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You will first need to be registered as a Harvard Sponsored Role, which is essentially Harvard University’s guest user registration, as described in https://it.hms.harvard.edu/our-services/accounts-and-user-access/person-interest-poi. Once you have an active Harvard ID, your PI will need to request an HMS guest account as described in https://it.hms.harvard.edu/our-services/accounts-and-user-access/hms-guest-accounts
When that request is approved, the guest is automatically provisioned an HMS account. Visit our page on Harvard Sponsored Roles for more information.
Please note this important distinction and ask HMS-RC if you’re not sure of your PI’s status:
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