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Joint Research Office

A partnership between King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

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Professional Development

The JRO provides a range of professional development programmes designed to enhance skills and knowledge.

Innovative Efficiency Accelerating Research

The Joint Research Office will create innovative solutions that enhance efficiency and accelerate the initiation and delivery of translational and clinical research. 

Enhancing the Collaborative Culture

The JRO creates the environment to enable solutions to be co-created, tested and implemented accelerating the initiation and delivery of translational and clinical research.

About Us

Communications & Culture

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Working with Partners

9 January 2026: New Researcher Facing Templates and Useful Documents have been added to the Document Repository on the JRO Intranet

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Our vision

The Joint Research Office (JRO) facilitates and enhances collaborative research by aligning diverse expertise, optimising resources, and fostering strategic partnerships. Our mission is to support and drive innovative processes and procedures that enhance and accelerate translational and clinical research initiation and delivery and contribute to the advancement of health and wellbeing for the benefit of society.

The work ahead

We are pleased to share the JRO 2027: Strategy & Implementation Plan which describes the work of the JRO for the next two years. An abridged version is also available on the JRO Intranet.

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Research Sponsorship

Simplifying the process of obtaining research sponsorship, ensuring that our studies receive the necessary support and funding promptly.

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Contracting

Implementing more efficient contracting processes to reduce delays and ensure that all agreements are in place quickly and accurately.

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Research Management Systems

Optimising research management systems to improve communication and expedite translational and clinical research initiation and delivery.

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News

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From The Director’s Desk: Friction to Flow - Transforming NHS–Academic Research Fellowships

16 January 2026

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From Launch to Lift-Off: A Year of Progress at the JRO

19 December 2025

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From Diagnosis to Discovery and My Journey Back into Clinical Trials

28 November 2025

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From the Director’s Desk: Hybrid Horizons and Navigating Flexibility in Research Management

20 November 2025

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From the Director’s Desk: The Governance Grid that Connects Strategy, Operations, and Stakeholders

10 November 2025

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From the Director’s Desk: Metrics That Matter in the Race to 150 Days

24 October 2025

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From the Director’s Desk: A Personal Thank You to all our Research Professionals on Their Day

25 September 2025

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From the Director’s Desk: Walking the Tightrope of Change Across Organisations with Purpose.

18 September 2025

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