Table 1.

PPI Ignite Network Partner Type and Description.

Partner type	# of partner type in PPI ignite network	Description
Site leads	7	University ‘Lead Sites’ which are the five institutions that previously participated as independent PPI Ignite Teams, plus two new additional institutions who are represented by ‘Site Leads’ (i.e., the local site principal investigators), as well as a national coordinating office, all collectively referred to in this analysis as ‘Site Leads’
National partners	10	National‐level community and health services partners who contribute to national‐level governance and activities called ‘National Partners’
Local partners	39 (at Time 1) and 38 (at Time 2)	Community or health services partners who typically contribute to governance and activities at one university (Lead Site) in the PPI Ignite Network, unless they opt to participate in topical work packages that cut across all Lead Sites.

Note: This table presents a summary of partnership type and description in the PPI Ignite Network and the number of partners defined by that partnership type.

Abbreviation: PPI, public and patient involvement.