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Obtaining the data for the n2c2 challenge requires completing a registration on our data portal. Data will be released under a Rules of Conduct and Data Use Agreement.

## Registration Process

*Please read the instructions below carefully. All members of a team must complete all steps before any member's n2c2 challenge account is activated.*

Team Leaders must be faculty members (post-doc, research scientist, or professor). **Teams consisting of solo students will not be approved.**

- [Visit the DBMI data portal](https://portal.dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/data-challenges/) and click **Login / Register**.
- Either register (sign up) or log in, depending whether you are a first-time or returning user, following the steps below.

Sort*First-time users of the Data Portal**Returning Users*- Click **Sign Up** tab. We strongly prefer that you use an institutional email address and password to create your account rather than the social media options.



- Click **Log In** tab and log in using the method you chose when you signed up.



- Return to data portal and click **Verify Your Email**.



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- Check email for verification and click provided link.



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- Complete your data portal profile with basic contact information (name, organization/institution, title, full address, and phone number).



- Update your data portal profile.







- Navigate to the challenge track in which you are participating ([Track 1 ](https://portal.dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/projects/n2c2-2022-t1/), [Track 2](https://portal.dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/projects/n2c2-2022-t2/), or [Track 3](https://portal.dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/projects/n2c2-2022-t3/)).
- Sign the **Rules of Conduct** ([see preview](/file_url/147)).
- Sign the **Data Use and Confidentiality Agreement** ([Track 1 DUA preview](/file_url/148) | [Tracks 2 and 3 DUA instructions](/participate-track-2)).
- Join a team by providing the email address that your Team Leader used (or plans to use) to register for the portal.
- Team Leaders **(faculty only: post-doc, research scientist, or professor):**
    - Click Create Team.
    - Inform your team members which email address you used to register for the data portal so that they can enter it to join your team.
    - When members join your team, they will appear in the Your Team box for you to approve.
    - When your entire team has joined and been approved, click Finalize. This will notify the n2c2 organizers that your team is ready to be activated.