Application Process
All projects applying to conduct research through the Primary Care Research Network (PCRN) should complete this application.
All research that plans to use patient data or recruit from clinical sites within the PCRN (i.e. Nationwide Children’s Primary Care Network, Nationwide Children’s School Health Services, or Partners For Kids community practices) should apply.
As soon as you start planning your project! Our application process is designed to help studies create a well-designed and feasible study for a grant or IRB application. You can certainly apply after you have received grant funding or IRB approval, but our leadership team can be helpful from the very beginning. For example, we are able to provide Letters of Support for grant applications.
To ensure the successful integration of studies into primary care clinics, any study interested in coming to the PCRN will have a feasibility assessment to ensure that the PCRN can support the study. The initial review will be done by the PCRN director based either on an initial meeting with the investigators, or the intake application. Additional review will occur on an as-needed basis as determined by the director. The additional review may include operational impact assessment, initial capacity assessment, nursing, social work, and/or psychology review.