Study Support

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Our Study Support Service helps you to plan, place and perform research. We are here to help with commercial and non-commercial studies where south London is the lead local Clinical Research Network (CRN).

We work with researchers from the initial idea stage to the end of recruitment to the study. We offer a friendly, bespoke service that can support studies in the NHS and wider health and social care environment.

For non-commercial research, we can support you if your study meets the eligibility criteria for the NIHR Portfolio. Visit our Study Support Service for the life sciences page to find out how we can support commercial studies.

Our support for non-commercial studies includes the following:

  • signposting and providing general advice
  • adoption support onto the NIHR portfolio
  • support with study cost attribution based on Attribution Costs for Research and Development
  • support researchers with Schedule of Events Cost Attribution Templates (SoECAT)
    providing a CRN letter of support for your grant application
  • helping to identify suitable sites for your study across the NHS, general practices, and non-NHS organisations
  • feasibility support
  • assisting with any issues encountered during the study's life cycle

Our support for commercial studies includes the following:

  • signposting and providing general advice
  • adoption support onto the NIHR portfolio
  • supporting a local feasibility assessment of your study
  • helping to identify suitable or additional sites in south London
  • providing intelligence on pre-selected sites
  • assisting with potential issues you might encounter during the study’s life cycle

More information

Our Study Support Service offers introductory training sessions to explain the team's work to researchers, research and development teams within NHS trusts and colleagues working on clinical trials in south London. These can be booked on NIHR Learn - or we can arrange something bespoke for your team. If you have a question or need study support, please email studysupport.crnslondon@nihr.ac.uk. You’ll find more information on the national Study Support Service web pages.