Minutes of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funding committee meeting to discuss stage 2 applications to Competition 41
Date and Location
8 November 2023 at ETC Venues Marble Arch Garfield House, 86-88 Edgware Road, London W2 2EA
In attendance
Professor Rebecca Kearney (Chair)
Professor Chris Armitage
Professor Anthony Avery
Professor Penny Bee
Professor Tim Coleman
Reverend Stephen Habgood
Professor Carmel Hughes
Dr Elsa Marques
Dr David Meads
Mx Anica Alvarez Nishio
Professor Subhash Pokhrel
Professor Isabel Reading
Professor Carolyn Tarrant
Professor Stephanie Taylor
Programme Director
Professor Marian Knight
Secretariat
Erin Beattie (NIHR)
Curtis Dixon (NIHR)
Rajinder Flora (NIHR)
Anji Kadam (NIHR)
Zaynab Manea (NIHR)
Allison Potter (NIHR)
Observers
Miss Charlotte Minter (NIHR Academy)
Applications considered
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 Rebecca Kearney and Professor Marian Knight
Outcome: Conditional Support (phased fund)
Professor Rebecca Kearney resumed the chair.
Professor Issy Reading, Professor Tim Coleman, Professor Anthony Avery and Professor Carolyn Tarrant left the meeting.
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 Orrell
Conflicts: Professor Tim Coleman, Professor Anthony Avery, Professor Carolyn Tarrant, Professor Subhash Pokehrel and Professor Stephanie Taylor
Outcome: Conditional Support (phased fund)
Professor Issy Reading returned to the meeting.
Carmel Hughes left the meeting.
NIHR206808: The Identification of Medication Adherence Barriers Questionnaire intervention (IMAB-Qi): Developing a package to support IMAB-Qi delivery in general practice and a trial to test IMAB-Qi effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
Lead Applicant: Professor Debi Bhattacharya
Conflicts: Professor Tim Coleman, Professor Carmel Hughes, Professor Anthony Avery and Professor Carolyn Tarrant
Outcome: Conditional Support (phased fund)
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 Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 - 10.0 | Fundable | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Fundable | 1 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Fundable | 2 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |