Writing Your Workspace Description

Before you can create a workspace, it's important to describe more about your project through the workspace description.

The workspace description should include a title reflective of the research purpose, articulate your research question and its importance, and address your population of interest.

Your workspace description is publicly displayed on the Research Project Directory on the Research Hub, so be mindful to complete each section thoroughly. The workspace description provides transparency to participants and the program about your stewardship of the data.

For more information on writing your workspace description, read “Sample Workspace Description.”

To write your workspace description in Researcher Workbench 2.0

1. Create your workspace and add an All of Us data collection following the steps shown in this Getting Started Guide.
2. Select “Fill out the questions” under “Research Use Statement Questions” to navigate to the Workspace Description questions

3. Select the primary purpose(s) of your research project.
   Note: You can select all that apply to your research.
   • Research purpose
     • Disease-focused research
     • Methods development/validation study
     • Research control
     • Genetic research
     • Social/behavioral research
     • Population health/public health research
     • Drug/therapeutics development research
   • Educational purpose
   • For-profit purpose
   • Other purpose

4. Provide a summary of your research purpose, including
   • What are the specific scientific questions you intend to study?
   • Why are those questions important?
   • What are the scientific approaches you plan to use for your research?
   • What anticipated findings do you expect from your research?
   • How would your findings contribute to the scientific knowledge in the field?
     
     Note: Keep in mind that your responses are publicly displayed on the Research Project Directory on the Research Hub.
     
      

5. Select the way(s) you plan to share your research findings to both scientific and community audiences.
   
    

6. Select the way(s) your research outcome fits into the All of Us Research Program Scientific Framework.
   • This research project seeks to increase wellness and resilience and promote healthy living.
   • This research project seeks to reduce health disparities and improve health equity in underrepresented in biomedical research populations.
   • This research project seeks to develop improved risk assessment and prevent strategies to preempt disease.
   • This research project seeks to provide earlier and more accurate diagnosis to decrease illness burden.
   • This research project seeks to improve health outcomes and reduce disease/illness burden through improved treatment and development of precision intervention.
   • None of these statements apply to this research project.

7. Confirm if your study focuses on a specific population(s) or if you intend to study a phenotype, disease, or condition with a focus on comparative analysis of a specific demographic group.
   
   
   
    
8. Confirm if your study includes research involving American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Refer to the Policy on Respectful Research Involving American Indian and Alaska Native Populations for more information on requirements for research that focuses on these populations.

9. Confirm if you want a review of your workspace description by the Resource Access Board (RAB) to confirm your research is not stigmatizing in nature.
   Note: If you request a review, you can expect an initial response within five business days. During the RAB’s review, you can begin working in your workspace.
   
   
   
    
10. Click “Confirm” after reviewing your responses.

11. Review the remaining Data Collection Policies and select “I'm sure. I understand that all policies and terms above will be permanently applied to this workspace.”

12. Review your data collection choices and select “Add to your workspace” to add the data collection to your workspace with your workspace description.

After selecting “Add to your workspace,” the data collection will be added to your workspace with the workspace description.

To edit your workspace description responses at a later time in Researcher Workbench 2.0

You can return at any time to edit your workspace description responses. To do so, see the following steps:

1. Navigate to your workspace and select the link in the top of the workspace next to “Policies”

2. Navigate to the Research Use Statement Questions section and select “Edit Answers”

   

3. After making your changes, select “Confirm” to save your changes.

   
    

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