Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

Accept all cookies Reject all non-essential cookies Find out more

8. Data access charges

Data access charges apply to open access projects from researchers based in high-income countries. Tier 2 and Tier 3 charges include $1000 USD worth of AWS credits for use on DNAnexus (the online platform for analysing MCPS genomic data). Costs above $1000 USD will be charged to the researcher.

Description Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3

Core Data

  • Baseline
  • Mortality
  • Resurvey
  • NMR Metabolomic

 

YES

 

 

 

YES

 

YES

Genotype data

  • TOPMED Imputed
  • Chip array

 

YES

 

YES

Sequencing Data

  • Whole genome sequencing (WGS)/phased WGS
  • Whole exome sequencing

 

YES
Data access charges
(access guaranteed until at least March 2029)
Low- and Middle-income countries No charge No charge No charge
High-income countries £2500 £5000 £7500

Prices are inclusive of VAT

List of low- and middle-income Countries that are exempt from data access charges

Afghanistan Ghana Nigeria
Albania Grenada North Macedonia
Algeria Guatemala Pakistan
American Samoa Guinea Panama
Angola Guinea-Bissau Papua New Guinea
Argentina Guyana Paraguay
Armenia Haiti Peru
Azerbaijan Honduras Philippines
Bangladesh India Romania
Belize Indonesia Rwanda
Benin Iraq Samoa
Bhutan Jamaica São Tomé and Principe
Bolivia Jordan Senegal
Bosnia and Herzegovinia Kazakhstan Serbia
Botswana Kenya Sierra Leone
Brazil Kiribati Solomon Islands
Bulgaria Kosovo Somalia
Burkina Faso Kyrgyz Republic South Africa
Burundi Lao PDR South Sudan
Cabo Verde Lebanon Sri Lanka
Cambodia Lesotho St. Lucia
Cameroon Liberia St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Central African Republic Libya Sudan
Chad Madagascar Suriname
Colombia Malawi Tajikistan
Comoros Congo, Dem Rep. Malaysia Tanzania
Congo Rep Maldives Thailand
Costa Rica Mali Timor-Leste
Côte d'Ivoire Marshall Islands Togo
Djibouti Mauritania Tonga
Dominica Mauritius Tunisia
Dominican Republic Mexico Turkey
Ecuador Micronesia, Fed. Sts Turkmenistan
Egypt, Arab Rep. Moldova Tuvalu
El Salvador Mongolia Uganda
Equatorial Guinea Montenegro Ukraine
Eritrea Morocco Uzbekistan
Eswatini Mozambique Vanuatu
Ethiopia Myanmar Vietnam
Fiji Namibia West Bank and Gaza
Gabon Nepal Yemen, Rep
Gambia, The Nicaragua Zambia
Georgia Niger Zimbabwe