# Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group (PCRC): Project Coordinating Center

> **NIH NIH U2C** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2021 · $794,214

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The primary goals of this U2C application are to increase the productivity and impact of the Palliative Care
Research Cooperative Group (PCRC), facilitating the conduct of high-quality, effective clinical research, and
expanding the number and expertise of palliative care researchers in conducting multi-site clinical trials. In
pursuit of these overall goals and objectives, the Project Coordinating Center (PCC), one of two Centers within
the PCRC, strives to refine and enhance replicable and scalable infrastructure, processes, tools, and methods,
including evaluative metrics, to support efficient and effective cooperative group function. The PCC's specific
aims are to: (1) provide organizational infrastructure to the PCRC, including efficient administrative, financial,
regulatory, and data management functions as well as tracking and monitoring of PCRC performance and
outcomes; (2) manage day-to-day operations of the PCRC with respect to cooperative group functions and
processes, while developing replicable, standardized, quality-assured, operational methods and tools; (3)
serve as a central coordinating hub for PCRC Cores, Centers, investigators and sites, with responsibility for
communications, liaison activities, administrative support and integration of relevant efforts and functions; and
(4) develop research capacity at PCRC sites and among PCRC investigators by supporting investigators and
sites throughout the continuum from study development through study conduct and, when completed, transfer
of de-identified data to the PCRC Data Repository. Through new or expanded initiatives, such as supporting
investigators to comply with new NIH single IRB requirements for multi-site studies, tracking and supporting
investigators' compliance with new and evolving clinical trial requirements (in partnership with the Investigator
Development Center), and supporting recruitment and retention of diverse study populations, the PCC
provides an efficient and effective support structure for the PCRC and its investigators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10207779
- **Project number:** 5U2CNR014637-09
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** JEAN S KUTNER
- **Activity code:** U2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $794,214
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-09-28 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10207779

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10207779, Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group (PCRC): Project Coordinating Center (5U2CNR014637-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10207779. Licensed CC0.

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