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Meeting: Selection Committee Interviews – Round 3
Date: 1-2 November 2023
Place: The DoubleTree Hotel, Leeds (hybrid via Zoom)
Attendees
Selection Committee (One) Members
Professor Avril Drummond (Chair), University of Nottingham
Professor Sara Kenyon (Deputy Chair), University of Birmingham
Professor Seeromanie Harding, Kings College London
Dr Paraskevi Traintafyllopoulou, University of Kent
Dr Naim Abdulmohdi, Anglia Ruskin University
Professor Sarah Hughes, University of Birmingham
Dr Angus MacBeth, The University of Edinburgh
Catherine Cairns-Leyman, Patient and Public Involvement Member
David Chuter, Patient and Public Involvement Member
NIHR Programme Management Staff
Dr James Fenton, NIHR Assistant Director, Integrated Pathways Team
Richard Milham, NIHR Senior Programme Manager
Lydia Roberts, NIHR Programme Manager
Beth Davies, NIHR Senior Programme Officer
Observers
Rosemarie Hutchinson, NIHR PPI Member
Tony Doubtfire, NIHR
Selection Committee (Two) Members
Professor Louise Connell (Chair), University of Central Lancashire
Professor Mary Wells (Deputy Chair), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Professor Julie Sanders, Barts Health NHS Trust
Professor Andy Welch, University of Aberdeen
Professor Jane Murphy, Bournemouth University
Professor Amy Brown, Swansea University
Dr Frank Lai, The Northumbria University
Dr Kirstie Coxon, Kingston University
Professor Priscilla Harries, Kingston University
Georgina McMasters, Public and Patient Involvement Member
Peter Hart, Public and Patient Involvement Member
Observers
Holly Birkinshaw, NIHR
Helen Mann, NIHR
Callistus Iwuagwu, NIHR
NIHR Programme Management Staff
Dr Beth Harris, NIHR Assistant Director, Personal Awards Team
Dr Henry Mbawa Jr, NIHR Senior Programme Manager
Sylwia Adamczyk, NIHR Programme Manager
Katie Stone, NIHR Programme Manager
Bethany Williams, NIHR Senior Programme Officer
Selection Committee (Three) Members
Professor Vanora Hundley (Chair), Bournemouth University
Dr Claire Diver (Deputy Chair), The University of Nottingham
Professor Heidi Probst, Sheffield Hallam University
Professor Caroline Alexander, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Professor Fiona Cramp, University of the West England
Professor Jane West, University of Sheffield
Professor Bryony Franklin, University College London
Dr Margaret Coffey, Imperial College London
Jeremy Dearling, Public and Patient Involvement Member
Observers
None.
NIHR Programme Management Staff
Dr Mal Palin, NIHR Senior Programme Manager
Louise Hawkyard, NIHR Senior Programme Manager
Nathan Beebe, NIHR Programme Manager
Suzanne Coombs, NIHR Senior Programme Officer
Apologies
Professor Taraneh Dean
Philip Paulden
Applications
The total number of applications received for this round was 38, and all but one was deemed eligible for consideration. The Selection Committee shortlisted 28 applicants and all attended the interviews. 20 applicants were deemed by the Selection Committee to lie within the fundable range; a 53% success rate.
Application Summary
Application Window: 6 April - 8 June 2023
Selection Committee Assessment: 21 June - 15 August 2023
Shortlisting Meeting: 7 September 2023
Interviews: 1-2 November 2023
Recommended for Funding: 12 December 2023
Interview and Discussions of Applications
DCAF Round 3 Selection Committee 1 Recommendations
| Reference | Outcome | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR303571 | Funded | Exploring factors affecting the implementation of blended diets for children and young people (0-25 years) with enteral feeding tubes in health, education and social care settings in the UK: A realist approach |
| NIHR303588 | Funded | Bridging Science & Practice: Research to inform the implementation of an observational parent-infant interaction measure in Perinatal Mental Health Services |
| NIHR303593 | Funded | Development of a precision diagnostic framework and endotyping (sub-typing) for chronic and allergic fungal airway diseases with a focus on aspergillosis. |
| NIHR303594 | Funded | MILLENIA: MultIpLe Long-tErm conditions in pregnancy aNd experiences of mIdwifery cAre – a mixed methods study |
| NIHR303595 | Funded | Developing a 21st century model of nurse-led follow-up after curative ger |
| NIHR303570 | Funded | Collaborative development of an emergency care pathway for people with borderline personality disorder |
| NIHR303554 | Rejected | What are the clinical outcomes and patient experiences of adults accessing medical Same Day Emergency Care services? A multi-phase design mixed methods study |
| NIHR303574 | Rejected | The Outcomes and Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Patients Following Psychological Therapy |
| NIHR303589 | Rejected | Screening Recently Arrived Migrants for Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and Hepatitis B and C in Community Settings |
| NIHR303591 | Rejected | Optimising the approaches for cancer care reviews in UK primary care- a multi-method study. |
DCAF Round 3 Selection Committee 2 Recommendations
| Reference | Outcome | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR303546 | Funded | CHESTI study: Core outcome set and measures of cHest hEalth in children and young people with cerebral palSy in the communiTy settIng |
| NIHR303569 | Funded | Improving Personalisation of Cervical Cancer Radiotherapy |
| NIHR303573 | Funded | A co-design project to develop, and assess the acceptability and feasibility of, an intervention to support prevention of weight gain and/or encourage weight reduction in people with Spinal Cord Injury within Specialist Spinal Injury Centres |
| NIHR303577 | Funded | Why, for whom and under what circumstances, does a personalised dietary intervention during prehabilitation facilitate dietary intake in adults with AML receiving chemotherapy: A realist evaluation |
| NIHR303596 | Funded | Development, Acceptability and Feasibility testing of a Peer Support Intervention for Families of Intensive Care Unit patients who have been discharged home. |
| NIHR303583 | Funded | Increasing hearing aid use in infants: contextualisation, development and feasibility testing of an equitable co-designed complex intervention: The RESONATE project. |
| NIHR303567 | Funded | Improving the care of patients with acute respiratory failure on the standard hospital ward |
| NIHR303584 | Funded | NEWPROMRI-PATHWAY - A new prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) pathway. |
| NIHR303572 | Rejected | Delayed gastric emptying in critical care patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: prevalence and nutritional consequences, optimising measurement in clinical practice, and feasibility of investigating alternative nutrition routes to improve nutritional, clinical and physical function outcomes. |
DCAF Round 3 Selection Committee 3 Recommendations
| Reference | Outcome | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR303552 | Funded | A multiphase study to develop evidence-based recommendations for communicating safety netting information to patients receiving physiotherapy care for musculoskeletal conditions. |
| NIHR303555 | Funded | CLEARER: A Combined LaryngEAl and REspiratory AppRoach to Presbyphonia Voice Therapy |
| NIHR303580 | Funded | Are baseline factors associated with persistent pain in people with Femoral Acetabular Impingement Syndrome after a physiotherapy-led rehabilitation programme? |
| NIHR303582 | Funded | Supported Inspiratory Muscle training (SIMT) for People with chronic obstructive puLmonary disease (COPD) who have dEclined pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR): A pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) and process evaluation. |
| NIHR303586 | Funded | Defining and measuring leg weakness in people with sciatica. A mixed methods study. |
| NIHR303560 | Funded | Improving post-discharge feeding support for parents of premature infants |
| NIHR303575 | Rejected | A Hybrid delivery of exercise for physical self-management in people with Parkinson’s Disease – a single-arm feasibility study with pre and post-test design. |
| NIHR303587 | Rejected | Adapting the ENGAGE-PD physical activity coaching intervention for individuals newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s to be delivered by physiotherapists in NHS rehabilitation settings: a feasibility cluster-randomised controlled trial utilising co-design, implementation science principles, and an embedded qualitative component to explore feasibility, acceptability and signals of efficacy. |
| NIHR303592 | Rejected | Combining Realist Reviews with Co-Design to develop an INterVention to Reduce Inappropriate POLypharmacy and OVErprescribing Amongst Ethnic Minorities (INVOLVE): A mixed method study. |