Research Support for clinical studies

Support for competitive research proposals

Are you in the process of applying for external funding for your research project? If you are a healthcare employee in Region Västra Götaland you are welcome to contact us at VGR Grants Office for free guidance and support.

Services

We help with finding, applying for and managing external funding. Here you can get advice and tips both when applying and during ongoing projects. Our English-speaking Scientific Editor can edit your text with focus on clarity and scientific stringency.

We offer support with:

• Scientific editing
• Finding collaborators
• Finding open calls and opportunities for financing
• Budget
• Review of formal requirements
• Advice on performing and reporting your project

You are either the main applicant or part of a collaborative project coordinated by another organization. Your application may be directed towards funders such as the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas, the EU or other calls in open competition.

If you are just starting with research or would like to continue after your PhD, you can get extra support and advice with research funding and the research process. See the following links (Swedish).
För dig som vill börja forska - Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset (vgregion.se)
Forskning efter disputation - Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset (vgregion.se)

Grants Office also serves as a contact point for collaboration with external partners for grant applications between healthcare actors, the life science industry, other authorities, and organizations.

Would you like regular updates on upcoming and current calls?

As a VGR employee, you are welcome to join our Viva Engage group. There we provide information and links to calls for proposals from various funding bodies.

Do you need support with an innovation project or applications to Vinnova?

Contact Grants Office – Innovation Platform

VGR Grants Office in Region Västra Götaland

Grants Office at Gothia Forum is part of the joint Grants Office in Region Västra Götaland, which also includes employees from the Innovation Platform. VGR Grants Office manages the region’s organizational account for Prisma and the EU.

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Monitoring is a mandatory quality control for clinical trials with medicinal products and medical devices.
The monitor verifies that the rights, safety and well-being of research subjects are protected and the accuracy of collected data. This is done by checking that protocols, legislations and regulations are followed and that study data are recorded correctly.

Coordinated monitoring of investigator-initiated multicentre studies | Kliniska Studier Sverige

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Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) is used for clinical trials with medicinal products.

The system is used for:

• Application for clinical trials within EU/EEA (authorization in Sweden by both Swedish Medicinal Products Agency and the Swedish Ethical Review Authority)
• Notification of starting and ending a clinical trial
• Annual Safety Reporting
• Reporting results

When Västra Götalandsregionen is Sponsor

Gothia Forum is the High-Level CTIS administrator of Västra Götalandsregionen. Researchers who wish to apply for permission to conduct a clinical trial with medicinal products can contact gothia.forum@vgregion.se.

When Västra Götalandsregionen is trial site 

Use only the preregistered organisations found in OMS (Organisation Management Services, a central dictionary of organisations provided by the European Medicines Agency). The main entrances of the hospitals are registered, these should be used in CTIS applications. Write department and clinic address in the “department field”. 

Addresses, ORG-IDs and LOC-IDs of trial sites in all regions of Sweden are found here: 
Registrering av prövningsställe i CTIS | Kliniska Studier Sverige 

Questions regarding how trial sites within Västra Götalandsregionen should be registered in CTIS can be sent to 
gothia.forum@vgregion.se.