Sponsorship

The Sponsor of a research project is the institution or organisation that takes on the legal responsibility for the initiation and management of a research study/trial. 

All health and social care research that involves the NHS, its patients, their samples or their data should have a Sponsor. 

The responsibilities of the Sponsor are set out in the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research.

The University of Leicester can act as a Sponsor for its researchers. We provide a mandatory suite of Standard Operating Procedures for all research projects sponsored by the University of Leicester taking place in conjunction with the NHS.