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If your clinical study is funded in whole or in part by a U.S. Federal Government agency (such as NIH), the grant number must be entered in the Secondary ID field, and the Funder must be entered in the Collaborators field. In this case:

• Open the “Study Identification” module to enter the grant or contract number in the “Secondary ID” field.

• For NIH grants, include the activity code, institute code, and 6-digit serial number, as shown in the table below for a sample grant number.

• Enter the name of the funding institution or organization as a Collaborator in the “Sponsors/Collaborators” section of the record. All funding or supporting organizations other than the Sponsor should be listed as Collaborators.

Federally funded clinical trials (e.g. by NIH or VAORD) are generally required to submit results to ClinicalTrials.gov within one year of the primary completion date (usually, the last study visit), even if these studies are not considered to be “Applicable Clinical Trials”. 

Do you have Federal funding? Log into ClinicalTrials.gov now to make sure that your Secondary ID and Collaborator fields are complete and accurate!