Minutes of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funding committee meeting to discuss stage 1 applications to Competition 38
Date and Location
Meeting held on 12 May 2022 via online video meeting
In attendance
Committee Members
Professor Kate Jolly (Chair)
Professor Richard G Watt (Supporting Chair)
Professor Vari M Drennan
Reverend Stephen Habgood
Professor Simon Heller
Professor Matthew Hickman
Professor Carmel Hughes
Professor Kelvin Jordan
Professor Eileen Kaner
Professor Belinda Lennox
Mrs Rita Long
Professor Jonathan Mant
Dr Catriona McDaid
Mrs Ngawai Moss
Professor Kate O’Donnell
Professor Miriam Santer
Ms Mavis Wenham
Programme Director
Professor Elaine Hay
Secretariat
Mr Raj Flora (NIHR)
Ms Sarah Thompson (NIHR)
Ms Zaynab Manea (NIHR)
Ms Emily Griffiths (NIHR)
Observers
Dr Annie Hawton RDS South West, University of Exeter
Ms Julia Farrington NHS England and NHS Improvement, Greener NHS
Applications considered
Professor Richard Watt assumed the chair
NIHR204406: Complex Multiple long-term conditions Phenotypes, Trends, and Endpoints (CoMPuTE)
Lead Applicant: Professor Rafael Perera
Conflicts: Professor Jonathan Mant, Professor Belinda Lennox, Professor Kate Jolly, Professor Vari Drennan, Professor Carmel Hughes and Mrs Ngawai Moss
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Kate Jolly resumed the chair
NIHR204411: Inflammation, nutrition, and the evolution of multiple long term conditions – an AI-based analysis of intersectionality in longitudinal health data (the InflAIM project)
Lead Applicant: Professor Alexander MacGregor
Conflicts: Professor Jonathan Mant
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Kelvin Jordan left the meeting
Professor Richard Watt assumed the chair
NIHR204403: Carbon reduced operating theatres: Implementing and evaluating GreenSurg Programme
Lead Applicant: Dr Aneel Bhangu
Conflicts: Professor Elaine Hay, Professor Jonathan Mant, Professor Kate Jolly and Professor Miriam Santer
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Kate Jolly resumed the chair
NIHR204413: ATTEND: (Adolescents and carers using mindfulness Therapy To END depression)
Lead Applicant: Professor Tamsin Ford
Conflicts: Professor Jonathan Mant, Professor Belinda Lennox, Professor Richard Watt, Professor Eileen Kaner and Dr Annie Hawton
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Ms Julia Farrington left the meeting
NIHR204415: Developing research and evidence-based intervention to improve healthcare for sexual minority and gender diverse service users/patients
Lead Applicant: Dr Sean Cross
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
Professor Simon Heller assumed the chair
NIHR204399: Lifestyle support at colonoscopy: the COLO-LIFE programme
Lead Applicant: Professor Linda Sharp
Conflicts: Professor Eileen Kaner, Professor Belinda Lennox, Professor Kate Jolly and Professor Richard Watt
Outcome: Reject
Professor Kate Jolly resumed the chair
NIHR204400: Improving primary care antibiotic prescribing to reduce antibiotic resistant urine infections
Lead Applicant: Dr Ashley Hammond
Conflicts: Professor Miriam Santer, Professor Matthew Hickman and Professor Carmel Hughes
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Mrs Rita Long left the meeting.
NIHR204409: Development and evaluation of the Lived Experience Narratives for Dementia (LEND) Intervention to improve quality of life for people with dementia and family carers
Lead Applicant: Professor Sarah Goldberg
Conflicts: Professor Jonathan Mant, Professor Miriam Santer, Professor Richard Watt and Professor Carmel Hughes
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
NIHR204410: Development and Implementation of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) for Older Adults Living with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease
Lead Applicant: Ms Maria Da Silva-Gane
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
Professor Simon Heller left the meeting
Professor Elaine Hay assumed the chair
NIHR204401: Co-design and evaluation of an intervention to increase UPTake of pUlmonary RehabilitatioN for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the UPTURN study
Lead Applicant: Dr Jonathan Fuld
Conflicts: Professor Jonathan Mant, Professor Carmel Hughes, Professor Simon Heller, Professor Kate Jolly, Professor Richard Watt and Professor Eileen Kaner
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Kate Jolly resumed the chair
NIHR204418: Reducing risk of cardiovascular disease in people with severe mental illness: development, feasibility testing and trial of a peer supported group clinic intervention (PEGASUS)
Lead Applicant: Professor Steve Gillard
Conflicts: Professor Simon Heller, Professor Vari Drennan, Professor Jonathan Mant and Professor Carmel Hughes
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Carmel Hughes left the meeting
Professor Simon Heller returned
Professor Richard Watt assumed the chair
NIHR204408: Estimating the Long-term Impact and Sequelae of Tuberculosis and impact of interventions: E-LIST.TB
Lead Applicant: Professor Manish Pareek
Conflicts: Dr Catriona McDaid, Professor Kate Jolly and Mrs Ngawai Moss.
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Kate Jolly resumed the chair
NIHR204405: Safety of medications in pregnancy - a novel approach to improving shared decision making
Lead Applicant: Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox
Conflicts: Professor Jonathan Mant, Professor Belinda Lennox and Professor Carmel Hughes
Outcome: Reject
Professor Simon Heller assumed the chair
NIHR204414: Improving the Diagnosis and Early referral of patients with AxiaL spondyloarthiritis (IDEAL)
Lead Applicant: Dr Jonathan Packham
Conflicts: Professor Miriam Santer, Professor Kate Jolly, Professor Elaine Hay, Professor Jonathan Mant and Professor Kate O’Donnell
Outcome: Reject
Professor Kate Jolly resumed the chair
NIHR204407: DEPRESCRIBE Trial: Development and Evaluation of Psychotropic Deprescribing Complex Intervention
Lead Applicant: Dr Mark Horowitz
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204416: Improving the delivery of strategies to increase the communication skills of people with learning disabilities in social care settings
Lead Applicant: Dr Vicky Slonims
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Richard Watt assumed the chair
NIHR204417: A Controlled Trial Investigating the Value of the 'Activate your heart' Therapeutic E-intervention for Atrial Fibrillation (ACTIVATE-AF)
Lead Applicant: Professor Gregory Lip
Conflicts: Professor Jonathan Mant and Professor Kate Jolly
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Kate Jolly resumed the chair
Outcomes Table
Funding Committees score applications on a range of 1-10. This table displays the median score for each application that was assessed in the Stage 1 assessment committee meeting. At Stage 1, an application scoring in the range is 8 -10 is invited to Stage 2. Applications with a median score of 6 or 7 have the potential to be invited to Stage 2, at the discretion of the Committee. In exceptional circumstances and with approval from the Programme Director, applications may be invited which fall below the potentially invite to Stage 2 range.
| Median | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 - 10.0 | Invited to Stage 2 | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Invited to Stage 2 | 6 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Invited to Stage 2 | 4 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Rejected | 2 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 2 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |