Minutes of the Mental Health Research Programme (MHRG) funding committee meeting to discuss applications to the Mental Health Development Awards call,
Date and Location
15 January 2024 via online video meeting
In attendance
Professor Penny Bee
Professor Peter Bower
Professor Simon Heller
Professor Louise Howard
Professor Peter Jones
Professor Rebecca Kearney
Professor Richard Watt
Reverend Stephen Habgood
Ms Sandra Paget
Ms Amander Wellings
Programme Director
Professor Marian Knight (Chair)
Secretariat
Mr Raj Flora (NIHR)
Mr Tom Hutchinson (NIHR)
Mr Chris Lambert (NIHR)
Ms Andrea Yanez-Cunningham (NIHR)
Ms Fiona Giles (NIHR)
Observers
Dr David Baghurst (NIHR)
Ms Jess Goddard (NIHR)
Dr Claire Kidgell (NIHR)
Miss Erin Shearman (DHSC)
Ms Alison Tingle (DHSC)
Applications considered
NIHR207390: Co-Producing an Applied Community Mental Health Network in Wessex
Lead Applicant: Professor Lee-Ann Fenge
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR207449: Building mental health research at Lancaster University: Understanding local needs and developing partnerships
Lead Applicant: Dr Jasper Palmier-Claus
Conflicts: Professor Peter Bower, Professor Penny Bee, Professor Louise Howard
Outcome: Funded
NIHR207444: Communication, connection and community: developing research capacity to improve mental health across North East London
Lead Applicant: Professor Steve Gillard
Conflicts: Professor Richard G Watt
Outcome: Funded
NIHR207455: North East of England Mental Health Research Development Group
Lead Applicant: Dr Mariyana Schoultz
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR207460: Research to Explore the Enablers and Barriers for Ethnically Diverse Adults in Accessing Mental Health Care for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Lead Applicant: Ms Margaret Rioga
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR207477: West of England collaboration to prioritise local mental health research
Lead Applicant: Dr Oliver Clackson Bonnington
Conflicts: Professor Rebecca Kearney
Outcome: Funded
NIHR207482: Developing capacity at Leeds for applied research to improve the quality, safety and experience of mental healthcare (DECLARE)
Lead Applicant: Professor John Baker
Conflicts: Professor Peter Bower, Professor Louise Howard, Professor Penny Bee
Outcome: Reject
NIHR207498: Changing the trajectories of mental health difficulties in Norfolk and Suffolk: a research-priority-setting project with patients, the public, clinicians, policymakers, and stakeholders
Lead Applicant: Dr Sherifat Oduola
Conflicts: Professor Louise Howard, Professor Peter Jones, Ms Amander Wellings
Outcome: Funded
NIHR207507: Developing mental health research capacity and capability in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield
Lead Applicant: Professor Michael Doyle
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Funded
NIHR207513: Uniting Community & Academic Networks to Plan Targeted LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research in Sussex (UNITY)
Lead Applicant: Professor Kathryn Greenwood
Conflicts: Professor Louise Howard
Outcome: Reject
NIHR207514: Guiding Lincolnshire's Mental Health Research (GLiMHR): Developing a locally responsive and global facing centre for improving rural and coastal mental health
Lead Applicant: Dr Nima Moghaddam
Conflicts: Professor Peter Bower, Professor Peter Jones, Ms Sandra Paget
Outcome: Funded
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. The fundable range 4.0-6. Applications with a mean score of 4.0-6 have the potential to be funded, at the discretion of the Department of Health and Social Care based on recommendations committee.
| Mean Score | Range | Number of Applications |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0 - 6.0 | Funded | 2 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Funded | 3 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 4 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 1 |