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Meeting: Selection Committee Interviews – Round 1
Date: 1-2 November 2023
Place: Queens Hotel, Leeds (hybrid via Zoom)
Attendees
Selection Committee (One) Members
Professor Avril Drummond (Chair), University of Nottingham
Dr Claire Diver (Deputy Chair), University of Nottingham
Professor Mary Wells, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Professor Julie Sanders, Barts Health NHS Trust
Professor Annie Topping, University of Birmingham
Professor Michelle Briggs, University of Manchester
Professor Taraneh Dean, London South Bank University
Professor Madeline Cruice, City, University of London
Professor Jane Murphy, Bournemouth University
Professor Priscilla Harries, Kingston University
Collin Wilkinson, Patient Public Involvement Member
Sue Prior, Patient Public Involvement Member
NIHR Programme Management Staff
Dr James Fenton, NIHR Assistant Director, Integrated Pathways Team
Dr Henry Mbawa Jr, Senior programme Manager
Richard Milham, Programme Manager
Observers
Iain Mallett - NIHR
Selection Committee (Two) Members
Professor Louise Connell (Chair), University of Central Lancashire
Dr Gita Ramdharry (Deputy Chair), University College London Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor Jane West, University of Sheffield
Professor Caroline Alexander, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Professor Fiona Cramp, University of the West England
Dr Kirstie Coxon, Kingston University
Professor Heidi Probst, Sheffield Hallam University
Professor Seeromanie Harding, Kings College London
Professor Mary Ward, Ulster University
Professor Janelle Yorke, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Bryony Franklin, University College London
Georgina McMasters, Patient Public Involvement Member
David Chuter, Patient Public Involvement Member
Observers
None
NIHR Programme Management Staff
Dr Mal Palin, Senior Programme Manager
Steph Britt, Programme Manager
Nathan Beebe, Programme Manager
Selection Committee (Three) Members
Professor John Baker (Chair), University of Leeds
Professor Vanora Hundley (Deputy Chair), Bournemouth University
Professor David Alldred, University of Leeds
Dr Tracy Long-Sutehall, University of Southampton
Professor Maryann Hardy, University of Bradford
Dr Kirstie Coxon, Kingston University
Professor Natalie Pattison, University of Hertfordshire
Dr Clair Phillips, Patient Public Involvement Member
Mr Philip Paulden, Patient Public Involvement Member
Observers
Rachel Dwyer - NIHR
NIHR Programme Management Staff
Kieran Lee, Senior Programme Manager
Beth Harris, Senior Programme Manager
Louise Hawkyard, Programme Manager
Apologies
Dr Angus MacBeth
Professor Leah Macaden
Professor Karen Sage
Dr Monique Lhussier
Professor Sally Singh
Professor Andy Welch
Professor Margaret Watson
Professor Janelle Yorke
Applications
The total number of applications received for this round was 49, and all were deemed eligible for consideration. The Selection Committee shortlisted 30 applicants and all attended the interviews. Eighteen (18) applicants were deemed by the Selection Committee to lie within the fundable range; a thirty-seven percent (37%) success rate.
Application Summary
Application Window: 7 April 2022 - 9 June 2022
Selection Committee Assessment: 24 June - 31 August 2022
Shortlisting Meeting: 7 September 2022
Interviews: 1-2 November 2022
Recommended for Funding: 5 December 2022
Interview and Discussions of Applications
DCAF Round 1 Selection Committee 1 Recommendations
| Reference | Outcome | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR302917 | Funded | Improving Pathways Of Care For Patients With Venous Leg Ulceration |
| NIHR302892 | Funded | Co-PROduction of a Shared decision-making tool for airway clearance techniques in BROnchiectasis: PROSBRO study |
| NIHR302900 | Funded | Therapeutic outcomes in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) |
| NIHR302916 | Funded | Investigating the medium to long-term outcomes after selective dorsal rhizotomy in ambulatory children and young people with cerebral palsy: A mixed-methods study |
| NIHR302890 | Funded | What interventions(s) are required to implement the use of compression therapy in the management of inpatients with venous leg ulceration in secondary care? |
| NIHR302883 | Rejected | READI Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial: Remote Exercise And Diet Intervention for people with breast cancer on chemotherapy. |
| NIHR302909 | Rejected | CycEDel-IC: Does in-bed Cycle Ergometry delivered within 48-hours of mechanical ventilation, reduce the occurrence of Delirium in critICally ill patients and what is the optimal approach to implementing the intervention? |
| NIHR302873 | Rejected | Local alcohol partnerships: a mixed-methods analysis to inform public health policy and practice |
| NIHR302899 | Rejected | The co-design and feasibility of a CF-specific weight management programme delivered alongside an NHS digital weight management intervention for overweight or obese adults with cystic fibrosis treated with cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator therapies. The MoreLife with CF study. |
| NIHR302913 | Rejected | Development of precision diagnostic framework and endotyping for chronic and allergic fungal airway diseases with a focus on aspergillosis. |
DCAF Round 1 Selection Committee 2 Recommendations
| Reference | Outcome | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR302872 | Funded | Raising the Age of Sale of Tobacco products in England; a mixed methods study (RAISE) |
| NIHR302888 | Funded | Development and evaluation of a rehabilitation programme for people with complex fractures following traumatic injury |
| NIHR302901 | Funded | Novel Applications for Sarcoma Assessment (NASA) |
| NIHR302866 | Funded | Improving Participation and Activity for people with Persistent Physical Symptoms (ImPAct-PPS): a Person-Based Approach |
| NIHR302903 | Funded | Development of a Core Outcome Set for Children's Elective Lower Limb Orthopaedic Surgery (CELLOS Study) |
| NIHR302886 | Funded | Promoting the empowerment of parent carers of children with neurodisability. |
| NIHR302882 | Rejected | Screening Recently Arrived Migrants for Tuberculosis, HIV, and Hepatitis B and C within an Educational Setting |
| NIHR302863 | Rejected | A mixed-methods study to examine the mechanisms influencing adherence to rehabilitation for adults following a complex fracture of the lower limb. |
| NIHR302906 | Rejected | Identifying the potential risk characteristics for cauda equina compression in patients presenting to an acute care setting with back pain who undergo reference standard imaging: a multi-centre prospective observational cohort study. |
| NIHR302918 | Rejected | Bladder trigone sparing radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a mixed methods study to develop and test a treatment programme for future trials. |
DCAF Round 1 Selection Committee 3 Recommendations
| Reference | Outcome | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR302862 | Funded | Early Relapse Detection in Children who received a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) for Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (JMML) |
| NIHR302915 | Funded | Can lung ultrasound measure changes in regional lung aeration following chest physiotherapy in children who are mechanically ventilated after cardiac surgery. |
| NIHR302871 | Funded | A psychological treatment for visual hallucinations in psychosis: Initial efficacy, feasibility and acceptability. |
| NIHR302896 | Funded | Improving brain protection during aortic arch surgery in infants and young children using electroencephalography. |
| NIHR302860 | Funded | Improving Representation in Maternity Research: The REPRESENT study |
| NIHR302891 | Funded | Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy for people experiencing psychosis |
| NIHR302908 | Funded | What contributes to successful adult community palliative rehabilitation? An investigation into models of practice in the UK. |
| NIHR302911 | Rejected | Optimising primary care prescribing: a mixed methods study to explore the implementation of pharmacogenomic testing in everyday clinical practice |
| NIHR302898 | Rejected | What are the active ingredients of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis? |
| NIHR302880 | Rejected | How can Perinatal Mental Health Services routinely measure the quality of parent-infant interaction? An investigation of the acceptability, feasibility, and psychometric properties of a brief observational instrument |