Anyone can become a researcher with CrowdWise.
Researchers can publish their research and collect medical, genomic data, and more.
We do it by becoming each participant's legal representative. Each participant can join one or many research projects.
Legal representation doesn't involve your data in any research.
It allows you to have a convenient way of participating in research without doing much work yourself.
You can choose which research you want to join based on the benefits researchers provide to you or based on the mission you align with.
We will never sell your data. You sell it yourself
by choosing which research projects can access your medical and genomic data.
The researcher promises to provide you with rewards for data and participation. Such as revenue share
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, priority in treatment for you or your family member,
custom health reports based on study results, etc. Read the research page before you consent to
join in order to know what you are getting in return for providing your data and whether there are any conditions,
such as filling out email surveys once every few months.
The CrowdWise part is to make it all smooth by creating cybersecurity, legal, compliance, and research infrastructure. You don't have to upload data yourself, and researchers don't have to have an IT and compliance team, as all data is already secured and monitored.
To make your life easier and save you time collecting and uploading data from different institutions, we will become your representative once you sign the Letter of Authorization (read more).
Once you register and sign the Letter of Authorization, make sure you add your hospital, genomic company, etc. Keep us updated when you use any new service holding your data, so we can contact them and extract it.
Each research is different, so make sure to read its terms and tiers.
Tiers in each research are, so you can know what's expected of you and what you get for fulfilling each tier.
For example, Tier 1 usually asks for data only, with minimal involvement on your behalf, such as filling out an initial questionnaire.
Tier 2 may ask you to fill out a questionnaire every year or do a regular blood test once a year, one you should probably do anyway.
While higher Tiers may have more extensive requirements, they also have better rewards for your support.
See FAQ for researchers here.
Got a Question? We’ve got answers.
No, we will never sell your data. You sell it yourself! You can accept the terms of each specific research if you find those fair to sell your data and your participation. You can also donate to research you want to support. Think of us as Airbnb, Kickstarter or Facebook Marketplace. We are a marketplace where you can sell or donate your data yourself, maintaining full control.
No, we will get your data once you authorize us with a Letter of Authorization and tell us
where your data is being held. You may be required to provide specific data for specific
research, but to make it less effort for you; we suggest doing required tests and then
informing us which company or institution has this new data,
Researchers may ask you to fill out surveys via our system once every few months, but any
data uploads we suggest to do by simply saying who holds your new data.
Letter of Authorization allows
us to extract it.
Crowdwise employs advanced security measures, including encryption and pseudonymisation, to protect your data. Only researchers you authorize can access your data in a secure environment. Read an article about pseudonymisation of your data here and an article on our Secure Data Environment (SDE).
We believe selling data left and right is not only immoral, but is actually much harder to build a long-term trustworthy business. As we do not allow data being downloaded by researchers; researchers have to use cloud services we are providing in our Secure Data Environment (SDE). We charge for every server running by an hour.
Currently, the choice is either never to give your data to anyone, maintain as much privacy
as possible, or opt-in to a government biobank, charity, or private company accepting your
data is being sold left and right. Sadly, both private and public sectors do it, and you
don't have control over who buys it.
Those two options of being privacy conscious or being sold left and right are awful! Without
contributions from participants like you, smaller researchers and independent scientists often
lack access to the data necessary for groundbreaking studies.
In the past, only big pharmaceutical companies and larger organizations had the resources and
access to conduct extensive research. By sharing your data on
CrowdWise, you help democratize research opportunities,
enabling a wider range of scientists to innovate and make discoveries that can benefit everyone.
CrowdWise ensures that your data is used securely.
Your data is pseudonymized (read more) , and researchers will not have access to your personal identifiers unless explicitly agreed. Each research contract informs you if specific research needs your identity data. In case of certain benefits promised by researchers, they will need to be informed at the end of the research how and to whom to provide promised benefits. We will try to be a middleman and hide those when possible.
You can sign up by visiting our website, creating an account, and signing a Letter of Authorization (read more) , and informing us which institutions hold your data. Sign Up and follow checklist in your user profile.
Participants can share medical data, electronic health records, genetic data, wearable devices and other health-related information, depending on your preferences.
Absolutely. You have full control over the type and amount of data you share. Each research is listing what data they need in order to conduct the research. You choose whether you want to join each research study yourself.
Participants receive updates on research outcomes derived from their data, ensuring transparency and allowing you to see the positive effects of your contribution.
CrowdWise enforces strict usage policies, including monitoring of all activities and code executions inside SDE, and any misuse of data is taken seriously. Researchers who violate policies are subject to account freeze or permanent removal, and participants are promptly informed. You will be in full rights to sue any researcher doing so. We will maintain logs and provide them as evidence to court if needed. Read more about our Secure Data Environment (SDE).
Depending on the research project, participants may receive incentives such as monetary compensation, gift cards, personalized health reports, revenue share, coverage of diagnostic tests, discounts for services provided by a researcher or affiliated entities.
Yes, you can revoke your consent at any time. CrowdWise provides a user-friendly interface for managing your data-sharing preferences. However, withdrawing from research may result in the loss of accrued rights and benefits.
Your consent is obtained through an online process where you review and agree to the terms of data sharing by joining research with Research Contract present to download.
If you revoke your consent, your data is removed from the active research pool. However, withdrawing from research may result in the loss of accrued rights and benefits.
Participants must be 18 years or older.
In order to make sure we adhere to data protection laws in each country we currently operate only in the USA, EU, UK, and Switzerland. We will be onboarding more jurisdictions with time. Sign up for our newsletter to be informed!
No. We do not put any medical or genomics data on the blockchain. If we integrate blockchain in the future, it will only be for control management, audits of consents, and revenue share rights you hold to allow you to sell them before they start bringing recurring income. We do not plan to use blockchain to store data, and we believe this is a highly non-compliant, unsecure practice that will put many companies in deep trouble in the next few years.
We are politically and worldview-neutral. We will accept anyone who passes our KYC checks as a researcher. It's up to you who do you give data! Whether you are vegan or a carnivore, academic or independent biohacker, little or big pharma, it's not CrowdWise role to gatekeep. It's up to each participant to decide whether they want to participate in a specific research study.
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CrowdWise, is for research and educational purposes only. We do not provide medical advice, and all researchers are required to use CrowdWise solely for research purposes. Researchers are prohibited from offering medical advice.
