Bilheimer Alicia, Datta Nixola, Grewe Mary E, Frank Simone, Wynn Mysha, Tunstall Christopher, White Jubilo Tommy, Hernandez Guadalupe C, Carter-Edwards Lori
North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, Community and Patient Advisory Board, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
J Clin Transl Sci. 2025 Apr 28;9(1):e111. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.79. eCollection 2025.
Little guidance exists for developing institutional policies and procedures that support financial management of community-engaged research, including those related to compensating community partners equitably and efficiently for their expertise and time. To address this gap at our institution, the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) pursued an iterative, multi-pronged approach to identify and address institutional barriers and facilitators related to community partner compensation for research engagement. This case study describes the approach used to involve research administrative leadership, research teams, and community partners at UNC in the identification of institutional barriers to efficient partner compensation. It also elucidates our efforts to develop policies, processes, and resources to address these barriers. The approaches and solutions described can be adapted by other academic research institutions to enhance compensation processes and to facilitate incorporation of community perspectives into the design and implementation of institutional processes that directly impact their engagement in research.
在制定支持社区参与研究财务管理的机构政策和程序方面，几乎没有什么指导意见，这些政策和程序包括公平、高效地补偿社区合作伙伴的专业知识和时间等相关内容。为填补我们机构的这一空白，北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校（UNC）的北卡罗来纳转化与临床科学研究所采用了一种迭代的、多管齐下的方法，以识别和解决与社区合作伙伴参与研究的补偿相关的机构障碍和促进因素。本案例研究描述了在北卡罗来纳大学让研究行政领导层、研究团队和社区合作伙伴参与识别有效补偿合作伙伴的机构障碍所采用的方法。它还阐明了我们为制定政策、流程和资源以解决这些障碍所做的努力。其他学术研究机构可以采用这里描述的方法和解决方案，以改进补偿流程，并促进将社区观点纳入直接影响其研究参与度的机构流程的设计和实施中。
