Applicant Training

PCORI is committed to "research done differently." Our funding applications and review process include criteria that may be new to researchers, patients, and other stakeholders.

Our training materials are designed to assist you through this new process.

Please share your feedback so we can continue to improve our training materials. Email us at [email protected] or visit the PCORI Help Center.

Upcoming LOI/Applicant Town Halls​

PCORI Online Training Resources

User Guides

Cheat Sheets

FAQs

Archived Webinars

Engagement Award Resources

Additional Resources

PCORI Policy for Data Management and Data Sharing
This policy calls for the researchers PCORI funds to share their data sets and documentation for reanalysis and reuse. The policy advances PCORI’s commitment to open science by encouraging use of data from the studies it funds to allow other researchers to verify and build on those findings to generate new evidence available to healthcare decision makers.

Guidance on the Design and Conduct of Trials in Real-World Settings: Factors to Consider in Pragmatic Patient Centered Outcomes Research
Comparative clinical effectiveness research is commonly performed in real-world settings that require thoughtful planning to balance the extent of experimental control with more naturalistic (or "pragmatic") study conduct. Applicants for PCORI funding and PCORI awardees should refer to this guidance for important factors in weighing whether and how pragmatic research features best serve the study question and purpose.

Using the PCORI Methodology Standards
Learn more about PCORI methodology standards and how they can be used.

Archived LOI/Applicant Town Halls & Training Resources

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Posted: October 29, 2013; Updated: February 5, 2020