Benefits of Open Science and two-way data sharing 

GenV prioritises collaborations committed to Open Science (also called Open Research). We believe that Open Science benefits everyone – including families, the community, funders and researchers. 

Benefits for studies who collaborate with GenV: 

• Faster and/or whole-of-state recruitment  
• Access to GenV’s data for: 
  • Pre-existing confounders and effect modifiers 
  • Long-term outcomes 
  • Broader outcomes than could be collected by a single study 
  • Modeling trial outcomes to the Victorian population 

• Linkage with external data within GenV or a custodian-approved environment, that would otherwise be inaccessible 
• Increased value of GenV to the field of study  
  • More complete representation of specific conditions or characteristics  
  • Richer data relevant to the field of study 

• “Future proofing” as funders and journal editors worldwide move to requiring Open Science approaches