available through the Nightingale Network:

Identifying High-Risk Breast Cancer

Globus Tips

Logging in to Globus

If you are not familiar with Globus, reach out to technology administrators at your institution for help. Many institutions will already have an affiliation with Globus, and you can do the following.

Navigate to app.globus.org
Select your institution
Sign in with institutional credentials
If your institution is not listed, create a Globus ID login. When asked for an email address, use your institutional email address.

Navigating Globus

After gaining permission to access the Nightingale Collection, you will be able to transfer datasets to a secure environment at your institution. To navigate the our datasets, follow these steps:

Log in to Globus
Select “Collections” from the side bar
Search for “Nightingale Open Science Datasets” and/or click “Shared with You”
Click on the “Nightingale Open Science Datasets” collection
Click “Open in File Manager”

From here you can select a dataset to transfer to a collection at your institution.

Globus Documentation

For further help with Globus, refer to the Globus Docs.