#  How to Participate 

 



 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

 Below are the steps entailed in the registration process. All members of a team must complete all steps before any member's 2019 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 and use your preferred method to sign up: 
    - Facebook (repurposes your existing Facebook email address and password) *or*
    - Google (repurposes your existing Gmail address and password) *or*
    - Manual email/password entry (use the email address of your choice and create a new password).
 
 

 - 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/n2c2-2019-t1/), [Track 2 ](https://portal.dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/projects/n2c2-2019-t2/), [Track 3 ](https://portal.dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/projects/n2c2-2019-t3/), or [Track 4 ](https://portal.dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/projects/n2c2-2019-t4/)).
- Sign the **Rules of Conduct** ([see preview](/conduct)).
- Sign the **Data Use and Confidentiality Agreement** (see preview — [Track 1 or 2 DUA](/dua-ohnlp.php) | [Track 3 DUA](/dua.php) | Track 4: no DUA or Rules of Conduct required).
- Join a team by providing the email address that your Team Leader used 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.