Study Support Service
The CRN East of England Study Support Service offers support with the setup, delivery, monitoring and closure of studies eligible for the NIHR CRN portfolio.
The team, consisting of specialty and setting managers, Study Support Service Managers, Study Delivery Officers (SDOs) and administrators, provide essential support for researchers throughout the study lifecycle.
How we can support you and your study
The CRN East of England Study Support Service team provides support for non-commercial and commercially sponsored studies across all study designs.
We offer a range of support to help you plan, place and perform high quality research.
If your study meets the eligibility criteria for the NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio - also known as the NIHR CRN Portfolio - we will work with you, research and development offices, funders, and other stakeholders to deliver your study to time and target.
Our SDOs are an integral part of the service provision in CRN East of England and are the first point of contact for researchers (you can get in touch with them via the contact details below).
Our support includes offering advice and guidance for cost attribution and at grant application stage, dissemination of new, suitable studies to Partner Organisations for Expressions of Interest, and other mechanisms.
The ideal time to initiate this support is around the time your study has been shortlisted by a funder, which will ensure you get the full range of relevant support for you and your study.
It is never too early to contact us. We are happy to be involved in the very early stages of research right through to the later stages.
More information on how to run a study within the network is available on the national NIHR website.
If you are planning to run a study within Primary Care, you can find out more about working with the CRN East of England by watching this video.
Expert advice and guidance to help you plan your research
Get personalised advice and guidance about what support is available, tailored to your specific study needs. You can access this support even before you have secured funding. Engaging early will increase your support options.
Accurately identify relevant funders for all resources related to your study activities
Department of Health and Social Care guidance outlines responsibilities for funding the range of research activities. We have specialists and a UK-wide tool to help apply this to your study activities.
Ensure your research is inclusive
Read our INCLUDE guidance on improving inclusion of under-served groups in clinical research.
Find out more about how we can help you plan your study or trial in health or care settings.
Place your study
Identify sites for your study
We can gather expressions of interest to take part in your study from sites across England. You can discuss this with us anytime throughout the life cycle of your study.
Study delivery review
We undertake a study wide assessment to identify and highlight any challenges to study delivery. enabling a proactive approach to study set-up.
Find out more about how we can help you place your study to optimise performance.
Perform your study
Streamline your study set-up
We will use our national network to share a study-wide action plan to ensure multiple sites open as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Keep your research on track
Your allocated performance review lead will work with you to proactively monitor the progress of your study.
Find out more about how we work with you to keep your study on track.
Connect and Share Session
Please find below CRN East of England's Connect and Share Session on the Study Support Service team, for more information on what the team does and how their work can help you.
CRN EoE Connect and Share - Study Support Service.MOVContact us
Contact our team to find out how engaging with us early on benefits the full life cycle of your study.
For Commercial related queries please contact crneoe.industry@nihr.ac.uk and
For Non-commercial related queries please contact crneoe.studysupport@nihr.ac.uk
To enable a timely response, please provide any available supporting information such as the specialty area, timescales/deadlines, study documents and sponsor.
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