CPMS Terms and Conditions of Use

Acceptable use: what you are agreeing to do - individuals with Local and National Portfolio Manager system roles:

• Data contained within the NIHR CPMS can only be used for internal management information. Its use is to be limited to supporting day-to-day operations and decision making

• Data can be used in relation to research related activities only. Research related activities are defined as activities along the research delivery pathway conducted in relation to, but not limited to: the research idea; study development; study planning, monitoring and performance managing; study set-up and start-up; study recruitment and follow-up; and/or study closure.

• You must safeguard the data from unauthorised and unlawful disclosure. Individual access must be appropriately restricted, unique login credentials must not be shared or transferred to any other individual.

• To immediately notify the CRN using supportmystudy@nihr.ac.uk where any individual raises concerns with regard to your use of the data, or where you have concerns regarding other individuals use of the data.

• Individuals wishing to re-use any data from CPMS for any other purpose i.e. referencing CPMS data in materials to be published and/or be made publicly available, must request permission using supportmystudy@nihr.ac.uk. It is the decision of the NIHR CRN as to whether to allow such re-use.

• Upon any breach of the above conditions for reasons not attributable to the default of the CRN, you and/or your employing organisation shall: 

1. indemnify CRN against all reasonable liabilities, costs and expenses that may arise and 

2. the CRN may immediately terminate your User account without giving notice.

• If you leave the role for which you were granted a Local or National Portfolio Manager system role, you must contact the Support My Study helpdesk on supportmystudy@nihr.ac.uk to inform them that you no longer require access to CPMS and ask for your system role to be removed.