Managing & Closing Out Projects

Project Communications

• Email communication tips for multi-site studies 
• Conference call tips for multi-site studies

Project Policies 

Complex Network projects often develop project-specific policies to guide their collaboration. The HCSRN has compiled policy ‘best practices’ from across several projects, and offer the following resources to assist new project developing such policies. 

These resources are offered to increase efficiency, avoid duplication of effort, encourage consistency, and facilitate transparency.

Policy Template

• HCSRN Project Policy Template

Publication and Authorship

• Best Practices for Publication and Authorship Policy Writers
• Content Comparison – A table comparing content of publication and authorship polices across several HCSRN consortium projects with links to those policies.
• Sample Manuscript Tracking Sheet (xls)
• Sample Manuscript Proposal Form (doc)
• See also: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals

New Project Proposals

• Best Practices for New Project Proposal Policy Writers 
• Content Comparison – A table comparing content of new project proposal polices across several HCSRN consortium projects with links to those policies.
• Example: New Proposal Submission Form (coming soon)

Data Sharing

• Best Practices: Data Sharing Policies (De-Identified Data Sets)
• Best Practices: Data Sharing Policies (Limited Data Sets)

Project Closeout

• Multi-center Closeout Guide – guide with checklists and spreadsheets that staff can use as templates for their closeout process. The materials are meant to be used as a starting point or reference with the understanding that each study will have its own challenges and nuances.

• Closeout Guide Appendices – additional resources relating to data privacy and documentation are included in the guide’s Appendix.