BOA Guidance for IIT adoption onto NIHR Portfolio

This guidance document has been published by the BOA Research Committee, and has the following aims:

To provide orthopaedic research teams with information about the NIHR portfolio and its benefits in the context of Investigator Initiated Trials (IITs).
To provide specific information about how to get IITs adopted on to the NIHR portfolio.
To provide information about how to get IITs costed so that NHS researchers and research teams are appropriately funded for their time and work.

Authors:

Paul Baker (R&D Director, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Lauren Tough (NIHR Portfolio Adoptions Team, Clinical Research Network NENC)
Lucksy Kottam (Orthopaedic Trials Manager, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)