Starting a project

Complete this checklist to successfully start your project at the Spinoza Centre:

1. Make sure you can access the building.
2. Make sure you have ethical approval for your study.
   • Find the mandatory screening form and example subject information here.
   • Note that, in order to make use of the incidental findings procedure, you have to use a specific text in your subject information / informed consent.
3. Fill in and return the project form. You can fill in the form digitally and sign it electronically, or alternatively, print, sign and scan it. Please send the relevant appendices (e.g. proof of ethical approval) along with the project form.
4. Arrange an MR operator (this can be yourself, a colleague or a scanning assistant).
   • Contact Trijntje Sjoerdsma for more information on scanning assistance. To request scanning assistance you can send an email to [email protected]
5. Make sure all people that will assist in the MRI area are MR safety certified, also when you make use of scanning assistance.
6. Plan a project presentation at one of the SUM meetings (this can be after the start of the project), coordinate wih Pieter.