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Who can use CLIMB?

CLIMB-BIG-DATA is available to researchers in three categories:

• Primary Users – Independent researchers and team leaders in UK academic institutions, government agencies, or healthcare systems with ac.uk, gov.uk, or nhs.uk email addresses
• Secondary Users – Students, post-doctoral researchers, and international collaborators working under primary users

Registration Process

Primary User Registration

Visit Bryn to create an account, provide institutional details and research justification and await approval (typically within 1-3 business days).

Team Setup

Primary users can create teams and invite secondary users, manage team resources and access permissions, set up shared storage and computing resources.

CLIMB Packages

CLIMB provides access through justified packages, aligned with specific use cases

Research Packages

Support for funded research projects, multi-institutional collaborative research, PhD and postdoctoral research activities, international research collaboration

Training Packages

Bioinformatics skills development, capacity building initiatives, workshops and tutorials

Surveillance Packages

Public health surveillance activities, pathogen monitoring and analysis, emergency response capabilities, collaboration with public health agencies

Trial Packages

Time-limited access for evaluation purposes or proof-of-concept activities, transition pathway to sustained access, new user onboarding and assessment

If you want to register for CLIMB-BIG-DATA access, please visit Bryn, the CLIMB-BIG-DATA user portal.

If you want to view user documentation and tutorials please see our dedicated page.

Should you have any problem, or technical question, please open a ticket via Bryn (you’ll find the option to open a ticket at the bottom left of your Bryn interface) or send an email to support@climb.ac.uk and one of our Cloud Computing Managers will be happy to help!