The Health Research Authority (HRA) services, including IRAS (the Integrated Research Application System) and HARP (the HRA Assessment Review Portal) are used to apply for research approvals and manage research projects. We are bringing these services together into one new service, known as Plan and manage health and care research.
We are looking for people involved in health and care research to take part in the design of, test and provide feedback on our new service.
Users of our services are usually:
- researchers and research applicants
- research project managers
- delivery teams such as research nurses or clinical trial pharmacists
- sponsors
- commercial and non-commercial research organisations
- reviewers of applications or modifications, including expert and technical reviewers
- research ethics committee (REC) and confidentiality advisory group (CAG) members
- study-wide reviewers and REC support colleagues
This list isn’t exhaustive. If you’re involved in health and care research, we’d like to hear from you - whatever your role or experience, including if you:
- are new to research
- don’t use our services often
- have lots of experience with our existing services
- are from anywhere in the world
- don’t currently use our services, but are involved in delivering health and care research
We particularly welcome people with accessibility needs and those who use assistive technology, as it’s important that the services we build are easy for everyone to use.
What is user research?
Feedback from user research helps us to understand how well our services work for the people that need to use them and spot where they could be improved. Your input can help uncover improvements that could make a significant difference to many others.
User research can involve a wide variety of activities, including one-to-one sessions or focus groups, online or in person, and surveys. It may involve asking for your thoughts and experience on a specific topic or asking for views of a new design prototype.
We’ll support you throughout these sessions and explain each part of the process.
If you'd like to get involved, please complete this form.