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An on-Quad PI who is based at HMS can directly sponsor someone for an HSR and/or HMS guest account, as described above.
An on-Quad PI who is based at an affiliate institution (e.g. hospital) usually can not sponsor HSRs or Guests. For those labs, any HSR or Guest registrations must be submitted through the HMS Research Computing Core, as described below in the “off-Quad” section. This is only needed for registering the HMS Account and will not incur charges.
“Off-Quad” (HMS affiliate hospital/institution) Labs and other Harvard University Schools:
Researchers from labs based at HMS affiliated institutions (e.g. MGH, BWH, BCH, BIDMC, DFCI, etc), or at other Harvard University Schools (e.g. FAS, HSPH, SEAS, Wyss) will need to first register with the HMS Research Computing Core as indicated in the steps below. This is required whether or not the lab gets charged for using O2.
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