FUNDING STREAMS

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FUNDING STREAMS

• Alistair Taylor
• Research Development Manager
• Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

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Who funds research?

• A range of organisations
• Public and not-for-profit sector bodies
• Private companies
• International organisations, fund research within
  the UK.

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NHS Funding Streams

• Medical Research Council
• NIHR Funding Stream
• WCLRN
• DH Flexibility and Sustainability Funding

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Medical Research Council

• The MRC receives annual 'grant-in-aid' funding
  from Parliament through the Office of Science and
  Innovation, which is part of the Department of
  Trade and Industry.
• Although government-funded, the MRC is
  independent in its choice of which research to
  support.
• The organisation works closely with the Health
  Departments, the other UK research councils,
  industry and other stakeholders to identify and
  respond to the UK's health.
• Around 3,300 researchers are supported by
  MRC-funded programmes in universities and
  hospitals.
• The MRC is the UKs largest non-commercial funder
  of clinical trials.
• http//www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/index.ht
  m

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NIHR Funding Stream

• Programmes
• Programme Grants for Applied Research
• Programme Development Grant
• Projects
• Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB)
• Research for Innovation Speculation and
  Creativity (RISC)
• Invention for Innovation Programme (i4i)
• HTA Clinical Trials
• Health Technology Devices (HTD)

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Programme Grants for Applied Research

• Funding
•  The Programme Grants for Applied Research
  funding scheme will have an annual budget of 75
  million once it reaches full capacity.
   Individual awards will be for a maximum of 2m
  over a period of up to five years. The amount of
  funding awarded will, however, be determined by
  the scale and nature of the research activity to
  be conducted.
• Competition 6
• Competition launch 12th January 2009
• Stage 1 Application submission deadline 16th
  March 2009, 500pm
• Notification of outcome of Stage
  1 Application Mid May, 2009
• Stage 2 Full Application submission deadline 12th
  October 2009, 500pm
• Notification of outcome of Full Application Late
  March, 2010  
• Competition 7
• Competition launch 1st June 2009
• Stage 1 Application submission deadline 5th
  October 2009, 500pm
• Notification of outcome of Stage
  1 Application Early December 2009
• Stage 2 Full Application submission deadline 22nd
  March 2010, 500pm
• Notification of outcome of Full Application July
  2010
• http//www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/callsproposals/pro
  grammegrants/default.cfm

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Programme Development Grants

• Funding
• Individual awards will be for a maximum of 100k
  over a period of up to 18 months. The amount of
  funding awarded will, however, be determined by
  the scale and nature of the preparatory work to
  be conducted.
• The sole purpose of NIHR Programme Development
  Grants is 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.
• Competition 2
• Competition launch 13th July 2009
• Programme Development Grant submission deadline
  27th November 2009, 5pm
• Review of Programme Development Grant
  Applications February 2010
• Notification of outcome of Programme Development
  Grant March 2010
• Applications
• http//www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/callsproposals/dev
  elopmentgrants/default.cfm

NIHR Funding Stream
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Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB)

• The Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme
  is a nationally co-ordinated funding stream for
  regionally commissioned research.
• AimsThe main aim of the RfPB programme is to
  support projects in Health Services Research and
  Public Health. Projects can be either
  quantitative or qualitative, and should aim to
• study the way that NHS services are provided and
  used
• evaluate whether interventions are effective and
  provide value for money
• examine whether alternative means for providing
  healthcare would be more beneficial in terms of
  cost and effectiveness
• formally assess innovations and developments in
  healthcare which will benefit of patients
• Funding
• Individual grants are awarded to fund research
  projects rather than set up or maintain research
  units, or new service developments.
• Competition 9
• Registration of intention to submit deadline 17
  April 2009, 5 PM
• Submission Deadline 29 May 2009, 5 PM
• Declaration and Signatures deadline 05 June
  2009, 5 PM
• Submission Outcome November 2009 
• Competition 10
• Registration of intention to submit deadline 14
  August 2009, 5 PM
• Submission Deadline 25 September 2009, 5 PM
• Declaration and Signatures deadline 02 October
  2009, 5 PM
• Submission Outcome March 2010

NIHR Funding Stream
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Research for Innovation Speculation and
Creativity (RISC)

• RISC is a response-mode funding programme
  established to provide research of direct benefit
  to users of the NHS in England. The RISC
  programme is for potentially paradigm-changing
  projects in Health Services and Public Health
  Research.
• Purpose
• The purpose of the RISC scheme is to fund new and
  radical ideas for health research that could lead
  to a step change in the care and management of
  patients. RISC awards are intended particularly
  for speculative, novel proposals that are
  unlikely to gain support during traditional peer
  review processes.
• The RISC programme is complementary to the
  Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme as
  it provides a response-mode funding stream for
  applications that are too speculative for RfPB.
• A fixed grant will be awarded to successful
  applicants.
• On completion of the research, grant holders may
  be able to apply to RfPB to further develop the
  research theme.
• http//www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/risc/de
  fault.cfm

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Invention for Innovation Programme (i4i)

• The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme
  is bringing new investment together with two
  existing, successful NIHR programmes New and
  Emerging Applications of Technology (NEAT) and
  Health Technology Devices (HTD), to improve the
  identification of promising healthcare
  technologies and accelerate the development of
  new healthcare products for the 21st century.
• Programmes under The umbrella of i4i includes
• i4i Future Product Development funding streams
• Pilot Healthcare Technology Co-operatives (HTCs)
• Challenge Fund for Innovation supporting
• NIHR involvement in Assisted Living Innovation
  Platform
• NIHR involvement in Knowledge Transfer
  Partnership programme
• NIHR involvement with Medical Futures
• NIHR involvement in MATCH PLUS project
• The migration of the New and Emerging
  Applications of Technology (NEAT) and Health
  Technology Devices (HTD) programmes into the i4i
  Programme
• http//www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/neat/de
  fault.cfm

NIHR Funding Stream
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HTA Clinical Trials

• The HTA programme commissions research in three
  different ways
• by advertising standard calls for research
  proposals that address specific topics
• by advertising special calls for research
  proposals that address themed areas
• by funding HTA clinical trials and evaluation
  studies that are proposed directly by
  researchers.
• Email hta_at_hta.ac.uk if you would like to be
  alerted when a new call is advertised
• More details can be found at
• http//www.hta.ac.uk/funding/index.shtml

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Health Technology Devices (HTD)

• The Health Technology Devices Programme aims to
  stimulate and promote collaborative research that
  contributes towards the development of new
  technology which meets patient needs. The HTD
  programme focuses on supporting the development
  of new medical devices and healthcare
  technologies that are capable of exploitation by
  the healthcare industries. HTD Calls are invited
  and handled through the HTD web portal at
• www.healthtechnologyportal.org.uk

NIHR Funding Stream
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WCLRN

• The National Institute for Health Research
  (NIHR) Comprehensive Clinical Research Network
  (CCRN) was created as part of the governments
  research and development strategy, Best Research
  for Best Health to provide a world-class
  infrastructure for clinical trials in all areas
  of disease and clinical need within the NHS. 
• The Western Comprehensive Local Research Network
  (CLRN) is one of 25 CLRNs across England which
  form part of the NIHR Comprehensive Clinical
  Research Network (CCRN). CCRN provides support
  for clinical trials and other well designed
  studies in all areas of disease and clinical
  need.
• There are 3 funding streams
• Research Management Governance (RD Office
  Costs)
• Delivery Sessional Support (Staffing Costs)
• Delivery General Service (Running Costs)

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DH Flexibility and Sustainability Funding

• NIHR Flexibility and Sustainability Funding is a
  new research funding stream. It helps research
  active NHS organisations to attract, develop and
  retain high quality research clinical and support
  staff by supporting the salaries of their Faculty
  members in a flexible manner
• NIHR Flexibility and Sustainability Funding will
  provide for salary costs of NIHR Faculty in
  clearly defined circumstances. It will only
  support salary costs, including direct (i.e.
  salary) and indirect (e.g. payroll and HR) costs.
  It will not fund running costs.More details can
  be found at
• http//www.nihr.ac.uk/infrastructure/pages/infrast
  ructure_funding_flexibility.aspx

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Contact Details
Email Alistair.Taylor_at_ruh-bath.swest.nhs.ukTel
01225 824160Thank you!