Project Types

As a growing network, it is vital we are transparent with what projects we support and we select them. We want to help our trainees by providing great research opportunities which are of benefit to them. As a result, we have to have a degree of selectivity with what we ask our membership to work on and take forward, as we get asked to help on a lot of projects. As a result, we’ve developed a hierarchy of projects and how involved TERN will get in each. In this way, we ensure our membership are involved in these decisions.

Full TERN Project

Selection process Project proposed by members or collected membership. Idea agreed to in principle and selected and chosen from within the TERN membership by majority vote of those present at selection meeting / distanced voting (66% of votes from regional representatives returned to meet quorum).
Chief investigator TERN Fellow or member of committee/executive as chief investigator or study co-ordinator. Co-chief investigator may be the person who has proposed and developed the idea, but this is not mandatory.
Site leads Sites are recruited to as TERN sites, with PIs drawn from within TERN membership.
Project support Full support, from protocol development to recruitment to write-up of project provided.
Acknowledgements Authorship of papers / presentations / publications dependent upon ICJME criteria, but all site PIs and contributors to be listed as “TERN Collaborators” in presentations and publications.

TERN Affiliated Projects

Selection process Selected as being of interest to TERN membership. Inclusion as TERN Affiliated Project to go out to Regional Representatives to vote. Majority vote required (66% of votes returned to meet quorum).
Chief investigator External chief investigator or study co-ordinator, but can include TERN Fellow as co-investigator in order to utilise TERN network if required.
Site leads Sites not necessarily made up of PIs from within TERN membership, but this will be offered and advertised to TERN membership.
Project support Partial support, such as recruitment or involvement within project, without oversight of entire project.
Acknowledgements Authorship of papers / presentations / publications dependent upon ICJME criteria, but all TERN-affiliated PIs and contributors to be listed as “TERN Collaborators” in presentations and publications.

TERN Supported Projects

Selection process Projects that are deemed to be of interest to TERN members but that do not utilise TERN membership. Decision to be advertised can be made between TERN Fellow & TERN Professor(s).
Chief investigator External chief investigator.
Site leads Sites not necessarily made up of PIs from within TERN membership, but this will be offered and advertised to TERN membership, if applicable or desired.
Project support Limited support, such as dissemination of information about it on social media or to TERN membership as opportunity for participation.
Acknowledgements Authorship not expected from projects, but individual members of TERN able to pursue this as per ICJME criteria and involvement within project.