DACCOTA Grant Services

The Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Core (BERDC) offers grant support services to support researchers throughout the funding process.

Pre-Award Support Services

• Research Design including consultation on study design, sample composition, inclusion/exclusion criteria, control groups, assessment schedule, power analysis and sample size estimation, randomization, sampling, and recruitment
• Statistical Analyses including development of statistical analysis plans for analytic strategy, model selection, evaluating statistical assumptions, missing data, exploratory analysis, statistical software, and corrections for multiple comparisons
• Data Collection including planning of data collection tools, data access and sharing, ethics and privacy, data archiving and preparation, and data storage and backup
• Data Management including development of data management plans for data storage, data cleaning, data quality assessment, and data monitoring
• Data Safety Monitoring including development of a data safety monitoring plan
• Assessment including consultation on selection of assessment instruments, assessment schedule, and data collection forms
• Regulatory Services including consultation on preparation of IRB protocols, consent forms, submitting IRB applications, and responding to IRB concerns
• Grant Preparation including consultation on grant writing, drafting grants sections and reviewing grant submissions, selecting grant mechanisms, and responding to grant reviews

Grant Period Support Services

• Protocol and Source Documents including preparation of the Research Protocols and the development of Manuals of Operations
• Personnel Training of research staff
• Data Collection including development of data collection tools, data access and sharing, ethics and privacy, data archiving and preparation, and data storage and backup
• Data Management including providing ongoing data monitoring, data cleaning, and preparation of regular study progress reports. The emphasis on data management is predicated on the belief that the quality of cancer research is dictated in a large part by the quality of the data that is collected. UND has developed extensive documents related to data management and quality of data throughout the entire research process, from planning to publication.
• Data Safety Monitoring including monitoring for protocol violations and significant adverse events
• Statistical Analyses including ongoing data quality assurance analysis and planned interim analysis
• Regulatory Services including preparation of data safety monitoring reports preparation of IRB annual reports
• Grant Compliance including preparation of annual grant reports

Post-Grant Support Services

• Statistical Analysis including conducting analyses as specified by the statistical analysis plan, interpretation of results, and conducting secondary analyses for subsequent publications
• Manuscript Assistance including consultation on writing manuscripts, selection of journals, collaboration in manuscript writing, preparation of publication materials including tables and figures, and assistance in reviewing manuscripts and addressing reviews
• Regulatory Services including preparation of final IRB reports
• Grant Reporting including preparation of final grant reports
• Grant Planning including assistance in developing new grant submissions based on results from DaCCoTA-funded projects and identifying funding sources and grant mechanisms
• Data Access including implementing data access and sharing plans and preparation of supporting materials for data sharing

Contact the BERDC

Be sure to contact the BERDC to schedule a consultation