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What to Include in the Application
- What is the difference between a protocol and the PCORI Research Plan?
- What is PCORI’s stance on use of a single or central Institutional Review Board (IRB)?
- Does my application need to address information related to participant randomization, retention, or attrition?
- What information related to recruitment should I include in my research proposal?
- How is application information submitted using PCORI Online?
- What if I plan on using a research network infrastructure (such as PCORnet) and/or related data resource (such as EMR in health care delivery systems or claims data) in my application?
- Are preliminary results or pilot studies required to have a successful application? To what extent is it acceptable to propose engagement and/or designs without any prior history?
- If an application has 45 subcontract sites, should each PI from each site submit a Letter of Support? Are there any limits to the number of letters that should be included?
- Who should write the letters of support and to whom should they be addressed?
- Can an application list a different PI than originally listed in the LOI?
- If a research team member has a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biosketch, can he or she use this as his or her PCORI Biosketch in the Application?
- Are Biosketches required for patient and other stakeholder partners?
- Who needs to have a Profile/Biosketch?
- What information should be included in the Profile/Biosketch?
- What do I need to include in the Dissemination and Implementation Potential section?
- What is the difference between the Engagement Plan and the Dissemination and Implementation Potential section?
- What Research Team and Environment information is required in the Research Strategy section of the Research Plan Template?
- What is required in the Project/Performance Site(s) and Resources Template?
- What should be included for milestones in the Milestones tab within PCORI Online?
- How should applicants include the methodology standards in the research strategy?
- Can I rearrange the order of questions in each section of the Research Strategy Template?
- What can be removed from the PCORI templates?
- What can be deleted from the Research Plan Template?
- How does the Technical Abstract differ from the Public Abstract?
- What are the page-formatting requirements for submitting an application?
- PCORI provides templates for certain portions of the application. Are PI’s required to use these templates or can applicants create their own templates?
- Can the information proposed in an application differ from the research initially described in the Letter of Intent (LOI)?