Minutes of the Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to Call 6 of the i4i Connect programme.
Date and location
Meeting held on Friday 1 July 2022 via Zoom Virtual Meeting
In attendance
Professor Paul Sibbons (Chair)
Dr Peter Bannister
Mr Michael King
Professor Nick Lemoine
Mr Danny Roberts
Mr Tim Robinson
Professor Jacky Smith
Dr Gary Thorpe
NIHR CCF i4i Secretariat
Professor Mike Lewis (Programme Director)
Mr Ben Patient (Director of Innovations)
Dr Ruth Nebauer (Assistant Director)
Mr Edwin Tucker
Ms Kasia Zmarzly
Mr Antonio Ruiz
Ms Ami Hodges
Dr Heike Miess
Mrs Paula Milton
Observers
Mr Bryan Dar
Ms Grace O’ Toole
Apologies
Dr Ayokunmi (AJ) Ajetunmobi
Dr Anna Barnes
Dr David Brownlee
Professor Sanjukta Deb
Miss Rosie Forder
Dr Nasir Hannan
Professor Philip Quirke
Applications assessed at Stage 2
NIHR204437: Tamer: AI-powered pain management app for adolescents with chronic pain
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR204441: Development of a Rapid Point of Care CYP2C19 Genotyping test Test to Inform Antiplatelet Prescribing in Emergency Care settings
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR204445: Portable topography device for the early diagnosis and management of eye conditions
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR204446: Occuity Indigo - a non-contacting, handheld meter for managing diabetes
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR204451: Tutti Toot Trumpet
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation:Support
NIHR204452: Spotlight Pathology: Streamlining the diagnosis of blood cancers through development of an AI triaging tool for lymphoma
Conflict Committee Member: Professor Jacky Smith
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR204456: The Rebel hand: a modular, myoelectric upper-limb prosthesis designed with children for children.
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR204459: ReCare - A smart point-of-care analyser
Conflict Committee Member: Dr Nasir Hannan
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR204462: Tetragrip Connect. Regulatory compliance of an FES system to provide active grip to people with tetraplegia.
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR204465: Virtue - Virtual Reality for the cognitive rehabilitation of stroke patients
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation:Support
NIHR204466: A Virtual Reality (VR) stroke physiotherapy tool and remote monitoring for improving upper limb recovery and increasing accessibility of physiotherapy for stroke survivors
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR204467: NeuroVirt - Immersive Virtual Reality for Rehabilitation
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation:Support
NIHR204468: VISION-Junior study: a contactless early infection detection tool for clinically vulnerable children
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation:Support
NIHR204474: Multi-omics guided selection of pathway-specific inflammatory bowel disease therapy
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR204475: Development of a web-based, VR-enabled, 3D system for deciding eligibility of elective breast reduction cases.
Conflict Committee Member: Mr Tim Robinson
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject