Welcome to the NBDC Data Hub

NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Sharing Platform: Unifying ABCD and HBCD data management in one powerful platform.
About the NBDC Data Hub

The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub is a NIH-supported resource designed to accelerate scientific discovery by providing centralized and secure access to rich, longitudinal brain, behavioral, and genomic data from both the ABCD and HBCD Studies. By bringing together data from both studies, the NBDC Data Hub facilitates integrative research on early life and adolescent development, helping researchers explore developmental trajectories across the lifespan.

Learn about the NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub and its two supported studies: the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentSM (ABCD) Study and the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study.

ABCD 7.0 Release

We are pleased to announce the 7th annual release of data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentSM (ABCD) Study, as well as the Data Exploration & Analysis Portal (DEAP), a graphical user interface for creating, visualizing, and analyzing NBDC datasets in place.

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What You’ll Need to Get Started

To get access to the NBDC Data, make sure to do the following:

  1. Identify the Signing Official at your institution. If you are unsure of who at your institution is an authorized signing official, or have any other questions, please contact your institution’s grants office.
  2. Review the relevant NIST guidance
View the NIST Security Compliance Requirements
NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Biobank Portal

Are you interested in using ABCD Study biospecimens in your research? The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Biospecimen Access Program provides the research community access to biospecimens collected from the ABCD Study participants through an X01 resource access mechanism. Visit the NBDC Biobank Portal, explore the available biospecimens, and navigate to the “Requesting Biospecimens” tab to help guide you through the process.

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Quick Links to NBDC Datahub Features

Data Use Certification

Before You Begin

Learn about the NBDC data access process

Data Access (DUC)

Apply for your data use certification or take your Responsible Data and Biospecimen Use Training

Access the Data

All Study Data Search & Filter

Search, filter, and download all file based and tabulated data

Download Tools: Globus Share

Transfer data through your institution's secure Globus share

Data Exploration & Analysis Portal (DEAP)

Data dictionary explorer, tabulated custom dataset creation & download

Previous Releases

Download data from previous releases

Community Collections

Coming Soon

Explore & Analyze the Data

Impact

NBDC Publications

Register your publications from ABCD and HBCD data

Publications Explorer

Coming Soon

Support & Documentation

Help Center

Submit a help center ticket for DUC approved users

ABCD Documentation

Latest release notes and information about data curation and measures

HBCD Documentation

Latest release notes and information about data curation and measures

Related Resources

Now I Know My ABCD (NIKMA)​

Discussion forum for ABCD data users​

NBDC Biobank Portal

Apply for access to NBDC Biospecimens​

Can’t find what you need? E-mail nbdc@mail.nih.gov