diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index afb677be1..e5afa0891 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@
 [submodule "projects/Neurocon"]
 	path = projects/Neurocon
 	url = https://github.com/conpdatasets/Neurocon.git
+[submodule "projects/_3_step_CPCA"]
+	path = projects/_3_step_CPCA
+	url = https://github.com/conp-bot/conp-dataset-3-step-CPCA.git
 [submodule "projects/braincode_CAN-BIND_Biomarkers_for_Depression_Baseline_Data_Release"]
 	path = projects/braincode_CAN-BIND_Biomarkers_for_Depression_Baseline_Data_Release
 	url = https://github.com/conpdatasets/braincode_CAN-BIND_Biomarkers_for_Depression_Baseline_Data_Release
diff --git a/projects/_3_step_CPCA b/projects/_3_step_CPCA
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..58040d782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/_3_step_CPCA
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 58040d782594ada868decb9ceeadab880fcdadce