Minutes of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funding committee meeting to discuss stage 1 applications to Competition 42
Date and Location
Professor Simon Heller (Chair)
Professor Richard G Watt (Supporting Chair)
Mx Anica Alvarez Nishio
Miss Sheena Bhageerutty
Professor Penny Bee
Ms Nett Furley
Professor Catherine Hewitt
Professor Kate Jolly
Professor Gregory Lip
Mrs Rita Long
Professor Richard Martin
Professor Catriona McDaid
Professor Kate O’Donnell
Professor George Peat
Mr John Pemberton
Professor Mari Carmen Portillo
Ms Mavis Wenham
Programme Director
Professor Marian Knight
Secretariat
Mr Raj Flora (NIHR)
Dr Lisa Klaourakis (NIHR)
Mr Chris Lambert (NIHR)
Ms Bhavini Smith (NIHR)
Observers
Ms Chelu Mfalila, RDS London
Ms Zaynab Manea (NIHR)
Ms Sarah Thompson (NIHR)
Ms Gemma Paine (NIHR)
Ms Saprina Harrison (NIHR)
Applications considered
NIHR206781: Improving functional communication after stroke with digital technologies
Lead Applicant: Dr Iain Marshall
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206782: HIPPOCRATES: Health Inequalities in PerioPerative Outcomes - CReATing and Evaluating targeted Support interventions
Lead Applicant: Professor Ramani Moonesinghe
Conflicts: Professor Kate Jolly
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
NIHR206788: Improving Care, Support and Outcomes in Parent Carers of Children and Young People with Palliative Care Needs
Lead Applicant: Professor Lorna Fraser
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Hewitt, Professor Catriona McDaid and Professor Penny Bee
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Mx Anica Alvarez Nishio left the meeting.
NIHR206792: EXercise in Advanced Cancer Trial (EXACT)Lead Applicant: EXercise in Advanced Cancer Trial (EXACT)
Lead Applicant: Professor Samuel Smith
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
Professor Richard Watt assumed the chair.
NIHR206794: Assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of using virtual nature in care homes for chronic pain and general wellbeing: A co-design study
Lead Applicant: Professor Pat Schofield
Conflicts: Professor Mari Carmen Portillo and Professor Catriona McDaid
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206795: Empowered Together (coordinated social care in prison): A feasibility and definitive randomised controlled trial, with embedded realised informed process evaluation
Lead Applicant: Dr Katrina Forsyth
Conflicts: Professor Mari Carmen Portillo, Professor Catriona McDaid and Professor Penny Bee
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Mx Anica Alvarez Nishio rejoined the meeting.
NIHR206796: Single and Safe Intervention for MEDication administration (SaSI-MEDs): The development and evaluation of an intervention to de-implement unnecessary double-checking of medicines in hospital
Lead Applicant: Professor Rebecca Lawton
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Hewitt, Professor Catriona McDaid and Professor Penny Bee
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Ms Chelu Mfalila left the meeting.
NIHR206797: Dementia Education for the Future Workforce (DEMWORK):
Lead Applicant: Dr Stephanie Daley
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
Professor Catriona McDaid temporarily left the meeting and did not participate in the discussion or scoring of the application.
NIHR206798: Mixed methods co-design and evaluation of a Decision Support Tool to enable shared decision making for people who are considering cascade screening for Thoracic Aortic Disease: The DECIDE TAD Programme
Lead Applicant: Professor Gavin Murphy
Conflicts: Professor Marian Knight and Professor Richard Martin
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Professor Knight could not identify the conflict of interest and this was not clarified before discussion of the application. Therefore, at the discretion of the chair, Professor Marian Knight remained in the meeting, but did not participate in the discussion of the application.
Professor Simon Heller resumed the chair.
NIHR206799: Online Psychological InterveNtION (OPINION) for vitiligo
Lead Applicant: Dr Viktoria Eleftheriadou
Conflicts: Professor Kate Jolly
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206800: Design and evaluation of a patient-centred model to improve sustained lifestyle intervention for Steatotic Liver Disease
Lead Applicant: Dr Pinelopi Manousou
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
Professor Richard Watt assumed the chair.
NIHR206801: Supporting Weight Management (SWiM): Evaluating the equity and cost-effectiveness of using acceptance-based guided self-help to improve long term outcomes of weight management interventions
Lead Applicant: Dr Amy Ahern
Conflicts: Professor Kate Jolly, Professor Simon Heller, Professor Catherine Hewitt and Professor Gregory Lip
Outcome: Shortlisted to Stage 2
Mx Anica Alvarez Nishio left the meeting.
NIHR206802: Development and feasibility study of a complex intervention to improve Recognition and diagnosis of Early Post-Stroke Seizures on UK stroke units: the REPoSS study
Lead Applicant: Dr Clare Gordon
Conflicts: Mx Anica Alvarez Nishio
Outcome: Reject
Outcomes Table
Funding Committees score applications on a range of 1-6. 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 4-6 is invited to Stage 2. In exceptional circumstances, and with approval from the Programme Director, applications may be invited which fall below the invite to Stage 2 range.
| Mean Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0 - 6.0 | Invited to sage 2 | 0 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Invited to stage 2 | 6 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 5 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 1 |