Dedicated Funds for Engagement and Partner Compensation

Dedicated funds for engagement and partner compensation means that:

  1. People with intellectual disability get paid for their work on a research team.
  2. Project budgets include money to give all team members the support they need to be part of the project.

Read about how PCORI explains dedicated funds for engagement and partner compensation.

You can find tools about Dedicated funds for engagement and partner compensation below that are sorted by their research stage (planning, doing, and sharing).

Planning Research

Authorship Agreement Template: Who Should be an Author?

Use this template to help talk about responsibilities related to being an author for a project. This template should be used at the beginning of a project 

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   Ready to Use Authorship Agreement Template

  Authorship Agreement Template Instructions

Budgeting for Engagement Tipsheet

Use this tool to plan ahead for engaging community research partners. This tool can help you think through what you might need and how much it will cost to support community research partners to be part of your team. After you use the tool to brainstorm what you might need, you can use the excel spreadsheet to help you calculate costs.

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   Ready to Use Budgeting for Engagement Tipsheet

   Ready to Use Budgeting for Engagement Excel Spreadsheet

Sharing Research

Product Specific Authorship Agreement: Decisions about Authorship for a Sharing Product

Use this template to talk about and make decisions about who will be an author for a specific sharing product, such as a single journal article or presentation.

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   Ready to Use Product Specific Authorship Agreement

  Product Specific Authorship Agreement Instructions