Minutes of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funding committee meeting to discuss sub committee A stage 2 applications to Competition 40
Date and Location
Meeting held on 06 July 2023 at ETC Venues, Prospero House, 241 Borough High Street, London SE1 1GA
In attendance
Committee Members
- Professor Catherine Hewitt (Chair)
- Ms Anica Alvarez Nishio
- Professor Vari Drennan
- Professor Steve Gillard
- Professor Carmel Hughes
- Professor Claire Hulme
- Professor Khalida Ismail
- Professor Kelvin Jordan
- Professor Gregory Lip
- Dr David Meads
- Professor George Peat
- Professor Issy Reading
- Professor Glenn Robert
- Professor Stephanie Taylor
- Ms Mavis Wenham
Programme Director
- Professor Marian Knight
Secretariat
- Mr Raj Flora (NIHR)
- Ms Saima Sidiqqui (NIHR)
- Ms Sarah Thompson (NIHR)
- Mr Chris Lambert (NIHR)
- Ms Bhavini Smith (NIHR)
Observers
- Mrs Jules Griffiths
- Miss Sheena Bhageerutty
PGfAR applications considered
NIHR205430: Better care for people with young onset dementia - BETTER-YD
Lead Applicant: Dr Janet Carter
Conflicts: Professor Claire Hulme and Professor Vari Drennan
Outcome: Reject
NIHR205439: AIR SAFETY. A programme to prevent aerosol borne respiratory diseases using Artificial Intelligence
Lead Applicant: Professor Laurence Lovat
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Conditional Support (phased fund)
NIHR205440: Improving quality of life and behaviour that challenges in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability through person-centred solution focused communication (ICONIC)
Lead Applicant: Dr Afia Ali
Conflicts: Professor Stephanie Taylor and Professor Steve Gillard
Outcome: Conditional Support (phased fund)
Professor George Peat 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 Catherine Hewitt and Dr David Meads
Conditional Support (phased fund)
Professor Catherine Hewitt resumed the chair
Ms Anica Alvarez Nishio, Professor Vari Drennan and Professor Claire Hulme left the meeting.
NIHR206268: PREPARE: imPRoving End of life care Practice in stroke cARE
Lead Applicant: Dr Clare Thetford
Conflicts: Ms Anica Alvarez Nishio, Professor Vari Drennan and Professor Claire Hulme
Outcome: Reject
Outcomes Table
Funding Committees score applications on a range of 1-10. This table displays the number of applications awarded by mean score. The PGfAR fundable range is 8-10. Applications with a mean score of 6.0-7.9 have the potential to be funded, at the discretion of the Department of Health and Social Care based on recommendations by the Stage 2 and Main Selection Committees.
| Mean | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 - 10.0 | Fundable | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Fundable | 2 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Fundable | 1 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 2 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |