Minutes of the Research for Social Care (RfSC) funding committee meeting to discuss applications to Competition 7 Stage 1.
Date and Location
Meeting held Wednesday 13 September 2023 Virtually
In Attendance
Funding committee
- Professor Chris Hatton (Chair)
- Mr Duncan Cook
- Dr Robbie Duschinsky
- Dr Shirley Evans
- Professor Claire Hulme
- Dr Anne Killett
- Dr Brynmor Lloyd-Evans
- Mrs Karen McCormick
- Dr Ruth McGovern
- Ms Elizabeth Monaghan
- Ms Caroline Norrie
- Professor Tessa Parkes
- Ms Bridget Penhale
- Mr Nanik Pursani
- Dr Stacey Rand
- Miss Samantha Russell
- Professor Sara Ryan
- Miss Maaha Suleiman
- Professor Claire Surr
- Ms Helen Weatherly
- Dr Mark Wilberforce
- Dr Ly-Mee Yu
Secretariat
- Dr Rifat Mahbub (NIHRCC)
- Mx Charlie Delilkan (NIHRCC)
- Dr Alex Lewington (NIHRCC)
- Ms Lauren McKelvie (NIHRCC)
- Mr Ethan Coyne (NIHRCC)
- Mr Ben Morgan (NIHRCC)
Programme Director
- Professor Martin Knapp (Programme Director)
Applications considered
NIHR206554: Care homes and Communities building relationships to improve older resident wellbeing and quality of care
Conflicts: Professor Sara Ryan, Dr Anne Killett, Ms Caroline Norrie, Professor Chris Hatton, Dr Stacey Rand and Miss Sophie Kay
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206551: Improving support for former carers: an exploration of the support needs and after-effects of unpaid caring to improve the lives of former carers (AFTERCARE)
Conflicts: Ms Caroline Norrie, Professor Chris Hatton, Dr Stacey Rand, Professor Helen Weatherly and Professor Tessa Parkes
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206569: Exploring policy and practice to improve the system of care and support for people with rare neuromuscular degenerative diseases and complex needs: a mixed methods study.
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton, Professor Claire Surr, Dr Anne Killett and Miss Sophie Kay
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206567: Trauma-informed Care in Children’s Homes: A Realist Co-production Development Study
Conflicts: Dr Shirley Evans, Professor Chris Hatton, Dr Ruth McGovern, Ms Bridget Penhale, Dr Ly-Mee Yu and Dr Anne Killett
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206553: Understanding and improving services and support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Young People in Local Authority Care
Conflicts: Professor Helen Weatherly, Dr Mark Wilberforce, Dr Ly-Mee Yu, Professor Sara Ryan, Dr Stacey Rand and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206556: Building consensus for a core outcome set (COS) for occupational therapy in adult social care practice and research
Conflicts: Dr Ruth McGovern, Professor Helen Weatherly, Dr Mark Wilberforce (direct), Professor Claire Hulme, Professor Sara Ryan, Ms Bridget Penhale and Dr Stacey Rand
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206545: Unfolding footcare: Understanding footcare interventions for improving foot health in older people residing in care homes
Conflicts: Professor Claire Hulme, Professor Claire Surr, Dr Mark Wilberforce, Dr Anne Killett, Ms Caroline Norrie, Dr Stacey Rand and Professor Helen Weatherly
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206560: Supporting young women in the perinatal period: a realist evaluation of community-based services
Conflicts: Professor Brynmor Lloyd Evans, Professor Helen Weatherly, Dr Mark Wilberforce, Dr Ly-Mee Yu, Dr Stacey Rand and Ms Elizabeth Monaghan
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206570: Sustainability, quality and continuity in adult social care: investigation of home care workers' lived experience in urban and rural areas and effects on recruitment and retention
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206563: A follow up study exploring the impact of the Digital Lifeline Fund and the distribution of new digital devices during the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of people with learning disabilities
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton (direct), Professor Sara Ryan and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206559: Developing and applying new autistic-led standards for social care environments: a participatory action research study of Ethical Quality Autistic-Led Support (EQUALS)
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton, Ms Bridget Penhale and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206568: Optimising knowledge and understanding about caring for people with long-term neurological conditions: A qualitative study and co-production of resources for social care
Conflicts: Professor Claire Surr
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206564: Examining the normalisation of trauma-informed care in children's social care
Conflicts: Dr Ruth McGovern (direct)
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206547: Lives On The Margin: Working to improve the cultural competency of supported living and residential care for adults with learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton (direct), Professor Sara Ryan and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206552: Improving the analysis of socio-economic context and intersectionality in Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
Conflicts: Ms Caroline Norrie
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206546: New ways of working for adult social care workers
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton and Professor Claire Surr
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206557: Pre-birth assessments for women who use substances in pregnancy: women and social work views and experiences
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206561: INCLUDE: Understanding and developing father Inclusive Practice in Children’s Social Care.
Conflicts: Dr Ruth McGovern (direct)
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206558: Barriers and Enablers in accessing local authority short break provisions for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities: a mixed method study
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206555: Understanding the risks and challenges of delivering care in the transition to ‘single-handed care’ in the home environment – A participant observation and in-depth interview study
Conflicts: Dr Ruth McGovern and Dr Mark Wilberforce
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206562: Supporting access to digital social care services amongst older people: intervention development and feasibility testing
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206549: Rethinking research-mindedness for better social care
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206548: Where is the love? A qualitative study to understand and move towards effective assessment and commissioning around sex and relationships for people with learning disabilities and autistic people
Conflicts: Professor Chris Hatton (direct), Professor Sara Ryan and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Invite to Stage 2
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 | Invited | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Invited | 3 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Invited | 6 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Invited | 5 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 7 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 2 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |