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Health and Social Care Delivery Research Programme - Success rates

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Published: 25 November 2019

Version: Updated March 2024

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Here are the application success rates for our Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme.

2022/23 applications

Application stageCommissionedResearch ledHSDR summary
Submitted applications (A) 45 187 232
Considered by advisory group (B) 28 113 141
Considered as a percentage of those submitted (B/A) % 62.2 60.4 60.8
Shortlisted by advisory group (C) 21 60 81
Shortlisted as a percentage of those considered by advisory group (C/B) % 75 53.1 57.4
Funded applications (D) 13 36 49
Funded as percentage of those shortlisted (D/C) % 61.9 60 60.5
Funded as percentage of those considered by advisory group (D/B) % 46.4 31.9 34.8

2021/22 applications

Application stageCommissionedResearch ledHSDR summary
Submitted applications (A) 52 219 271
Considered by advisory group (B) 39 135 174
Considered as a percentage of those submitted (B/A) % 75 61.6 64.2
Shortlisted by advisory group (C) 21 81 102
Shortlisted as a percentage of those considered by advisory group (C/B) % 53.8 60 58.6
Funded applications (D) 12 49 61
Funded as percentage of those shortlisted (D/C) % 57.1 60.5 59.8
Funded as percentage of those considered by advisory group (D/B) % 30.8 36.3 35.1

2020/21 applications

Application stageCommissionedResearch ledHSDR summary
Submitted applications (A) 58 109 167
Considered by advisory group (B) 47 90 137
Considered as a percentage of those submitted (B/A)% 81% 83% 82%
Shortlisted by advisory group (C) 35 56 91
Shortlisted as a percentage of those considered by advisory group (C/B)% 74% 62% 66.4%
Funded applications (D) 20 24 44
Funded as percentage of those shortlisted (D/C)% 57% 43% 48.4%
Funded as percentage of those considered by advisory group (D/B)% 43% 27% 32.1%

2019/20 applications

Application stageCommissionedResearch ledHSDR summary
Submitted applications (A) 111 120 231
Considered by advisory group (B) 82 102 184
Considered as a percentage of those submitted (B/A)% 74% 85% 79.7%
Shortlisted by advisory group (C) 44 38 82
Shortlisted as a percentage of those considered by advisory group (C/B)% 54% 37% 44.6%
Funded applications (D) 18 19 37
Funded as percentage of those shortlisted (D/C)% 41% 50% 45.1%
Funded as percentage of those considered by advisory group (D/B)% 22% 19% 20.1%

2018/19 applications

Application stageCommissionedResearch ledHSDR summary
Submitted applications (A) 51 200 251
Considered by advisory group (B) 47 177 224
Considered as a percentage of those submitted (B/A)% 92% 89% 89.2%
Shortlisted by advisory group (C) 22 78 100
Shortlisted as a percentage of those considered by advisory group (C/B)% 47% 44% 44.6%
Funded applications (D) 10 35 45
Funded as percentage of those shortlisted (D/C)% 45% 45% 45%
Funded as percentage of those considered by advisory group (D/B)% 21% 20% 20.1%

2017/18 applications

Application stageCommissionedResearch ledHSDR summary
Submitted applications (A) 52 105 157
Considered by advisory group (B) 44 85 129
Considered as a percentage of those submitted (B/A)% 85% 81% 82.2%
Shortlisted by advisory group (C) 22 43 65
Shortlisted as a percentage of those considered by advisory group (C/B)% 50% 51% 50.4%
Funded applications (D) 11 19 30
Funded as percentage of those shortlisted (D/C)% 50% 44% 46.2%
Funded as percentage of those considered by advisory group (D/B)% 25% 22% 23.3%

2016/17 applications

Application stageCommissionedResearch ledHSDR summary
Submitted applications (A) 46 140 186
Considered by advisory group (B) 40 118 158
Considered as a percentage of those submitted (B/A)% 87% 84% 84.9%
Shortlisted by advisory group (C) 21 52 73
Shortlisted as a percentage of those considered by advisory group (C/B)% 53% 44% 46.2%
Funded applications (D) 9 19 28
Funded as percentage of those shortlisted (D/C)% 43% 37% 38.4%
Funded as percentage of those considered by advisory group (D/B)% 23% 16% 17.7%

2015/16 applications

Application stageCommissionedResearch ledHSDR summary
Submitted applications (A) 118 204 322
Considered by advisory group (B) 90 145 235
Considered as a percentage of those submitted (B/A)% 76% 71% 73%
Shortlisted by advisory group (C) 54 72 126
Shortlisted as a percentage of those considered by advisory group (C/B)% 60% 50% 53.6%
Funded applications (D) 25 31 56
Funded as percentage of those shortlisted (D/C)% 46% 43% 44.4%
Funded as percentage of those considered by advisory group (D/B)% 28% 21% 23.8%

Please note:

  • Fast track applications are submitted as a full proposal and undergo a one stage application process.
  • The data presented are for all calls that were completed during the financial year – a call is only considered to have completed when each application submitted has received a final outcome. Data within a financial year may therefore not reflect calls opened in that year which can result in the overall numbers of applications being inconsistent between years.
  • These data include both primary research and evidence synthesis applications.