Researcher Toolkit

The HCE’s Research Coordination Directorate works to support and encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration between organizations working to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, treat, and rehabilitate hearing and balance injuries.

In an effort to consolidate the many resources, requirements and processes that surround the conduct of auditory and vestibular research, particularly within the complex DOD and VA environments, the HCE has compiled the following compendium of administrative information:

Research & Grants Administrative Resources – Here you will find links to grant and research training and education resources; the VA/DOD Collaboration Guidebook for Healthcare Research; professional research administration societies; resources for protections of human subjects and other topics in Ethics; and much more.

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Information

Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) Information

Research Policy Links – This page will provide links to government-wide policies governing the conduct of research, as well as DOD- and VA-specific regulations that apply to animal and human research.