Table 2.

Research coordinator networks—structures and models

	No. (%)
Formality of networks
Informal institution-wide organization (not endorsed by administration, division, department)	11/29 (37.9)
Formal institutional organization (officially recognized by the institution)	14/29 (48.3)
Formal department/program-wide (officially recognized by the institution)	2/29 (6.9)
Institutional endorsement
Yes	77.8%
Of those that reported “Yes,” endorsement by Principal Investigator of the Clinical and Translational Science Award institutions	57.1%
Endorsement by Clinical Trial Office	52.4%
Recruitment
Research coordinators must join/sign-up/register	10/29 (34.5)
All research coordinators automatically members	6/29 (20.7)
Other	1/29 (3.4)