Develop Study Design
Find resources to help you design your study.
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 consultations, including utilizing the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM).
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 Project
Data management plan best practices, templates, and background information.
Participant Recruitment Planning
CTSI's Recruitment Center
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute's (CTSI) Recruitment Center offers consultations, guidance, strategic plans, and tools to help attract participants -- all at no charge to University researchers.
Additional study design resources
Biostats4you
The Biostats4you website provides statistical resources for non-statisticians. The site contains biostatistical training materials suited for non-statistician medical and public health researchers, including topics such as sample size calculators, hypothesis tests, and power analysis methods.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Methodology Report
Provides methodology standards for patient-centered outcomes research.
ARIS Broader Impacts Toolkit
Resources and tools from the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) and Rutgers University, designed to help Researchers and Broader Impact Professionals develop projects and partnerships that meet the Broader Impact requirement of National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals, and help you communicate about your science.
Community Toolbox
Developed and managed by the University of Kansas Center for Community Health and Development, the Community Toolbox is a free, online resource with a mission of promoting community health and development by connecting people, ideas, and resources.
Research Methodology Consulting Center
The Research Methodology Consulting Center (RMCC) is in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and offers consulting on everything from developing a hypothesis and selecting the appropriate statistical analysis to the development of data collection protocols and reporting templates. Specialized expertise in quantitative research methods.
Resource Guide on Participatory Research with People Impacted by Incarceration
This is a guide for people who want to integrate participatory research into their work with populations impacted by incarceration. Provides practical steps, guided by formerly incarcerated people themselves, on how to cultivate research with, by, and for those impacted by incarceration.
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.
University Survey and Assessment Services (USAS)
Specializes in providing survey research, evaluation, and assessment services. Uses a variety of ways to contact participants and collect data, from longitudinal, to multi-mode projects, including online, mail, focus groups, and paper surveys.