Center for Economic Studies (CES)
RDC Research Opportunities
Qualified researchers with approved Research Data Center (RDC) projects
- Gain restricted access to the data at secure Census Bureau Research Data Center (RDC) locations
- Are sworn for life to protect the confidentiality of the data they access
- Provide benefits to programs of the data–providing agency or agencies
- Publish findings from approved projects on a wide variety of social science topics in peer–reviewed journals
Proposals
Projects using Census Bureau data must...
- Provide benefit to Census Bureau programs
- Demonstrate scientific merit
- Require non–public data
- Be feasible given the data
- Pose no risk of disclosure
- Agency for Health Care Research (AHRQ)
- National Center for Healthcare Statistics (NCHS)
More Information
Research Data Centers
Atlanta
Boston
California, Berkeley
California, Los Angeles
California, Stanford
Census Headquarters
Chicago
Michigan
Minnesota
New York, Baruch
New York, Cornell
Northwest
Texas
Triangle, Duke
Triangle, RTI International
Interested in hosting a
Research Data Center
at your institution?
Please contact our Director of Research for information on physical security requirements, IT infrastructure costs, on-site staffing requirements, and procedures for opening a Research Data Center.
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