About
- About PCORI
- The PCORI Strategic Plan
- Governance
- Evaluating Our Work
- PCORI's Advisory Panels
- Procurement Opportunities
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Provide Input
- Draft Key Questions: Systematic Review of Audio Care for the Management of Mental Health and Chronic Conditions (2023)
- Patient-Centered Economic Outcomes Landscape (2023-2024)
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Past Opportunities to Provide Input
- Proposed New Methodology Standards for Usual Care as a Comparator (2023)
- Stakeholder Views on Components of 'Patient-Centered Value' in Health and Health Care (2023)
- PCORI's Proposed Research Agenda (2021-2022)
- Proposed National Priorities for Health (2021)
- Proposed Principles for the Consideration of the Full Range of Outcomes Data in PCORI-Funded Research (2020)
- Proposed New PCORI Methodology Standards (2018)
- Data Access and Data Sharing Policy: Public Comment (2017)
- Proposed New PCORI Methodology Standards (2017)
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Comment on the Proposed New and Revised PCORI Methodology Standards (2016)
- 1. Standards for Formulating Research Questions
- 10: Standards for Studies of Diagnostic Tests
- 12. Standards on Research Designs Using Clusters
- 13: General Comments on the Proposed Revisions to the PCORI Methodology Standards
- 2: Standards Associated with Patient-Centeredness
- 3: Standards for Data Integrity and Rigorous Analysis
- 4: Standards for Preventing and Handling Missing Data
- 5: Standards for Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects
- 6: Standards for Data Registries
- 7: Standards for Data Networks as Research-Facilitating Structures
- 8. Standards for Causal Inference Methods
- 9. Standards for Adaptive Trial Designs
- Peer-Review Process Comments (2014)
- Draft Methodology Report Public Comment Period (2012)
- Leadership
Board of Governors
PCORI is governed by a Board of Governors of between 21 and 23 members. The Board represents a broad range of perspectives and collective expertise in clinical health sciences research. The Comptroller General of the United States appoints at least 19 but no more than 21 members of the Board, including its Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, in accordance with PCORI’s authorizing law as amended. Additionally, the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (or their designees) serve as members of the Board of Governors.
Methodology Committee
PCORI's Methodology Committee works to define methodological standards for research and develop and regularly update a translation table to guide health care stakeholders towards the best methods for patient-centered outcomes research. The Methodology Committee is composed of up to 15 members appointed by the PCORI Board of Governors plus the Directors of the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (or their designees).
Governing & Operations Documents
Below you’ll find information and resources about our governance and operations.
PCORI Policies
Management & Governance Policies
- Board & Methodology Committee Compensation and Reimbursement
- Board Meetings and Sessions
- Conflict of Interest
- Conflict of Interest Policy Relating to PCORI Funding for Members of the Board, Methodology Committee, and Staff
- Employee Acceptance of Gifts and Payments
- Employee Participation in Political Activities
- Investment Policy
- Research Misconduct Policy
- Role and Duties of the Board
- Staff Conflict of Interest
- Whistleblower Policy
Research Access Policies
- Data Management and Data Sharing
- Public Access to Journal Articles Presenting Findings from PCORI-funded Research
Communications & Website Policies
- Trademark Usage Guidelines (PCORI® and PCORnet® Names and Logos)
- Guidelines for Public Comments (During meetings of the PCORI Board of Governors)
- The PCORI Blog - Comment Policy
- Updating Content on the PCORI Web Site
- Privacy Policy
Posted: September 10, 2014; Updated: December 27, 2022
What's Happening at PCORI?
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute sends weekly emails about opportunities to apply for funding, newly funded research studies and engagement projects, results of our funded research, webinars, and other new information posted on our site.
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