Minutes of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funding committee meeting to discuss stage 1 applications to Competition 40
Date and Location
Meeting held on 11 January 2023 via online video meeting
In attendance
Committee Members
Professor Catherine Hewitt (Chair)
Professor Kate Jolly (Supporting Chair)
Ms Anica Alvarez Nishio
Professor Penny Bee
Professor Tim Coleman
Professor Matthew Hickman
Professor Belinda Lennox
Mrs Rita Long
Professor George Peat
Professor Mari Carmen Portillo
Professor Kate O’Donnell
Professor Miriam Santer
Ms Mavis Wenham
Diabetes Distress co-funding
Dr Anne Doherty
Professor Najma Siddiqi (written comments provided)
Programme Director
Professor Elaine Hay
Secretariat
Mr Raj Flora (NIHR)
Ms Zaynab Manea (NIHR)
Mr Curtis Dixon (NIHR)
Mr Chris Lambert (NIHR)
Ms Saima Siddiqui (NIHR)
Observers
Dr Allison Farnworth,Senior Research Midwife, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr Elizabeth Robertson, Director of Research, Diabetes UK
Applications considered
Professor Elaine Hay assumed the chair
NIHR205441: Optimising the delivery of Diabetes Distress informed care for its prevention, detection, and management in adults with type 1 diabetes: a hybrid effectiveness – implementation programme (D-stress study)
Lead Applicant: Professor Jackie Sturt
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Hewitt, Professor Kate Jolly
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Catherine Hewitt resumed the chair
NIHR205442: Investigating the impact of psychological trauma at diagnosis on diabetes distress and acceptance in children and young people with type 1 diabetes
Lead Applicant: Dr Lyndsey Carlson
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR205447: Investigating Multifactorial Contributors to Diabetes Distress and Identifying Pathways to Improve Different Areas of Distress with the aim of Improving Health Outcomes
Lead Applicant: Dr Adrian Heald
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR205446: Addressing prevention through understanding: A longitudinal mixed methods approach to investigate diabetes distress aetiology.
Lead Applicant: Dr Lydia Poole
Conflicts: Ms Anica Alvarez Nishio
Outcome: Reject
Professor Matthew Hickman left the meeting
Dr Anne Doherty left the meeting
NIHR205445: Targeting diabetes distress in adults with type 1 diabetes to improve glycaemic control: co-production and evaluation of cognitive behaviour therapy for diabetes (CBTfD).
Lead Applicant: Professor Khalida Ismail
Conflicts: Professor Matthew Hickman and Dr Anne Doherty
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Dr Elizabeth Robertson left the meeting
NIHR205430: Better care for people with young onset dementia - BETTER-YD
Lead Applicant: Dr Janet Carter
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Elaine Hay left the meeting
Professor Matthew Hickman re-joined the meeting
NIHR205431: Digital and arts-based interventions to support communication after stroke
Lead Applicant: Dr Iain Marshall
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
Professor Kate Jolly assumed the chair
NIHR205432: I Know Me Best: Empowering all YP to voice their mental health needs to inform early support in non-traditional settings
Lead Applicant: Professor Jessica Deighton
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Hewitt
Outcome: Reject
Professor Catherine Hewitt resumed the chair
NIHR205436: RADIANCE: Reducing AvoiDable mastectomies by understanding and addressing variation in the use of neoadjuvant systemic treatment and oncoplastic breast conserving surgery In women with eArly breast caNCEr
Lead Applicant: Miss Shelley Potter
Conflicts: Professor Matthew Hickman
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Elaine Hay re-joined the meeting
NIHR205437: PROcare: Patient-Reported Outcomes to triage outpatient CARE
Lead Applicant: Professor Melanie Calvert
Conflicts: Professor Kate Jolly
Outcome: Reject
Professor Kate Jolly assumed the chair
NIHR205438: Optimising debridement, antibiotics and implant retention as a treatment for periprosthetic joint infection: the iDAIR programme
Lead Applicant: Dr Vikki Wylde
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Hewitt, Professor Matthew Hickman
Outcome: Reject
NIHR205439: AIR SAFETY. A programme to prevent aerosol borne respiratory diseases using Artificial Intelligence
Lead Applicant: Professor Laurence Lovat
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
NIHR205440: Improving quality of life and behaviours that challenge in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability through person-centred solution focused communication (ICONIC study)
Lead Applicant: Dr Afia Ali
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Elaine Hay assumed the chair
NIHR205443: Tobacco RIsk reDuction with E-cigarette Nicotine Therapy among adults with serious mental illness (TRIDENT)
Lead Applicant: Professor Paul Aveyard
Conflicts: Professor Kate Jolly, Professor Catherine Hewitt, Professor Belinda Lennox, Professor Mari Carmen Portillo, Professor Tim Coleman, Professor Miriam Santer and Professor Penny Bee
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Kate Jolly assumed the chair
NIHR205444: (EPPIRAMS) Enhancing Preparedness for future PandemIcs through Risk Assessment, Modelling and Statistics: developing models to improve understanding of transmission and control in vulnerable settings.
Lead Applicant: Professor Ian Hall
Conflicts: Professor Penny Bee
Outcome: Reject
NIHR205448: The Bradford Mental Health Collaboratory: an efficient platform for evaluating interventions to improve adolescent mental health
Lead Applicant: Dr Dan Lewer
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Hewitt, Professor Matthew Hickman, Professor Tim Coleman and Professor Penny Bee
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
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 Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 - 10.0 | Invited to Stage 2 | 1 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Invited to Stage 2 | 4 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Invited to Stage 2 | 3 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Rejected | 2 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 4 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |