Cloud access at app.nightingalescience.org has been retired.

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

Request access to most of our datasets by signing in with Globus and completing one short form. Your request will be reviewed, and if approved, you will be added to our Globus group automatically — there is nothing further to do on the Globus side.

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

Sign in with a Globus account that uses your institutional email address, otherwise, you will not be approved. If your institution is not in the dropdown menu during login, you will need to create a Globus ID using your institutional email address.

Signing in only shares your name, email address, and the organization you signed in through. It does not give us access to your files or transfers.

Step 2 - Complete the request form

After signing in, you will return to this site to complete a short form. Your name and email address are filled in from Globus. You will be asked to review and agree to our user terms of service.

Step 3 - Wait for review

We will email you once your request has been reviewed. If approved, you will be added to the Nightingale User Group on Globus automatically. Access lasts one year and can be renewed. We will email you 30 days before it ends. If you do not renew, you will be removed from the group on that date and, as the user terms of service require, must delete all Nightingale data in your possession.

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:

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.