Minutes of the Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme committee meeting to discuss applications to the Product Development Awards Competition 19 Stage 2.
Date and location
Wednesday 17 June 2020 via Zoom Virtual Meeting
In attendance
Funding committee
Mr Charles Spicer (Chair)
Professor David Hawkes, (Deputy Chair)
Mr Vadim K Alexandre
Professor Philip Breedon
Professor Enitan Carrol
Mr Mark Campbell
Professor Fiona Dennison
Dr Laura Fenner (Public Member)
Miss Helen George
Professor Liam Grover
Professor Paul Leeson
Ms Emma Palmer Foster
Dr Ashish Patel
Ms Jo Smart
Professor Sarah Stapley
Apologies
Dr Cathy Prescott
Dr Neville Young
Miss Aisha Wamala
Observers
Professor Gail Hayward
i4i Secretariat
Mr Martin Hunt (Programme Director)
Mr Ben Patient (Director of Innovations)
Dr Ruth Nebauer (Assistant Director)
Dr Diana Alexieva
Dr Andrew Barber
Dr Fanny Burrows
Miss Alice Duboin
Dr Aayesha Hassan
Dr Caterina Lombardo
Mrs Paula Milton
Dr Ian Newington
Miss Deimante Normantaite
Dr Sandra Nwokeoha
Mr Edwin Tucker
Dr Samantha Gan
Operations Team
Mr Bryan Dar
Mrs Samantha Wade
Observers
Mr Krishna Kothandapani
Applications invited to present at Stage 2
NIHR201625: Prevent bone fracture during or shortly after hip replacement surgery
Conflict Funding Committee Member: Professor Liam Grover, Mr Vadim Alexandre, Dr Cathy Prescott, Dr Laura Fenner
Funding Committee recommendation: Recommend for funding
NIHR201654: MorphGI- a self-propelled soft colonoscope
Conflict Funding Committee Member: Professor Philip Breedon, Ms Jo Smart, Professor Enitan Carrol, Dr Laura Fenner
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR201632: Investigating non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring in gestational diabetes (INDiGo study)
Conflict Funding Committee Member:Professor Fiona Denison, Professor Liam Grover, Mr Vadim Alexandre, Miss Helen George
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR201680: Remote delivery on an app-based intervention DIALOG+ in community mental health care – development of Remote DIALOG+
Conflict Funding Committee Member:Dr Ashish Patel, Mr Mark Campbell, Dr Cathy Prescott, Dr Laura Fenner
Funding Committee recommendation: Recommend for funding
NIHR201671: Digital Histopathology Screening Platform
Conflict Funding Committee Member: Professor Philip Breedon, Mr Mark Campbell, Professor Paul Leeson, Miss Helen George
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR201643: SuperResPath-Renal: Quantitative super-resolution technology for a fast, de-centralised clinical diagnosis of renal pathologies
Conflict Funding Committee Member:Professor Sarah Stapley (A1), Ms Jo Smart, Professor Enitan Carrol, Dr Laura Fenner
Funding Committee recommendation: Recommend for funding
NIHR201646: Implantable Lymph Node Substitute for Prevention of Surgically-Induced Lymphoedema
Conflict Funding Committee Member:Dr Ashish Patel, Professor Paul Leeson, Ms Emma Palmer-Foster, Miss Helen George
Funding Committee recommendation: Recommend for funding
NIHR201684: Development and clinical study of a wearable brain imaging device to detect intracranial bleeding at the point of care
Conflict Funding Committee Member: Professor Sarah Stapley, Professor Fiona Denison, Ms Emma Palmer-Foster, Miss Helen George
Funding Committee recommendation: Recommend for funding