.. _new_study:

Starting A New Study?
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Starting a new study in Flywheel is quick and easy! The infrastructure in place streamlines study concept to final analysis results faster than ever!

INC staff will set up your project in Flywheel. Be sure to contact INC staff to setup time to test/practice your study protocol on the MRI scanner. Piloting data will be made available in the newly created Flywheel project. Here are the steps to take once your project is created:

**Step 1:** Permissions: Add all study personnel who needs access to study data within Flywheel. Check out `User Permissions` for more information.

**Step 2:** Acquisition naming - if you plan to use BIDS formatting, ensure all acquisitions comply with Reproin naming conventions.

**Step 3:** Add or enable gear rules for basic data processing (classifier, dcm2niix, brain souvenirs)

**Step 4:** Upload generic and commonly used files to the project:

    (1) .bidsignore

    .. code-block::

        *.txt
        gear*.json
        *.pdf
        *.fsf
        *.zip
        *ignore-BIDS.json


    (2) license.txt (freesurfer license file) `generate here <https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/License>`_

    (3) scanner protocol (INC staff will provide)

**Step 5:** Setup completeness worksheet.

We highly recommend documenting your full protocol using completeness.csv and use the hierarchy curator in Flywheel to check each data collection session against the expected template. It helps catch errors in data collection or transfer quickly! For more information on how to create and use completeness worksheets visit our github `repo. <https://github.com/intermountainneuroimaging/flywheel_sdk_examples/tree/main/1_metadata_and_curator>`_

You can also set up a session template in Flywheel, which provides a limited check of session completeness. For more information about Flywheel's study templates visit their website `here <http://docs.flywheel.io/admin/project_config/admin_session_templates/#view-sessions-that-dont-follow-the-template>`_

For more information about how to get started with a new Study in Flwyheel, check out our video: `Starting a New Study <>`_