Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, provides full-service research support. Our staff is ready to help with all aspects of conducting research, from idea conception and startup to implementation and publication, including:

• Protocol development
• Research study operations
• Grant writing and support
• Budget development
• Post-award accounting
• Regulatory support
• Data request fulfillment
• Analytical support

Request for Research Support

For nonindustry-sponsored research projects:

To conduct research in a Norton Children’s facility, researchers must submit a Request for Research Support Form to Norton Children’s Research Institute for review. The team will review to ensure regulatory and institutional requirements are met and will connect on next steps. Additional approvals may be required, such as facility leadership, unit approval or ancillary service approval. Your research project may commence once all required approvals are obtained and you receive a Norton Research Institute approval letter for your project.

To get started complete a:

Norton Children’ Research Institute Request for Research Support Form

For industry-sponsored research projects:

Grant Proposal Preparation and Submission

The pre-award team has extensive experience assisting investigators in writing competitive grant proposals across a variety of areas. Norton Children’s Research Institute can assist with:

• Coordinating with your research team in drafting proposal text, as well as collaborating on literature reviews, background and significance statements, research plans, facilities descriptions, data management plans, and other components of a competitive grant proposal
• Compiling required materials and submitting grant applications to meet the specifications of potential funders/sponsors
• Identifying potential grant opportunities that might be available to support clinical research goals

Budget Creation and Compliance

Properly negotiating budgets for research studies requires assessing protocol feasibility and identifying the costs to conduct the study. Norton Children’s Research Institute has a team of budget specialists and accountants that works with researchers and our clinical research teams to create a comprehensive internal budget, identify all elements of the study that have financial impact and assist with maintaining compliance with various regulations governing the conduct of research in a hospital system.

Clinical Operations Staff Support

The Norton Children’s Research Institute clinical research operations team is made up of research nurses, coordinators and assistants who may be able to provide clinical support for your study if you are an investigator employed by Norton Children’s.

Research Data Science

The Norton Research Institute Data Science Core is a team of experienced biostatisticians and data analysts providing support for research initiatives. This team was formed to support:

• Research study design
• Data collection/pulls
• Research database development
• Data analysis needs of principal investigators and research teams across the Norton Healthcare system, including Norton Children’s investigators.

Core services include study design, database design, Research Electronic Data Capture support, Epic data extraction and reporting, planning and implementation of statistical analysis, presentation assistance, and dissemination support. Ideally, a biostatistician should be involved early in the protocol development process, along with a data analyst if obtaining Epic data.

Submit a Request for Data Extraction

Regulatory and Compliance

To properly navigate the approval process for research studies, Norton Children’s Research Institute has a team of analysts, specialists and project coordinators that works with researchers on all regulatory process. The regulatory team is a liaison between the investigators and study teams with sponsors, other sites, IRB and Norton Healthcare. This team creates and reviews all required study documents to ensure that they are complete and meet all requirements, keeps studies current and up to date with IRBs and sponsors (if applicable) and obtains required administrative approvals during the research study.

Publication

Norton Healthcare Medical Journal is an open-source publication platform for the dissemination of valuable health care research and information to the international health care community.