PCORI hosted a free two-day workshop to provide sponsored project administrators with tools and guidance for developing responsive funding applications.

This interactive workshop was led by PCORI’s expert staff and offered an overview of:

• PCORI and PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs)
• Administrative issues to consider when including patients and other stakeholders in research
• PCORI’s application process, requirements, and online application system
• PCORI’s Merit Review process
• Award and contract activation
• Opportunities to meet with PCORI staff, ask questions, obtain resources, and network with other research administrators

Meeting Materials

Day 1

• Welcome & Overview
• Communicating Results and Planning for Dissemination
• Panel Discussion: Patient and Stakeholder Engagement in All Phases of Research
• Patient and Stakeholder Engagement in Research
• The PCORI Application Process and Merit Review
• The Research Plan: PCORI’s Approach to Open Science
• PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs), Methodology Standards, and National Priorities
• Day 1: Wrap-Up

Day 2

• Panel Discussion: What Do PCORI Contracts Administrators Look For?
• PCORI’s Contract Award, Activation, and Closeout
• PCORI’s Online Application System
• PCORI Online Common Issues Cheatsheet
• PCORI’s Authorizing Law and Mandates
• Panel Discussion: Voices of Experience
• Engagement Rubric
• Final Q&A and Day 2: Wrap-Up