Research Toolkit
Develop Study Design
Research protocol templates
The HRPP Toolkit Library is where the Institutional Review Board (IRB) provides the following research protocol templates and other useful templates:
Study Start-up Guidance
CTSI Research Preparation Group (RPG)
The RPG Clinical Research Specialists support researchers in each phase of the start-up process; study planning and study activation.
Data management planning resources
Data management plan (DMP)
University of Minnesota Libraries provides information, tools, and direct support, including funding agency and data management guidelines.
DMPTool
This online application can help you create a data management plans that meets institutional and funder requirements. Log in with your x.500 to save your plans and get University-specific resources.
Dataverse Network
Data management plan best practices, templates, and background information.
Other study design resources
World Health Organization (WHO) recommended format for a Research Protocol
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Methodology Report
Provides methodology standards for patient-centered outcomes research.
Community Research Utilities and Support (CORUS)
A CTSA-supported website that provides tools and best practices for community-engaged research.
Project Management for Research
The Ohio State University website makes a variety of tools available for managing research projects, including recommendations for general project management software and toolkits to help you and your team manage activities from grant writing to implementation and project closeout.
Research Toolkit
A CTSA-supported website that houses a wide range of resources, including for proposal development.
Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) Statement
Protocol design recommendations, and a 33-item checklist of scientific, ethical, and administrative elements to include in a clinical trial protocol.
