The Association of Clinical Research Professionals

ACRP Team Certification

ACRP Certification validates competence and sets your team on a path of continuous learning while signaling your organization’s expertise and commitment to professionalism in clinical research. With a 30-year legacy, ACRP’s gold-standard certification has been earned by more than 42,000 professionals around the world.​

Explore ACRP Certification programs below or contact us to learn how ACRP can help you achieve your organization’s goals.

ACRP Team Certification empowers managers to:

  • Mitigate risk through independent, third-party validation of team competency

  • Improve clinical trial operations as a result of enhanced inspection performance, patient enrollment, and protocol compliance*

  • Support staff growth and retention by providing pathways for continuous professional development

  • Differentiate study teams by demonstrating advanced knowledge

  • Maximize resources through volume-based pricing

“Photograph of Jeremy CookAt Velocity, we feel strongly that every one of our coordinators, PIs, and other team members should strive for ACRP Certification. It shows sponsors that we take the professionalism of our work very seriously and hold ourselves to the highest standard. And in an industry based on discovery and the betterment of healthcare, earning and maintaining certification challenges our staff to be engaged in the high-speed growth and change in our industry.”

— Jeremy Cook, Senior Manager of Learning and Development, Velocity Clinical Research

 

ACRP Certified Professional (ACRP-CP®) | Learn More >

ACRP-CP® is a credential formally recognizing clinical research professionals of all types, regardless of their roles or functional activities on the clinical study team.

Certified Clinical Research Associate (CCRA®) | Learn More >

CCRA® is a credential formally recognizing clinical research professionals with experience monitoring and supervising the conduct and progress of clinical trials on behalf of a sponsor.

Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC®) | Learn More >

CCRC® is a credential formally recognizing clinical research professionals with experience coordinating and facilitating clinical trial activities in adherence to GCP, under the direction of a principal investigator.

Certified Principal Investigator (CPI®) | Learn More >

CPI® is a credential formally recognizing clinical research professionals with experience as a principal investigator or sub investigator on multiple studies.

ACRP Medical Device Professional (ACRP-MDP®) | Learn More >

ACRP-MDP® is a credential formally recognizing clinical research professionals with specialized knowledge in medical device clinical trials. Candidates must be ACRP Certified to sit for this exam.

ACRP Project Manager (ACRP-PM®) | Learn More >

ACRP-PM® is a credential formally recognizing clinical research professionals with specialized knowledge in project management. Candidates must be ACRP Certified to sit for this exam.

*Research Projects Show Credentialed Principal Investigators and CRCs Perform Better (CenterWatch Weekly)

*CPI Certification as Predictor of Clinical Investigators’ Regulatory Compliance (Drug Information Journal)

*Certification in good clinical practice and clinical trial quality: A retrospective analysis of protocol adherence in four multicenter trials in the USA (Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs)

Enhanced Workforce Training, Certification Key to Tackling Chronic FDA Inspection Citations

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials keep finding the same operational problems over and over again during clinical trial site inspections, as evidenced by public Warning Letter reports. “Training and certification can be big factors.”

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Survey Finds Certification Signals Higher Professional Self-Assessment of Performance

“Certification is indeed valuable, and we must expand education and training in the domains that our survey found might be lacking.”

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Did You Know? Certificates and Certification Are Not the Same

“While a certificate can be great for demonstrating knowledge in one applied area, certification denotes in-depth knowledge across a range of clinical research competencies and many different role-based duties.”

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