Table 4:
Suggested Metrics for CTSA Institutions
| Counts based upon program activities | 
| Number of early career (KL2) scholars trained for Community-engaged Research | 
| Areas of CEnR partnerships (e.g., pediatrics, geriatrics, health disparities) | 
| Use of Community Engagement consulting service by a) basic scientists, b) individual CTSA-funded studies | 
| Researchers and projects seeking community stakeholder input | 
| Community members involved in all individual CTSA-supported partnerships | 
| Community member recruitment to clinical trials | 
| Time to completion of Community-engaged Research projects | 
| Repeat grant submissions, awards, publications by partnership – (assess longevity) | 
| Contribution of community-engaged research to outcome measures | 
| Outcomes of training for Translational stage 3 and Translational stage 4 research | 
| Changes in research due to community-engaged activities | 
| Shared-decision making in developing, conducting and reporting on research | 
| Social network analysis to assess, for example, investigator collaboration with and input from community partner at key process points (e.g., scientific review, proposal submission and award, IRB submission, project implementation…). | 
| Change in the community sense of accountability on the part of researchers | 
| Changed community perception of academic research in the University and community | 
| Community partner perception of benefit | 
| Dissemination and implementation of research findings | 
| Policy changes | 
| Grants to communities informed by but independent of research | 
| Counts of interactions among individual CTSAs | 
| Number of institutions requesting measurement and evaluation information | 
| Collaborative projects |