# Overview of a Project

On the ADAPT TAP, a project is a private collaborative workspace where users can store and share data, and perform analyses with various in-house or custom-built tools. Projects have a series of features designed to facilitate collaboration, help project members coordinate and organize their work, and ensure appropriate control over both data and tools.

## Creating a Project

When using ADAPT TAP, all work takes place in the context of a project. Projects allow a defined set of users and orgs to:

* Access specific data
* Browse, explore, and analyze this data

Once you have access to ADAPT-TAP, you can start working by creating a new project in the UI.

## Setting Up Your Project Space

Setting up a project space is subject to the User Access Control and Sharing Policies as dictated by ARPA-H. The list of the policies is present in the[ ADAPT TAP Sharing Policies section](https://github.com/DNAx-corp/ARPA-H-ADAPT-Documentation/blob/main/projects/broken-reference/README.md).

1. Navigate to the Projects list page, by selecting Projects in the UI from the main menu, then clicking All Projects.
2. Click the New Project button (highlighted in gold).

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1. The New Project wizard will open in a modal window.

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* In the Project Name field (highlighted in light blue), enter a name for your project.
* In the More Info section (highlighted in gold), add in the optional fields for sorting projects, such as
  * Tags: If you'd like this project to appear in the My Projects list of the TAP Portal, add "adapt\_workspace" tag to it by typing this string in the Tags field and then hitting Enter/Return key or clicking away with the mouse.
  * Properties
  * Project Summary
  * Project Description.
* In the Billing Section (highlighted in navy), select the billed to org and Region.
  * In the Billed To field, choose an account to which project billable activities should be charged. Note: this should be the ADAPT org tied to your institution.
  * In the Region field, select AWS US East if it is not already selected.
* In the Usage Limits section (highlighted in chartreuse), select the optional compute usage limit and the egress limit.
  * Compute Usage Limits are the monthly compute usage limit for a given project. This value is in USD ($).
  * Egress Usage Limits are the monthly egress limits for a given project. This value is in bytes.
* In the Access section (highlighted in black), specify which users will be able to conduct data-related operations within the project.
  * Copy Access will limit who can copy data into other projects, or who can use the data as inputs in another projects. The options are All Members or No One.
  * Delete Access will limit who can delete the project. The options are Contributors and Admins or Admins Only.
  * Download Access will limit who can download data from the project. The options are All Members or No One.

## Region

ADAPT TAP is hosted on AWS US East. The labels for the region will be "aws:us-east-1" in the command line or "AWS US (East)" in the UI.