Apply for access to the 45 and Up Study
Submit an expression of interest
Receive a fee estimate
Get ethics approval
Start your project
Frequently asked questions
Click here for a guide to charges for the 45 and Up data together with the required workspace in SURE.
Please note that fees vary according to the way you use the Study, the number of researchers accessing the data (students are covered if their supervisor has access), the number of data sets being used, and duration of the project. The costs for linking administrative datasets not managed by the Sax Institute need to be requested directly from CHeReL.
- Contact the 45 and Up Study team to discuss costs for running a sub-study
- Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) form (PDF 2MB) to get a detailed quote when planning your research
All research projects using the 45 and Up Study are required to obtain approval from the following bodies before data can be accessed for research:
- The 45 and Up Study Coordinating Centre
- An Australian Human Research Ethics Committee as required under the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research
- Relevant data custodians
- Ethics approval may also be required from the Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) for research with a specific Aboriginal focus.
Learn more about Governance and Ethics.
The data for your research will be set up in the Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE). SURE is a purpose-built remote-access data research laboratory operated by the Sax Institute providing a secure computing environment for analysis of data. Tools for analysing the data such as SAS, R, STATA, SPSS are readily available in SURE.
Use the 45 and Up Study
To begin working with the 45 and Up Study, please return an expression of interest form by email to 45andUp.Research@saxinstitute.org.au.