Request Portal

The Request Portal Podium is an online one-stop-shop to request samples, images and data from multiple national health registries, health databases, image archives and biobanks.

What is BBMRI-NL’s Request Portal Podium? 

Podium is an online one-stop-shop to request samples, images and data from multiple national health registries, health databases, image archives and biobanks.

Why BBMRI-NL’s Request Portal Podium?

Podium was set up to facilitate access for researchers to bio-material, clinical images and health data and to allow linkage of data, samples and/or images on subject-level across different biobanks and registries. With the portal researchers will have a single online entry point to request what they need for their research. This will facilitate and stimulate efficient, optimal and shared use of the available resources within the Netherlands.

Intended users

The request portal was set up for researchers in need of health data, samples and/or images; and for biobanks/organizations and National Health Registries in need of a tool to manage their own ‘in house’ requests as well as linked requests.

Status of BBMRI-NL’s Request Portal Podium

The beta version of Podium was launched in December 2017, including the following organizations: PALGA, PHARMO, BIOS, GoNL and Parelsnoer. Since January 2019, Podium is in production and is being enriched with more registries, biobanks, image archives, cohorts and data. Is your organization not yet part of Podium? Please contact the Health-RI Service desk, to have your organization added to Podium.

Using BBMRI-NL’s Request Portal Podium

Biobanks and registries whou would like to make use of Podium as their request magagement system can contact the Health-RI Service desk for more information. It is also possible to request a demo of Podium at your organisation. 

Researchers in search of samples, data and/or images can search the BBMRI Catalogue and send their query via Podium to the biobanks and registries. To be able to use Podium you need to create an account at your first visit.

Additional information

Podium manual: Requesting data, images and/or samples using PODIUM

For support, contact the Health-RI Service Desk

Podium was developed within WP4 and WP5 of BBMRI in collaboration with The Hyve (Podium is open source, license information can be found here). It will be maintained and serviced by the Health-RI Service desk.

An example of how Podium is being used to handle data request in the European multicentre CAPACITY registry.
Watch the presentation by Wanda Hermans-Van Ast and Erik van Iperen (in Dutch) 

For more information on BBMRI-NL’s Request Portal contact: