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June 2010

Issue 5

 

Welcome to the fourth of our bi-monthly bulletins from the NIHR Research Design Service for the East of England.  In the Bulletin you will find regular updates for Researchers, R&D staff and Research Advisors alike. This issue includes:

What can the RDS do for you?

Thinking of applying for research funding? If so, the RDS EoE can advise on all aspects of preparing grant applications and building collaborative research teams.  Between April 2009 – March 2010 we supported over 100 bids that were submitted for funding. Over one-third of the bids we have supported have been successful.  If you have any questions, or indeed a research proposal that you would like to discuss, we can be contacted on 01206 874856.  For further information, visit us at:  www.RDS-eoe.nihr.ac.uk

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Training Opportunities

8th & 22nd November 2010 - A workshop entitled ‘Applying for NIHR Research funding’ will be held at the University of Essex.  Facilitator:  Charlie Davison.  To register interest please contact Adwoa.Date-Bah@cambridgeshire.nhs.uk  

PPI Training Programme to be held in Norwich.  Facilitator:  Charlie Davison.  This workshop is aimed at lay representatives and attendance is free for volunteers and PPI representatives.  Dates as follows:

Session 1  Questions and Methods         September 8th 2010
Session 2  Words and Numbers              October 5th 2010
Session 3  Ethics and Governance          November 10th 2010
Session 4  Outcomes and Benefits          December 8th 2010
Session 5  Exploring PPI Roles                January 19th 2011

To register interest please contact Adwoa.Date-Bah@cambridgeshire.nhs.uk

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Research Funding

Full details from The National Institute for Health Research Central Commissioning Facility (NIHR CCF) http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/callsproposals/  

Research for Patient Benefit
The Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme is an NIHR CCF responsive funding programme open to researchers in the NHS, which operates three competitions per year. Completed applications must be submitted by competition deadlines in order to be considered at the next Regional Funding Committee meeting. The funding available for an individual RfPB research project is up to £250k for up to 36 months.  
Competition 13 *
Submission Deadline 24 September 2010, 5 PM Declaration and Signatures deadline 01 October 2010, 5 PM Submission Outcome March 2011  
Competition 14 * Submission Deadline 21 January 2011, 5 PM Declaration and Signatures deadline 28 January 2011, 5 PM Submission Outcome July 2011   * Registration of intention is no longer required for applications from Competition 13 onwards.  Applicants should be notified of the outcome of their application within 24 weeks of the deadline for submission date.  

National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) Public Health Research (PHR) Programme
NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) programme will evaluate public health interventions to provide new knowledge on benefits, costs, acceptability and wider impacts of non-NHS interventions intended to improve health of public and reduce inequalities in health. Closing date 6th September 2010, funding up to £10m in 2010/11. Primary research projects are likely to range from the small (lasting 12 months and costing less than £500,000 in all) to the large (several years and more than £1 million). Evidence synthesis projects will probably cost about £200,000 and last some 18 months.  Further information http://www.phr.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/researcher_led.asp         

Policy Research Programme
PRP commissions research to meet Department of Health needs identified in the course of policy work. Much of the commissioning is done via open competitive tender, particularly for strategic initiatives and high cost projects.  Further information http://www.nihr ccf.org.uk/site/callsproposals/prp/default.cfm         

Programme Grants for Applied Research
Prestigious NIHR awards aimed at attracting top researchers, allocated competitively to NHS trusts to enable them to tackle areas of high priority or need for health. The application process is in two stages, with peer and expert panel review. Guidance from
http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/docdatabase/programmegrants/default.cfm
Deadlines for submission of applications:-
Competition 9
Competition launch 7th June, 2010
Stage 1 Application submission deadline 11th October 2010, 5:00pm
Notification of outcome of Stage 1 Application Late December, 2010
Stage 2 Full Application submission deadline 21st March 2011, 5:00pm
Notification of outcome of Full Application Late July, 2011    
Competition 10   Competition launch 6th December 2010
Stage 1 Application submission deadline 14th March 2011, 5:00pm
Notification of outcome of Stage 1 Application Late May 2011 Stage 2 Full Application submission deadline 24th October 2011, 5:00pm Notification of outcome of Full Application Late March 2012    
*Competition 11 Competition launch 6th June 2011 Stage 1 Application submission deadline 17th October 2011, 5:00pm Notification of outcome of Stage 1 Application Late November 2011
Stage 2 Full Application submission deadline 12th March 2012, 5:00pm
Notification of outcome of Full Application Late July 2012  
*Submission dates for Competition 11 are provisional and subject to change.  
 
Programme Development Grants
NIHR Programme Development Grants are awards of up to £100k to enable a research team to undertake preparatory work that will position them to submit a successful Programme Grant application in a subsequent funding competition. They will be awarded by open competition and assessed by Programme Grants for Applied Research Selection Panel.  
Competition 4   Competition launch 14th June 2010
Programme Development Grant submission deadline 25th October 2010, 5pm
Review of Programme Development Grant Applications February 2011
Notification of outcome of Programme Development Grant Applications Late March 2011
*Competition 5   Competition launch 13th December 2010
Programme Development Grant submission deadline 28th March 2011, 5pm
Review of Programme Development Grant Applications June 2011
Notification of outcome of Programme Development Grant
Applications Late July 2011  
*Submission dates for Competition 5 provisional and subject to change For guidance on completing an application to the Programme Development Grants funding scheme
http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/docdatabase/developmentgrants/default.cfm

Invention for Innovation (i4i)
NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme aims to improve identification of promising healthcare technologies and accelerate development of new healthcare products for 21st century. It is primarily a responsive mode programme, however future targeted calls are planned. Essential feature of i4i Future Product Development is that there must be a device in view from the outset.  
Stream 1 - i4i feasibility study Up to one year investigation led by a clinician or an academic research group, to determine first if prior basic research or an innovative use of an existing technology from a different industry sector can be used to meet an existing or emerging healthcare need, and then to identify barriers that would need to be overcome before implementation. There must be a potential for any device based on the technology investigated to be developed through further applied R&D. The study must also identify barriers that would need to be overcome before implementation. Funding to a total of £100k is available.    
7th Call for Stream 1 – i4i feasibility study
Call opens 8 September 2010
Submission deadline 5pm, 22 October 2010
Declarations and Signatures deadline 5pm, 29 October 2010
Application outcome By late February 2011    
Stream 2 - i4i initial product development
A detailed investigation of up to three years led by a clinician or an academic research group that builds on results of a completed assessment of feasibility to produce a medical device or product through technological improvements or developments and that provides further evidence of its capacity to deliver improved healthcare outcomes and commercial opportunities. Funding to a total of £150k-£250k per year is available.  
Stream 3 – i4i commercial viability study
Investigations lasting up to one year involving collaboration between at least one industry and one research (academic or clinical) partner aimed at determining whether an innovative use of an existing or emerging product or technology can be used to meet a healthcare need and identifying the barriers that would be need to be overcome. Funded projects serve primarily as the first stage of a full collaborative applied research project. Deliverables are expected to include: analysis of the clinical need, proof of concept, identification of the technical risks, robust plan for commercialisation, formation of a strong consortium to take the commercialisation plan forward. Project costs can be no more than £100k in total and 75% funding is available.  
Stream 4 - i4i collaborative product development A detailed investigation of up to 3 years involving collaboration between at least one industry and one research partner (academic or clinical) that builds on the results of a completed assessment of feasibility. This will provide further evidence of the capability to deliver improved healthcare outcomes and commercial opportunity, delivering an advanced prototype along with plans for commercial and intellectual property exploitation. Funding is to a maximum of 50% of the total project costs, and £100k-£300k per year is available.
5th Call for Streams 3 and 4
Call opens by 30th July 2010
Outline application deadline 24th September 2010
PAC pre-meeting 2nd December 2010
PAC meeting 16th December 2010
Report on outcome by 7th January 2011

Medical Research Council (MRC) 
Programme Grants for larger, long term (five years) and renewable programmes in Neuroscience and Mental Health   Closing dates of 29 July and 16 December. http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Grants/Programmegrant/index.htm

Children in Need  Deadline: 15/10/2010. Grants for projects that support disadvantaged children and young people (18 years and under) living in UK. This includes work with children and young people who are experiencing illness, distress, disability, behavioural or psychological difficulties or living in situations of deprivation. Not-for-profit organisations including schools, local authorities and universities can apply for funding. Small Grants (£10,000 or less) and Main Grants (over £10,000). Closing dates 15 July and 15 October. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/

The Wellcome Trust – Investigator Awards 

These extend fellowships funding model to researchers in established academic posts (permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contracts of employment salaried by their university or research institution).  New Investigator Awards support world-class researchers who are no more than five years from appointment to their first academic position, but who can already show that they have the ability to innovate and drive advances in their field of study. The Awards provide support that is flexible and at a level and length sufficient to enable exceptional researchers to address the most important questions about health and disease. Senior Investigator Awards support exceptional, world-class researchers, who hold an established academic position and have a compelling long-term vision for their research. The Awards provide support that is flexible and at a level and length sufficient to enable exceptional researchers to address the most important questions about health and disease.  Further information:  http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/investigator-awards/index.htm  

Sir Halley Stewart Trust Scheme
Open Date Scheme. Funding available for social and educational research. Applications for research, feasibility and pilot studies or development projects which seek to resolve conflict, promote reconciliation and re-connect family members; help people move beyond disadvantage; and address the needs of vulnerable or exploited. Grants are usually given in the form of a salary. Applications can be made at any time.  http://www.sirhalleystewart.org.uk/socpriority.html  

Nuffield Foundation 
Open Date Scheme. Accept ‘open door’ research proposals for projects that lie outside their main programme areas but that meet their wider interest – ‘the advancement of social well-being’. They are particularly interested in projects that identify changes or interventions which have practical implications for policy or practice. Current topics include the financial circumstances of older people and economic planning for later life, including pensions and employers perspectives of the ageing workforce. Also poverty and disadvantage including incomes and work, and the intergenerational transmission of wealth, opportunity and life chances. http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/go/grants/opendoor/page_115.html  

Breast Cancer Campaign - Small Pilot Grants
Open Date Scheme. For established scientists to investigate and develop new ideas in the field of breast cancer research. Scientific innovation forms the framework for all Campaign’s research; small pilot grants therefore will be awarded if it can be clearly identified that support is for a new direction of research for researchers to test hypotheses for up to a year to provide sufficient data for a full application to Breast Cancer Campaign.  Funding up to £20,000  http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/whatwedo/smallpilotgrants/   


 

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How to Obtain Help

The National Institute of Health Research, Research Design Service for the East of England (RDS EoE) is an active and dynamic network offering free research advice and support across the region.  The RDS EoE will help turn innovative research ideas into strong research proposals to attract funding.

To access a RDS EoE Research Advisor relative to the expertise required,  please contact the Central Co-ordinator on 01206 874856 or by e-mail at rdsc@essex.ac.uk or by completing our on-line Client Enquiry Form.

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