General Dental Practice-Based Research Network

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General Dental Practice-Based Research Network: The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) invites cooperative agreement applications to establish and support a dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN). For each PBRN supported under this RFA, the NIDCR will support one Network Chair and one Coordinating Center to plan, implement and maintain a general dental PBRN. The primary purpose of grants funded under this RFA is to provide an infrastructure to conduct multiple clinical trials and prospective observational studies that will answer questions facing general dental practitioners in the routine care of their patients. The PBRN infrastructure must provide a flexible and adaptable electronic communications network/platform that will provide a common means for connectivity, data sharing, and communication within the PBRN and with other medical and dental PBRNs currently in existence or that may be created in the future. At least 100 dental practices will be recruited to participate in the network during the first year of operation. Applicants for the Network Chair and Coordinating Center must prepare separate applications for peer review and must submit them jointly as a package. Peer review of the paired applications will primarily focus on the capability and capacity of the Network Chair and Coordinating Center to conduct the required activities (see REVIEW CRITERIA AND ADDITIONAL REVIEW CRITERIA). Substantial involvement between the funded investigators and NIDCR staff is anticipated in the selection of hypotheses, trial and protocol design, monitoring of progress, and analysis and publication of data.