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 In the home page of your node, there are links to the `Data Repository`, the `Study Manager` and the `Authentication Server`. Please use your credentials whenever you need to log into any one of these.
 
+> **NOTE**  
+If you have access to your institution's own node and have an account with sufficient permissions (`opal-create-project` and `mica-reviewer`), you may use it instead.
+
 * [Part 1: Setting Up Data in the Data Repository (Opal)](opal)
   * [Upload the Dictionary and Data File](opal#upload-the-dictionary-and-data-file)
   * [Create a project](opal#create-a-project)