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Support from the joint R&D office
Take a look at the handy guide below to see how the joint R&D office can support you undertaking clinical research at GOSH.
- Grants Advice team: advise on suitable funding streams, review proposals, signpost guidance on other support. Please email grants.advice@gosh.nhs.uk
- Patient/Public Involvement in Research Lead: advise on PPI and signpost further guidance. Please email research.ppi@gosh.nhs.uk
- ORCHID team: provide tailored research advice for nurses and AHPs. Please email orchid@gosh.nhs.uk
After filling in the R&D form, Research Registration will advise on support services required for the study and help you liaise with GOSH and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) finance departments to obtain accurate costings. Please email research.registration@gosh.nhs.uk.
The Grants Advice team provide feedback on your draft proposals and advise on research methodology, training plans, or signpost to appropriate support.
Self-funded or unfunded clinical studies to take place at GOSH must be approved by the GOSH/UCL GOS ICH Clinical Research Adoptions Committee (CRAC) CRAC.Admin@gosh.nhs.uk
Take a look at new funding opportunities for key funding contacts.
After funding has been secured, the Research Governance team can support you through approval processes including R&D approval, research ethics, Health Research Authority (HRA) approval, sponsorship, research passports and processing of any amendments post approval. Please email research.governance@gosh.nhs.uk.
The contracts team provide support and advice for GOSH contracts and CDAs. Please email vanshree.patel@gosh.nhs.uk.
Some UCL GOS ICH contracts may need to be reviewed by UCL research services. Please email researchservices@ucl.ac.uk.
At this stage you will know whether your grant is held by GOSH or UCL GOS ICH. The relevant finance team will provide guidance on managing the grant, support you with invoicing, and provide you with a cost code so you can start spending your grant. Please the relevant finance teams for support.
GOSH’s clinical research management system, EDGE, allows you to keep a track of your project, recruitment status and associated documents. It is important to keep this updated to allow us to report on our progress to funders research. Please email research.information@gosh.nhs.uk.