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Yes, your study information can be changed. To do this please contact StepUp for Ageing Research at stepup.research@sydney.edu.au.

When a study is entered on StepUp for Ageing Research, matching criteria are set based on the study’s selection criteria such as diagnosis, location, clinical information, age, and so on. After the matching algorithm has run, authorised research users on that study...

Yes. You can recruit for as many studies as you are involved in, as long as the studies are approved on StepUp for Ageing Research and assigned to those studies within StepUp for Ageing Research.

Yes, StepUp for Ageing Research runs a short news item on every study added to the system. This helps encourage new volunteers who might be particularly interested in your research. Our communications team will contact you to discuss what information will be needed.

The CI will need to provide the study’s ethics application and approval letter, as well as the volunteer information sheet (aka. Participant Information Statement) and study protocol. Further, a lay summary of the study will need to be provided, according to StepUp...

This depends on factors such as when the next researcher training session is held, and whether a DAA has already been signed with your organisation. You should normally expect this process to take two to eight weeks.

Yes. Access to StepUp for Ageing Research is strictly controlled and limited to authorised researchers. As part of your training, StepUp for Ageing Research will explain the rules and procedures and provide you with access to all appropriate usage protocols. You will...

To use StepUp for Ageing Research you will need to ensure that your study has the appropriate ethics approval from a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). If you have not yet applied for ethics approval, you will need to state that you will be recruiting volunteers...

Once you have log into StepUp for Ageing Research with your research user account, you will be able to submit a study registration form. StepUp for Research administration will contact you to arrange for your user training online, face-to-face or via web video....

Please submit your Research user account registration form. Your organisation will need to sign a Data Access Agreement (DAA) with the University of Sydney and each Chief Investigator (CI) must acknowledge the Account User and Confidentiality Terms. The StepUp for...