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Data Use Certification for NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC Data Hub)

Terms for ABCD and HBCD data on the NIH Brain Development Cohorts Data Hub. Access needs a DUC signed by the researcher and an institutional business official at an NIH-recognized institution with a Federalwide Assurance, a responsible-use training and yearly renewal. Use is limited to the research described in the request; no redistribution, no re-identification, no stigmatizing research, a minimum cell size of 10 in public reports, and deletion of downloaded data when the work ends.

Original license text Edit Purpose: Approved project only Version read: General Individual DUC, Version v.1.0.0 (OMB No 0925-0780) Checked 2026-10-09
GA4GH DUO: PSRTNTS

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In your favor With conditions Restricts you Not stated in the text

What you can do

  • Not stated
  • Not stated
  • Not stated
  • Conditional
  • Conditional

What you can share

  • No
  • Conditional
  • Share trained models Not stated

What you must do

  • Yes
  • Share alike No
  • Yes
  • Conditional
  • Manuscript review No
  • No
  • Yes
  • Yes

Limits

  • Yes
  • No

Datasets under this license

  • ABCD Study (Release 7.0)

    Brain MRI, genetics, mental and physical health, cognition and substance use data from US children followed from ages 9 to 10 into adulthood, to study how the brain develops through adolescence. 11,860 youth scanned every two years with structural, diffusion and functional 3T MRI.