Table 3.

Research funders’ professional background^a and self-assessed implementation knowledge

Funders	General research experience	Clinical research experience	Clinical experience	Industry experience	Self-assessed implementation knowledge
Funder FarBas 1	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: Limited
	2: No	2: No	2: No	2: No	2: Limited
Funder FarBas 2	1: Yes	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: Limited
	2: Yes	2: Yes	2: Yes	2: No	2: Substantial
Funder FarBas 3	1: Yes	1: No	1: No	1: Yes	1: Substantial
Funder CloserBoth 4	1: Yes	1: Yes	1: Yes	1: Yes	1: Limited
	2: No	2: No	2: No	2: No	2: Limited
Funder CloserBoth 5	1: Yes	1: Yes	1: Yes	1: No	1: Substantial
	2: Yes	2: Yes	2: Yes	2: No	2: Substantial
Funder CloserBoth 6	1: Yes	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: Limited
	2: Yes	2: Yes	2: Yes	2: No	2: Substantial
Funder ClosestClin 7	1: Yes	1: No	1: Yes	1: No	1: Limited
	2: Yes	2: Yes	2: Yes	2: No	2: Limited
Funder ClosestClin 8	1: Yes	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: Limited
	2: No	2: No	2: Yes	2: No	2: Limited
Funder ClosestClin 9	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: Limited
	2: No	2: No	2: No	2: No	2: Limited
Funder ClosestClin 10	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: No	1: Limited

^aSecondary data on the four background factors, collected from the research funders’ institutional homepages