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You don't need a protocol, a supervisor or a funded project to use this hub. If you're a clinician with a question you can't answer, or a student working out where to begin, this is the order we'd suggest.

  1. Watch how other people chose their methods

    The talks library has recorded sessions on choosing methodologies and the practical realities of research in low-resource settings: the fastest way to see what “doing research” actually looks like.

    Browse 1 recorded talk

  2. Read the practical guidance

    Consent templates, authorship and partnership agreements, and pathways you can reuse rather than write from scratch — ICPCN's own, plus the best of what other organisations publish.

    Open the resources

  3. See what has already been published

    Before designing a study, check what exists. Search the publications library by topic, region and methodology, and if you find a paper by someone on the hub, you can go straight to their profile.

    Search the publications

  4. Check what's already under way

    Published papers tell you what was finished two years ago. The studies directory tells you what is happening now — which is how you find out that your question is already being answered a country away, and whether they'd like a collaborator.

    Browse current studies

  5. Find someone to ask

    3 researchers have offered to mentor. Filter the directory to just those open to it, and send a message without ever seeing their email address.

    Find a mentorFind a research group

  6. Come to a session

    Next up: Research Student Support Group. Early-career and doctoral sessions are deliberately lower-pressure: bring a half-formed idea.

    See the calendar

  7. Ask the community

    The WhatsApp community is where the quick questions go: the ones that aren't worth an email but would take you a week to work out alone.

    Join on WhatsApp

One more thing

Everything above is open without an account. You only need one to be listed yourself, to add a study, or to message someone — and it's an email address, no password.

Do add yourself to the directory, even if you're early on. Part of what this hub is for is showing where research capacity exists, and where it doesn't. Create your profile in under five minutes, or read more about the hub first.

And if this route wasn't the one you needed, tell us what was missing. The hub was designed with researchers rather than for them, and that only stays true if you keep telling us.