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The sponsor is the individual, organisation or partnership that takes on overall responsibility for proportionate, effective arrangements being in place to set up, run and report a research project. Under the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research, all health and social care research should have a sponsor.

  • The sponsor is normally expected to be the employer of the chief investigator in the case of non-commercial research or the Funder in the case of Commercial research.
  • Sponsors of clinical trials of investigational medicinal products (CTMIPs) have particular legal duties.
  • University accepts the role of sponsor for all educational research conducted by their own students, unless the student is employed by a health or social care provider that prefers to take on this role.
  • Sponsors of educational research should ensure that supervisors can and do carry out the activities involved in fulfilling this role.
  • Where the academic supervisor cannot adequately satisfy the sponsor’s oversight responsibilities due to location or expertise, the sponsor should agree co-supervision arrangements with a local care practitioner.

 

Further Information

REQUESTING SU SPONSORSHIP

The Research Healthcare Sponsorship Form is accessed through My Apps under the name.

        ‘Research Ethics Applicant.’ Using the form title Healthcare Sponsorship.

This will start a review process by the research governance team, and please allow 10 days for a full review. 

The project may also need to go to: