By Allison Proffitt 

January 9, 2025 | Finalists have been named in two of the three awards programs slated for the SCOPE Summit, February 3-6, in Orlando, Fla. Entries in the Participant Engagement Awards and the Site Innovation Awards have been named finalists. Winners will be announced on site at the event.  

Site Innovation Awards 

The Site Innovation Awards recognize sites and partnerships pioneering new approaches to improve clinical trials and inspiring the Clinical Operations Community at SCOPE. 

“We’re all trying to solve some of the same problems, regardless of which stakeholder you are. It comes back to how do we enroll more patients in clinical trials faster and get the drugs, the molecules, to patients who need them,” said Amanda Wright, co-founder and COO of JAVARA, and one of the co-chairs of the awards program. SCOPE’s Site Innovation Awards seek to recognize, “ways that sites can innovative within their work and within their workflows that can be replicated and scaled to the benefit of the entire ecosystem,” she said.  

Site innovation comes in many forms, Wright said. In the two years the awards program has existed, the judges have seen exceptional innovation around operations, workflows, data management, trial strategy, and much more. Wright said the judges prioritize impact when assessing site innovation and whether the approach can be replicated across sites. 

“There are so many problems that need to be solved, but they’re not all the same size and scope,” she said. “Trying to approach this in a way where we can have the greatest impact and influence across the enterprise has been our strategy.”   

The 2025 Site Innovation Award Finalists are:  

• West Clinical Research and Stitch—Less Admin, More Enrolled Participants: Our New Communication Approach 

• Active Intelligence—Pre-Screening with AI: a No Cap Glow Up for Site Enrollment 

• Cedar Health Research—Expanding Clinical Trial Access To Diverse Communities Through the science of Artificial Intelligence and the Art of Community Engagement 

• Velocity Clinical Research—Velocity VISION: Improving Clinical Trial Accessibility for Participants 

• WCG Site Network—Customized Site Support 

Winners will be announced live at SCOPE on Tuesday, February 4, at 4:55.  

Participant Engagement Award 

The Participant Engagement Awards, the oldest awards program at SCOPE, recognizes innovation and change in how the industry communicates with participants in the fields of recruitment and retention in clinical trials. PEA embodies the values and personal accomplishments of Jerry Matczak, who passed away soon after receiving the inaugural 2017 award.  

Entries are accepted from sites, CRO’s, e-patient advisors, agencies, start-ups, sponsors, and anyone else working to recruit and retain clinical research participants. Entries are assessed based on the project’s success improving access, awareness, and participation in clinical trials; creativity; innovation; regulatory and legal compliance; and the ability to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

In the 2025 Awards program, judges asked how entry projects engaged clinical trial participation in a novel and innovative way, benefited benefit the clinical trial ecosystem, and improved diversity, equity, and inclusion.  

The 2025 Participant Engagement Award finalists are