Tools by PCORI's Foundational Expectations

Tools by PCORI's Foundational Expectations

The Equipped to Engage Toolkit can help research teams work together and make decisions about planning, doing, and sharing research. 

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You can find tools by the PCORI Foundational Expectations for Partnerships in Research listed below. The tools can be tailored to meet your needs.

Tips: 

  •   Some tools include instructions and examples. You can look at these instructions and examples by clicking the files that are labeled “instructions.”
  •   For a ready to use file, click on the files labeled as “ready to use.” In these files, search for brackets [ ] and green text and fill in information for your team.

Foundational Expectations for Partnerships in Research are things that research teams do to work well together.

PCORI Foundational Expectations

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) six foundational expectations for partnerships in research support academic-community partnerships.

  1. Representative Involvement
    Representative Involvement is when research teams include all types of people.
  2. Early and Ongoing Engagement
    Early and ongoing engagement is when people with intellectual disability are involved in planning, doing, and sharing research.
  3. Dedicated Funds for Engagement and Partner Compensation
    Dedicated funds for engagement and partner compensation means that:
    • People with intellectual disability get paid for their work on a research team.
    • Project budgets include money to give all team members the support they need to be part of the project.
  4. Build Capacity to Work as a Team
    Build capacity to work as a team is when everyone on the research team gets the information, training, and support they need to do the work.
  5. Meaningful Inclusion of Partners in Decision Making
    Meaningful inclusion of partners in decision-making is when everyone on the team helps make important decisions from the start of the project to the end of the project.
  6. Ongoing Review and Assessment of Engagement
    Ongoing review and assessment of engagement is when teams check in on how they are working together and make changes to work together better.