Application Checklist

Your application should include the following:

Cover letter
Project Title
Abstract
Sponsoring Institution Approval: Users must provide full personal identification and institutional/organizational affiliation. If the prospective user is a student, a letter from the department chair or advisor stating that the applicant is a student working under the direction of the department must be provided.
IRB approval from sponsoring institution
Current resume or Curriculum Vitae
Dates of proposed tenure at the Data Enclave
Funding source(s) for user project and for Data Enclave cost recovery
A detailed summary of the proposed research including a description of why publicly available data are insufficient to meet research needs, and/or why existing contractual methods for restricted data access are not feasible
A complete list of the MiCDA data files being requested (See Resources)
A description of user supplied data, if any, to be merged with the MiCDA data. This includes documentation, file layout, number of records, and restriction on MiCDA using the data (user-supplied data will not be released to anyone other than the prospective researcher)
A list of software requirements (See Resources)
A description of expected analysis results including (1) a list of data elements to be exported from the Data Enclave and (2) storage format for exported data
A list of special needs requirements (if any). The MiCDA Data Enclave will make appropriate efforts to accommodate special needs.
Two signed copies of Confidentiality Agreement Restricting Disclosure and Use of Data from the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging Data Enclave
Two signed copies of the Institute for Social Research Pledge to Safeguard Respondent Privacy

Last Change: July 6, 2005