How are analysis proposals handled?

All analysis proposals are reviewed by the FinnGen Scientific Director and FinnGen admintration team. The proposal is checked that it is in line with the overall FinnGen Scientific Plan and its amendments (FinnGen 2 Scientific Plan and FinnGen 3 Scientific Plan) and any biobank and registry permission granted to FinnGen and that there are no overlap with other proposals. You may be asked to provide additional information on the proposal.

Analysis proposals procedure

Proposals are evaluated by the FinnGen Scientific Director and the FinnGen administration team

The evaluators decide is the proposal approved and may request clarifications or amendments to the proposal before the decision. Some of the proposers are invited to present the proposal in one of the upcoming FinnGen Scientific Committee meetings. The FinnGen administration team will contact the proposer if the presentation is required.

Approval of the proposal

The FinnGen administration team will inform the proposer (key investigator in the proposal) about the approval. Usually this process takes 1-3 weeks.

We try to encourage collaboration and thus try to connect researchers that are planning to analyze similar subjects. All analysis proposals are listed here.

After the approval

After the approval of your analysis proposal, you will receive an analysis proposal index (F_YYYY_NNN), which may be asked from you when you are in contact with FinnGen staff for services. You are also asked the index when requesting to download results out from Sandbox. You can check the proposal indexes from here.

Once your analysis proposal has been approved, we (FinnGen) will follow up your progress regularly. Your final results should be shared with all FinnGen Partners. Also your manuscript needs to be circulated to the FinnGen Scientific Committee for comments. It is good to reserve minimum of 3 weeks to get feedback from the FinnGen Partners.

So once you have your results ready, please be in contact [e-mail] for more guidance.