Minutes of the Research for Social Care (RfSC) funding committee meeting to discuss applications to Competition 4 Stage 2.
Date and Location
Meeting Thursday 14 July 2022 by Virtual meeting.
In Attendance
Funding committee
Professor Chris Hatton (Deputy Chair/ Interim Chair)
Dr Kate Baxter
Dr Katie Brittain
Dr Jenni Brooks
Professor Claire Hulme
Mr Francis James
Dr Racheal Kelley
Ms Debby Lennard
Dr Brynmor Lloyd-Evans
Dr Juliette Malley
Professor Jill Manthorpe
Mr Nanik Pursani
Professor Ann-Marie Towers
Ms Helen Weatherly
Dr Philip Whitehead
Mr Keith Wyncoll
Dr Paul Willis
Secretariat
Dr Rifat Mahbub (NIHR CCF)
Mr Ben Morgan (NIHR CCF)
Sylvia Mckelvie (NIHR CCF)
Miss Genis Fernandes(NIHR CCF)
Miss Bronwyn Matthews (NIHR CCF)
Observers
Ms Sarah Betts (NIHR CCF)
Ms Clare Jackson, RDS East Midlands
Dr Sarah Brien, RDS South Central
Ruth Hudson, LCRN East of England
Heather Bell, LCRN West of England
Miss Leanne Dew, DHSC
Ms Alexandra Duncan, DHSC
Joanne Goddard ESRC UKRI
Claudia Viggiano ESRC UKRI
In attendance
Professor Marian Knight, Programme Director, RfPB/RfSC
Apologies were received from Professor Frank Keating, Mr Glen Garrod, Dr Anne Killett, Dr Ly-Mee Yu, Dr Mark Wilberforce, Regina Adu
Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR204276: Peer-group intervention to promote successful transition to adulthood for autistic people: A feasibility RCT
Conflicts: Dr Kate Baxter, Dr Jenni Brooks, Dr Brynmor Lloyd Evans, Professor Jill Manthorpe, Ms Helen Weatherly, Dr Philip Whitehead, Ms Ann-Marie Towers
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204266: Social care planning and provision for people with young onset dementia and their families: current practice and resources for improvement
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton, Dr Kate Baxter, Dr Jenni Brooks, Professor Jill Manthorpe, Ms Helen Weatherly, Professor Claire Hulme, Dr Rachael Kelley
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204234: We don’t know what we don’t know: exploring social care on the margins
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton, Dr Kate Baxter, Dr Jenni Brooks and Professor Jill Manthorpe
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204258: Exploring care leavers' transitions to independence: A qualitative study to be published on Socialcaretalk.org for prospective care leavers, educators, service providers and policy makers
Conflicts: Dr Kate Baxter, Dr Jenni Brooks, Ms Debby Lennard and Ms Helen Weatherly
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204235: The co-production and development of a multi-agency approach to addressing hoarding behaviours in adults
Conflicts: Professor Jill Manthorpe, Dr Philip Whitehead and Dr Katie Brittain
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204260: BRIDGING - Breakthrough interview extended reality training towards reducing the autism employment gap
Conflicts: Professor Chirs Hatton, Ms Regina Adu and Dr Byrnmor Lloyd-Evans
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204265: Managed voice assistants for supporting adults with social care needs
Conflicts: Professor Jill Manthorpe, Ms Helen Weatherly, and Dr Paul Willis
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204241: Supporting autistic people as they age: equipping social workers to work with autistic people
Conflicts: Professor Jill Manthorpe and Dr Philip Whitehead
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204244: A hybrid future? A mixed-methods study to explore how voluntary and community sector organisations could combine in-person and digital service delivery for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism
Conflicts: Professor Claire Hulme and Dr Rachael Kelley
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204256: "The invisible carer": Understanding and addressing the information needs of informal carers who identify as LGBTQ+ and are aged 50+. A mixed methods study
Conflicts: Professor Claire Hulme and Dr Paul Willis.
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204259: Development and Feasibility Trial of iSupport-PD, a Digital Intervention for carers of people with Parkinson’s and cognitive impairment
Conflicts: Dr Philip Whitehead and Dr Katie Brittain
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204268: Improving residential and nursing care: a preliminary trial of the MEMOrIes conveRsation package for residents (MEMOIR-RES)
Conflicts: Professor Jill Manthorpe and Dr Paul Willis
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204272: Learning from our loss: An exploration of COVID-19 grief and trauma in care home staff
Conflicts: Professor Jill Manthorpe and Dr Rachael Kelley
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204251: Understanding the social care needs of autistic older people (AOP), previously unknown to services: a co-productive inquiry
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204257: The role of survivor-support services integrated within domestic abuse prevention programmes
Conflicts: Dr Paul Willis
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204264: Care Home Activity Providers facilitating Public Involvement in research as meaningful activity for care home residents (CHAPPI)
Conflicts: Ms Ann-Marie Towers
Final outcome: Conditional support
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. The tables exclude applications that were rejected during the scrutiny and triage processes, and no ranking within columns should be inferred.
RfSC 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)
| Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 - 10.0 | Fundable | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Fundable | 3 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Fundable | 4 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Fundable | 3 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 4 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 2 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |