Confidentiality and Disclosure for NIHR Applications and Their Assessment
- Published: 03 June 2024
- Version: V1.0 - June 2024
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Review date: February 2025
Annex 1: Freedom of Information
All requests for information should be made to the Department of Health and Social Care.
Summary of Information Disclosures
| Type of information | Disclosed to public and external peer reviewers | Disclosed to committee members | Disclosed to applicants | Published on website and in programme documents | Disclosed if requested under FOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application number and / or project title | Yes | Yes | On website in public minutes | On website in public minutes | Publicly available on website |
| Complete or part applications | Yes | Yes | Only applicant’s own application | Abstracts from successful applications | No, confidential |
| External peer and public reviewer comments | Anonymised | Yes | Anonymised, only for applicant's own application | No | No, confidential |
| External peer and public reviewer names | No | May be shared | May be included on single annual list on website, not associated with specific applications | May be included on single annual list on website, not associated with specific applications | Single annual list publicly available on website |
| External peer and public reviewer scores | No | Yes | For career development awards only | No | No, confidential |
| List of committee members (not observers) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Publicly available on website |
| Names of all those in attendance at committee meetings | No | Yes | On website in public minutes | On website in public minutes | Publicly available on website |
| Conflicts of interest of those in attendance at committee meetings | No | Yes | On website in public minutes | On website in public minutes | Publicly available on website |
| Names of Lead Assessors/ Designated committee Member | No | Yes | No, unless applicant is present for assessment at meeting | No | No, confidential |
| Written comments from committee members | No | Yes | No | No | No, confidential |
| Application scores | No | Yes | For career development awards only | No | No, confidential |
| Full meeting minutes | No | Yes, when produced | Own application extract only | No | No |
| Summary meeting minutes | On website | On website | On website | Yes | Publicly available on website |
| Formal secretariat notes | No | Yes | No | No | No, confidential |
| Equality & diversity monitoring data, where collected | No | No | No | No | No, confidential |