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Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) Sub-Committee C - Minutes of the PGfAR Competition 30 Stage 2

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Published: 07 May 2020

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Minutes of the Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funding Sub-committee C meeting to discuss applications to PGfAR Competition 30 Stage 2.

Date and location

Meeting was held on 10 March 2020 at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London, SE1 6NX.

In attendance

Committee members

Professor Kate Jolly (Chair)
Professor Tracy Roberts (Supporting chair)
Professor Andrew Judge
Dr Belinda Lennox
Professor Garry Barton
Professor Gavin Perkins
Professor Jackie Sturt
Ms Jane Whitehurst
Professor Laura Gray
Dr Lisa Hinton
Professor Richard Martin
Professor Richard Watt
Professor Sandy Tubeuf

Apologies

Professor Neil Coulson (Written comments)
Dr Philip Edge (Written comments)
Professor Bridget Young (Written comments)
Professor Vari Drennan (Observer)

Programme Director

Professor Elaine Hay

Secretariat

Mr Rajinder Flora (NIHR Central Commissioning Facility [CCF])
Dr Katie Cook (NIHR CCF)
Ms Saprina Harrison (NIHR CCF)

Observers

Dr Carolyn Tarrant
Ms Laura Flight (NIHR Research Design Service, Yorkshire and the Humber)

Applications considered

NIHR201070: The SPOtting Cancer among Comorbidities (SPOCC) study. Supporting clinical decision making in patients with symptoms of cancer and pre-existing conditions.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Conditional support

NIHR201165: Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in 18-40-year-olds: A Multifactorial Management intervention to address Multimorbidity in early-onset T2D in adults (The M3 Research Programme).
Conflicts: Professor Laura Gray, Dr Carolyn Tarrant and Ms Laura Flight
Outcome: Conditional support

Professor Laura Gray, Dr Carolyn Tarrant and Ms Laura Flight returned.

NIHR201583: INITIATE: INtense hospITal physIotherapy and mobility After hip fractTurE.
Conflicts: Professor Gavin Perkins, Professor Andrew Judge and Professor Garry Barton
Outcome: Resubmission

Professor Gavin Perkins, Professor Andrew Judge and Professor Garry Barton returned.

NIHR201609: Identifying, managing and mitigating cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject

Outcomes table

Funding Committees score applications on a range of 1-10. This table displays the number of applications awarded each score in the committee meeting. No ranking within columns should be inferred. PGfAR will fund applications that score in the range of 6-10, although a score of 6-10 does not guarantee funding. In exceptional circumstances and with approval from the Programme Director, applications may be invited/funded that fall below the fundable range (scoring 1-5).  

ScoreRangeNumber of applications
10 Fundable  0
9 Fundable  0
8 Fundable  5
7 Fundable  1 rejected
6 Fundable  3 rejected
5 Rejected  1
4 Rejected  2
3 Rejected  0
2 Rejected  0
1 Rejected  0