Over the past several years, there has been greater recognition of the importance of data sharing in research. The benefits of broad data sharing include permitting secondary data analysis, optimizing resource use, avoiding unnecessary study duplication, ensuring reproducibility, and increasing statistical power. However, researchers may be reluctant to share their data, and current mechanisms for sharing human data through Data Access Committees generally rely on manual workflows. Recent papers published in Biopreservation and Biobanking explore the critical issue of incentives for data sharing and the use of automated decision support tools to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of decision-making by Data Access Committees for access to data.