New services for researcher and project accreditation

Following the closure of the Research Accreditation Service (RAS), two new systems have been introduced to provide researcher and project accreditation for users of the SRS and other Trusted Research Environments (TREs):

• People and Projects Service (PPS) – for research accreditation
• Project Accreditation Service for SRS (PASS) 

Any researcher wishing to access a project under the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA) in any Trusted Research Environment (TRE) needs to be accredited. The details and conditions for the SRS are outlined on the Become an accredited researcher web page.

Researchers can apply for researcher accreditation through the People and Projects Service. More information on how to apply for an IDS Hub account and become an accredited researcher, or how to renew your existing accreditation, is available in the guidance on the IDS website.

SRS Projects

Users of the SRS will use PASS to apply for and maintain projects. Guidance is available for applying for an accredited research project.

IDS Projects

The IDS is not accepting new applications for external research. We are working through what that means for IDS analytical projects – whether live and on the platform, pipelined or prospective projects.  

We aim to provide more clarity on this in the next few weeks.

If you have any queries about the IDS, please contact IDS.User.Engagement@ons.gov.uk. 

If you have any questions, please contact:

Researcher accreditation accredited.researcher.support@ons.gov.uk

SRS project accreditation srs.customer.support@ons.gov.uk