Minutes of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funding committee meeting to discuss sub committee A stage 2 applications to Competition 43
Date and Location
Thursday 04 July 2024 at ETC Venues Prospero House, 241 Borough High Street, London SE1 1GA
In attendance
Committee Members
Professor Richard G Watt (Chair)
Professor Andrew Cook
Professor Kimberly Goldsmith
Professor Carmel Hughes
Professor Claire Hulme
Dr Elsa Marques
Mx Anica Alvarez Nishio
Professor Subhash Pokhrel
Professor Isabel Reading
Professor Glenn Robert
Dr Gillian Shorter
Professor Kavita Vedhara
Ms Mavis Wenham
Programme Director
Professor Marian Knight
Secretariat
Mr Curtis Dixon (NIHR)
Mr Raj Flora (NIHR)
Mr Rahul Malde (NIHR)
Ms Louisa Needham (NIHR)
Ms Saima Siddiqui (NIHR)
Devolved Administration Representatives
Mr Michael Bowdery (Health and Care Research Wales)
Observers
Professor Olga Ciccarelli (University College London)
Professor Ruth Dundas (University of Glasgow)
Mrs Lorna Hazell (RSS Hub Imperial College London and Partners)
Dr Rifat Mahbub (NIHR)
Professor Guiqing Yao (University of Leicester)
Applications considered
NIHR207266: Addressing indoor air quality to improve health of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Lead Applicant: Professor Alice Turner
Conflicts: Professor Guiqing Yao
Outcome: Reject
Professor Marian Knight assumed the chair
NIHR207269: COVID-19, Homelessness, Influenza, Long Term Conditions and Long COVID- Interventions for Compound Pressures (CHILLI)
Lead Applicant: Professor Amitava Banerjee
Conflicts: Professor Gregory Lip, Professor Subhash Pokhrel, Mx Anica Alvarez Nishio, Professor Richard G Watt, Professor Olga Ciccarelli, Professor Guiqing Yao
Outcome: Reject
Professor Richard G Watt resumed the chair
NIHR207280: A community-based eating behaviour and physical activity intervention to maintain cognition and reduce dementia risk
Lead Applicant: Professor Anne Marie Minihane
Conflicts: Professor Carmel Hughes
Outcome: Reject
NIHR207286: IMPRESS2: Improving outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer
Lead Applicant: Professor Richard Edmondson
Conflicts: Professor Andrew Cook
Outcome: Conditional Support (phased fund)
NIHR207290: PREventing PretErM Birth in nulliParous women Through cervical length screening (PRE-EMPT)
Lead Applicant:Dr Caroline Fox
Conflicts: Professor Marian Knight, Professor Claire Hulme
Outcome: Conditional Support (phased fund)
Outcomes Table
Funding Committees score applications on a range of 1-6. This table displays the number of applications awarded by mean score. The PGfAR fundable range is 4-6. In exceptional circumstances, and with approval from the Programme Director, applications may be funded which fall below the fundable range.
| Mean Score | Range | Number of Applications |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0 - 6.0 | Fundable | 1 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Fundable | 1 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 2 |