 The ECRPTQ project was initiated in 2014 by the National Centre for Advancing Translational Science and CAHPS to address the lack of competence among clinical research professionals. The project focused on providing training recommendations in good clinical practices, GCP, to ensure that all personnel involved in clinical trials have the necessary skills and knowledge to conduct them properly. Input from all clinical and translational science award hubs was used to identify the minimum criteria for GCP training, which included understanding GCP principles and undergoing training every three years. Additionally, the project suggested that industry sponsors recognize such training, thus eliminating redundant training requests. Further study was conducted to determine metrics to be tracked and a separate task force was formed to define recommendations for metrics to be reported to NCATS. This article was offered by Thomas P. Shanley, Nancy A. Calvin-Nailer, Ruth Victor-Vetcher, and others.