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Depositing Data in Repositories

Submission steps

The steps for submission are as follows. Note that you must make an NCBI account before submitting if you have not already.

  1. Provide a project name and description
  2. Choose the type or ‘package’ of your samples
  3. Provide sample metadata that is unique by sample
  4. Provide sequence metadata
  5. Upload your files

Additional guidance

Watch SRA's 10 minute video tutorial on how to submit to the repository on YouTube.


The SRA Submission Wizard, which you will use for making submissions and can be accessed through your NCBI account, has an FAQ and help page with more detailed instructions for each step of the submission process, as well as screenshots for troubleshooting and guidance.

If you need further information, you can email the SRA help team with questions and concerns about your data or the submission process.