Minutes of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funding committee meeting to discuss stage 1 applications to Competition 41
Date and Location
Meeting held on 10 May 2023 via online video meeting
In attendance
Committee Members
Professor Kate Jolly (Chair)
Professor Simon Heller (Supporting Chair)
Reverend Stephen Habgood
Professor Carmel Hughes
Professor Khalida Ismail
Professor Eileen Kaner
Professor Gregory Lip
Professor Richard Martin
Professor Catriona McDaid
Professor Gavin Murphy
Mrs Angela Ruddock
Ms Julie Stone
Programme Director
Professor Elaine Hay
Secretariat
Mr Raj Flora (NIHR)
Ms Fiona Giles (NIHR)
Dr Lisa Klaourakis (NIHR)
Ms Andrea Yanez-Cunningham (NIHR)
Ms Emily Griffiths (NIHR)
Mr Chris Lambert (NIHR)
Observers
Dr Hazel Morbey, RDS North West
Mrs Karen Fernando, NIHR Academy
Miss Charlotte Minter, NIHR Academy
Apologies
Professor Stephanie Taylor (written comments provided)
Applications considered
Professor Elaine Hay assumed the chair
NIHR206254: Improving appropriate use of medicines and nutritional products for unsettled babies (IMPact)
Lead Applicant: Dr Ingrid Muller
Conflicts: Professor Richard Martin, Professor Kate Jolly, Professor Eileen Kaner, Professor Simon Heller
Outcome: Reject
Professor Kate Jolly resumed the chair
NIHR206255: Improving quality of life for people living with dementia and their care partners: the development, intervention and evaluation of a dementia specific narrative-based intervention: LEND (lived experiences narratives in dementia
Lead Applicant: Professor Martin Orre
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
NIHR206256: The ICAST Programme: Improving Care for Smell and Taste Disorders
Lead Applicant: Professor Carl Philpott
Conflicts: Professor Carmel Hughes
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206257: South Asian Brain Health Research (SABR-UK)
Lead Applicant: Professor Nusrat Husain
Conflicts: Professor Eileen Kaner, Professor Catriona McDaid, Professor Angela Ruddock
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206259: Developing, optimising and evaluating a conversion of standard smoking cessation support in pregnancy into a digital support package (eSupport)
Lead Applicant: Professor Felix Naughton
Conflicts: Professor Gavin Murphy
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
NIHR206260: CO-ACTION: Personalised social and self-management support for better living with multiple long-term conditions in the community.
Lead Applicant: Dr Dorit Kunkel
Conflicts: Professor Simon Heller
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Simon Heller assumed the chair
NIHR206261: Estimating the Long-term Impact and Sequelae of Tuberculosis and impact of interventions: E-LIST.TB
Lead Applicant: Professor Manish Pareek
Conflicts: Professor Kate Jolly, Professor Gavin Murphy
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206262: The Linking Loss Programme: testing the most effective, acceptable and feasible methods for identifying and treating mental health difficulties following early pregnancy loss
Lead Applicant: Dr Camilla Rosan
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
NIHR206263: Preventing food allergy in infants with early introduction of complementary feeding
Lead Applicant: Professor Graham Roberts
Conflicts: Professor Eileen Kaner
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Dr Hazel Morbey left the meeting
NIHR206264: IMPRESS2: IMproving outcomes for ovarian cancer Patients by Refining Evidenced based tools that drive Surgical Standardisation
Lead Applicant: Professor Richard Edmondson
Conflicts: Professor Eileen Kaner
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206265: REIMAGINE - Reducing the frequency of missed cancer at upper gastrointestinal endoscopy by decreasing variation in endoscopy performance through a cluster randomised intervention and enhanced endoscopy training.
Lead Applicant: Dr Nigel Trudgill
Conflicts: Professor Kate Jolly
Outcome: Reject
Professor Khalida Ismail left the meeting.
NIHR206266: Enhanced Recovery After Critical Care (ERACC): Developing and Testing a Care Pathway for Patients Discharged From an Intensive Care Unit
Lead Applicant: Professor Peter Watkinson
Conflicts: Professor Gavin Murphy, Professor Gregory Lip, Professor Eileen Kaner
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Gavin Murphy left the meeting
NIHR206267: Advancing Diagnostics to Accelerate Protective Treatment (ADAPT) for Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lead Applicant: Professor Chris Scotton
Conflicts: Professor Eileen Kaner
Outcome: Reject
Outcomes Table
Funding Committees score applications on a range of 1-10. This table displays the mean score for each application that was assessed in the Stage 1 assessment committee meeting. At Stage 1, an application scoring in the range 8 -10 is invited to Stage 2. Applications with a mean score of 6-7 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.
| Mean Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 - 10.0 | Invited to Stage 2 | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Invited to Stage 2 | 0 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Invited to Stage 2 | 5 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Invited to Stage 2 | 1 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 6 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |