Research is an integral component of delivering high-quality evidence-based clinical care in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is essential to test clinical interventions, foster implementation of effective interventions, and generate hypotheses for future testing. Researchers bring different disciplinary perspectives (nursing, medicine, pharmacy, etc.) and expertise (clinical trials, data science, implementation). Some researchers are independent investigators, leading their own program of research, whereas others are investigators on trials led by industry or large collaborative research groups.1 Support is provided by research coordinators, data collectors (research assistants, associates, and trainees such as graduate students/postdoctoral scholars), and clinicians. Researchers and research support staff can be directly employed by the ICU, through other hospital departments (e.g., anaesthetics, surgery, trauma, emergency), or through external research institutions (academic or industry).2