Senior Inclusion Specialist, NIH
When thinking about participant recruitment in NIH supported clinical studies, researchers should ensure they are planning for the recruitment and retention of people across the life span, women, and racial and ethnic minorities, as appropriate, as well as considering which costs may be allowable throughout the project for their participation. In this episode of the NIH All About Grants podcast, Dr. Rebecca Favor, a senior inclusion specialist, and Mr. Priyanga Tuovinen, a senior grants policy analyst, with NIH’s Office of Extramural Research will discuss allowable costs. They will explain what costs may be appropriate for clinical research, relationship to inclusion of research participants, developing budgets, unintended costs, carefully reading the funding opportunity, and much more.
“We want NIH to cover costs for individuals to participate in NIH funded clinical research. So […] consider the cost for participant inclusion as it relates to your specific study and study design…include the appropriate direct costs for recruitment and retention, and describe these costs in the justification […] so that reviewers and NIH staff can understand how they relate to your proposed research.” – Mr. Priyanga Tuovinen
“I think one thing that is important [is] thinking about inclusion and the allowable costs that may help to be able to allow researchers to recruit the participants, that they need to think about from the inception of the research, from the beginning of the point where you’re thinking about your research question all the way through the end… be creative while thinking about what might be best to help address potential recruitment issues or barriers, what might be best for the community and for the participants.” – Dr. Rebecca Favor
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