SCHARE is powered by Terra. Terra is an open-source platform for biomedical researchers to access data, run analysis tools, and collaborate.

Register for SCHARE on Terra

The SCHARE team will review your application within 3 business days and notify of you of your acceptance.

Note: To register for SCHARE, you will need either a Gmail account or another email account associated with a Google identity (an institutional email, for example). If you do not have a Google account or would like to create a new Google account for using SCHARE, you can create a Google account here.

After SCHARE Registration Approval

Once your registration request is approved, you will receive an email asking you to complete these additional steps:

1. Access the SCHARE Terra workspace.
2. Click on the blue login button and sign into Terra. Your username is the Google email address you provided to request access to SCHARE. Click Next. Then enter your Google account password to login.
3. You will see a New User Registration page. Insert your name and click on Register. You will then be asked to review and accept the Terra Terms of Service.
4. If you accept the Terms of Service, you will be taken to the SCHARE Terra Workspace.Here you can start exploring the available resources and reading about the project (see point 6 below for more details).
5. Terra will send you an email inviting you to create a workspace and billing account. Creating a workspace will provide you with a secure space for your projects, data, and analyses (learn more about Terra workspaces). Once you have a workspace, you can link a billing account to it. You don’t have to create a billing account immediately, but for full use of the SCHARE resources, you will need a Terra-linked billing account, so that Google can bill you directly for any cloud usage charges (sign up for $300 in free credits from Google).
6. In the SCHARE Terra Workspace, click on the tabs at the top of the page (Dashboard, Data, Analyses, etc.) to explore options. For example:
   1. Click on the Data tab. Under Tables, you will see a list of dataset categories (e.g., Economic Stability, Education Access and Quality, etc.). If you click on a category, you will see a list of relevant datasets. Scroll to the right to learn more about each dataset. To access controlled-access datasets, you must submit a specific data access request.
   2. Click on the Analyses tab. This tab contains instructional notebooks and tutorials on how to use the SCHARE Terra environment.

If you have any questions, please email schare@mail.nih.gov.

Page updated March 12, 2025