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Request for SCReN support

What are the requirements for my project to apply for SCReN support?

For a project to be eligible for SCReN support, it needs to fulfil some essential requirements, The following assessment criteria will be taken into account:

A.Essential requirements for the incorporation of the project.

  1. Independent clinical research projects with funding from ISCIII or European Union calls.
  2. Multicentre projects. In the case of studies with advanced therapies, which are in early stages or are proof of concept and where the aim is to phases or are proofs of concept, and where the intention is to expand the number of centres in the later centres in phase or further development, it is acceptable that they are single-centre.

B. Criteria for assessing applications

  1. Clinical trials with medicinal products and medical devices. The incorporation of other studies will be will be assessed according to the needs of the NHS and the availability of resources of the Platform.
  2. Collaboration with other platforms, networks, groups or institutions, especially interaction with other ISCIII platforms.
  3. Minimum request for platform support. In national projects, it will be considered that the studies request all platform activities (project management, monitoring, pharmacovigilance, data management and statistics).In European / international projects, it will be valued to include at least the project management (coordinating centre).
  4. The characteristics and duration of the project will be assessed according to the capacity of resources available at any given time.
  5. Exceptionally, those proposals with non-ISCIII or European Union funding, but which are which, in the framework of independent clinical research, are considered a priority because of their relevance for the NHS and meet the rest of the criteria, will be the object of individual study and may be considered for incorporation into the platform.

When to apply for SCReN support?

The collaboration of SCReN as a platform must be requested through the local UIC during the preparation of the application report and before submission to the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. If you do not have a SCReN unit in your institution, please contact directly secretariatecnica@scren.eu.

The Platform has limited resources. Therefore, SCReN's involvement at an early stage of the project's of the project development will ensure the adequate estimation of the necessary resources and will subsequently facilitate the start-up and implementation of the project.

After an initial assessment, if the project is a candidate for inclusion in the platform, will receive the necessary advice on the preparation of those sections of the report that require the support of SCReN (activity or consultancy) and a budget proposal will be provided to be to be included in the project.

How can we apply for SCReN support?

Through a Clinical Research Unit belonging to the Platform, who will carry out a first review of the project. It will ask you for the essential information of the project, to be sent to the Coordination Unit of the platform.

Once received, SCReN will analyse your project, evaluate the necessary resources in accordance with with the schedule and characteristics of the study. If the project is accepted on the platform, we will provide a certificate of support for the requested activities, which must be attached to the application reports.

If your project obtains the requested funding, SCReN will initiate the procedures for the start-up of the project.