Minutes of the Research for Social Care (RfSC) funding committee meeting to discuss applications to Competition 7 Stage 2.
Date and Location
Meeting held Tuesday 9 January 2024 Virtually
In Attendance
Funding committee
- Professor Chris Hatton
- Dr Jenni Brooks
- Professor Katie Brittain
- Dr Sue Caton
- Mr Duncan Cook
- Dr Robbie Duschinsky
- Dr Shirley Evans
- Professor Lee-Ann Fenge
- Dr Luke Geoghegan
- Mr Glen Garrod
- Professor Claire Hulme
- Dr Anne Killett
- Dr Brynmor Lloyd-Evans
- Dr Juliette Malley
- Ms Karen McCormick
- Ms Caroline Norrie
- Professor Tessa Parkes
- Ms Bridget Penhale
- Mr Nanik Pursani
- Dr Stacey Rand
- Professor Sara Ryan
- Professor Claire Surr
- Mrs Ann-Marie Towers
- Ms Helen Weatherly
- Dr Philip Whitehead
- Dr Mark Wilberforce
- Dr Paul Willis
- Dr Ly-Mee Yu
Secretariat
- Dr Rifat Mahbub (NIHR CCF)
- Mr Ben Morgan (NIHR CCF)
- Dr Alex Lewington (NIHR CCF)
- Ms Laura Mason (NIHR CCF)
- Mx Charlie Delilkan (NIHR CCF)
- Ms Katie Prangle (NIHR CCF)
- Ms Lauren McKelvie (NIHR CCF)
- Mr Ethan Coyne (NIHR CCF)
Observers
- Dr Magdalena Mikulak (RSS - NW)
- Miss Nina Mackellow (ESRC)
- Dave Rea (CRN)
- Miss Sophie Kay (DHSC)
- Miss Laura Burdess ( DHSC)
Programme Director
- Professor Martin Knapp
Applications considered
NIHR206552: Improving the analysis of socio-economic context and intersectionality in Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
Conflicts: Ms Caroline Norrie
Final outcome: Conditional support
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 and Professor Martin Knapp.
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206557: Pre-birth assessments for women who use substances in pregnancy: women and social work views and experiences
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
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, Ms Elizabeth Monaghan and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR206546: New ways of working for adult social care workers
Conflicts: Professor Claire Surr
Final outcome: Conditional support
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 Sara Ryan and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Conditional support
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 Sara Ryan, Professor Martin Knapp, Dr Magdalena Mikulak, and Professor Brynmor Lloyd Evans
Final outcome: Reject
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: Professor Helen Weatherly, Professor Tessa Parkes, Dr Mark Wilberforce and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206554: Care homes and Communities building relationships to improve older resident wellbeing and quality of care
Conflicts: Professor Sara Ryan, Dr Anne Killett and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Reject
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: Ms Bridget Penhale and Professor Martin Knapp
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR206561: INCLUDE: Understanding and developing father Inclusive Practice in Children’s Social Care.
Conflicts: Dr Ruth McGovern
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR206564: Examining the normalisation of trauma-informed care in children's social care
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR206567: Trauma-informed Care in Children’s Homes: A Realist Co-production Development Study
Conflicts: Dr Shirley Evans, Ms Bridget Penhale, Dr Ly-Mee Yu and Dr Anne Killett
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR206563: Digital Lifeline to Digital Life: 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 Sara Ryan, Professor Martin Knapp and Dr Magdalena Mikulak
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 | Invited | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Invited | 3 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Invited | 5 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Invited | 3 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 3 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |