Build clearer, more defensible study budgets and financial terms.
PI PARTNER supports principal investigators and independent research sites with protocol analysis, study budgeting, and the financial negotiation of clinical trial agreements. We connect the work a study requires with the budget and payment terms that support its delivery. You receive a structured basis for discussion with sponsors and contract research organisations, with assumptions and open questions made visible.
Two services that follow the study lifecycle
Protocol analysis and study budgeting
A schedule of assessments is only one part of the site's workload. Preparation, coordination, documentation and follow-up also use people, time and resources. We translate protocol requirements into activities, responsible roles, frequencies and cost drivers. The resulting budget structure helps your team explain what it needs and why.
Use this service when you are evaluating a study, preparing a budget or assessing how an amendment changes the work. The agreed scope can include an activity map, documented assumptions, a structured budget and questions to resolve before committing.
Contracts and financial negotiation
A budget needs clear financial terms around it. Payment triggers, invoicing requirements, screen failures, amendments and close-out arrangements can affect how a site receives payment for its work. We review the financial and operational implications of the proposed terms and organise the points that need discussion.
Use this service when a sponsor's or CRO's proposal needs a reasoned response, or when your team wants a consistent way to record issues, proposals and decisions. Regulated legal advice remains outside our service.
A clear basis for the discussion
Trace the work to the budget
Connect a cost item to the activity, role and frequency behind it. This makes omissions and overlapping assumptions easier to identify and gives both sides a clearer question to resolve.
Keep assumptions visible
Separate confirmed requirements from estimates, dependencies and unanswered questions. A defensible budget needs an explanation of how it was built, including the limits of the information available.
Make decisions easier to follow
Bring financial issues into an organised record. Your team can see the proposed position, the reason for it and what remains open before approving the final terms.
How we work together
- Describe your need. Send a short professional enquiry using the proposal form or email. Do not send a protocol, patient information or confidential documents through the website.
- Agree the scope. We clarify the service, expected outputs, responsibilities and the documents needed. We agree an appropriate channel before receiving confidential material.
- Build the analysis. We map the relevant work or financial terms, identify assumptions and prepare a structured basis for discussion.
- Review and hand over. We discuss the findings with your team and hand over the agreed deliverables, including unresolved points and decisions still required from you.
Support for your role
For principal investigators
Understand the financial implications of the site's delivery responsibilities. We help turn operational questions into a budget discussion, while you retain responsibility for clinical decisions and any commitment made on behalf of the site.
For independent research sites
Create a repeatable approach across the people preparing budgets, reviewing terms and managing invoicing. Documented assumptions and a clear handover help the next person understand what has been agreed and what still needs attention.
Experience behind the work
PI PARTNER brings more than 14 years of experience, with projects completed in oncology, cardiology, rheumatology, autoimmune diseases, rare diseases and neurology. Petru Volovici, Managing Director, is the public contact for enquiries. PI PARTNER SRL is based in Voluntari, Romania.
Questions before you start
Do you guarantee a better financial outcome?
No. Our work supports preparation and negotiation. The result depends on the study, the available information and the agreement reached between the parties. We do not guarantee an uplift or a successful negotiation.
Is this legal advice?
No. We focus on study budgets, financial terms and their operational implications. Matters requiring regulated legal advice should be addressed by an appropriately qualified adviser.
Can I send documents through the website?
No. The website does not accept uploads. Start with a short enquiry; confidential documents are considered later through an agreed channel and subject to the relevant contractual permissions.
Discuss the support your study needs
Tell us whether you need help with protocol analysis and budgeting, contracts and financial negotiation, or both. We will use that information to discuss an appropriate scope.