Chunk #13 — Building and Supporting the REDCap Consortium: A Phased Approach — Phase 3: Creating a Small Consortium of Partners (4–10 sites; ~ 2006–2008)
By mid-2006, the three-site REDCap collaborative established in Phase 2 had proven so productive that we decided to establish a true consortium by expanding to ten sites. The newly created CTSA institutions offered opportunities for additional local financial support and expectations for collaboration within the national research community. The REDCap faculty lead at Vanderbilt presented the REDCap model at national meetings and personally contacted 10 colleagues from GCRC/CTSA networks to adopt and join the program. New “partner” institutions would receive the REDCap software and support at no cost, but with the stipulation that they would provide an in-kind contribution of 5% personnel effort (not necessarily a programmer) to support the program and consortium. A simple “Academic End-User License Agreement” was drafted to recognize Vanderbilt’s legal ownership of the software.
