Who can complete this task?
- Site Administrators
The study lifecycle is a sequence of states (such as Initiating, Active, and so on) that a study can go through during its life. When you create a study, SiteVault automatically sets the status of the study to Pre-award. You can progress the study state to match your study activities.
The following figure defines and illustrates the sequence of states that are available for studies in SiteVault:
![Document Library](/gr/uploads/sitevault/images/help/study_lifecycle_states.png)