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NIHR Research Design Service LondonEnabling Better Research
Dr Caroline BurgessGeneral Adviser13th November 2013
Who are Research Design Service London?Partnership between four academic institutions
Teams of advisers, including statisticians, health economists, epidemiologists,
social scientists, experts in trial design and Patient and Public Involvement
Advise on all aspects of designing a research study, improving the
scientific rigour
How can we help?
Provide practical advice and guidance
Help increase the quality of grant
applications
Achieve greater success in
attracting funding
Identify potential academic or clinical collaborators to strengthen
applications and make research more viable
Provide guidance on identifying suitable funding sources and
preparing appropriate applications
Carry out a general review and identify key points to address Help formulate research questions Ensure rationale is well presented Positioningof the proposed study Choosing a funding streamIdentify further support needed: Input from methodologists Assistance with PPI Help building a team
‘Primary Care’
Consultation on more specific issues: Trial design Statistics Qualitative methods Health Economics PPI
‘Secondary Care’
Exploiting our networks: R&D offices Clinical Trials Units CLRN Meetings with patient groups
‘Tertiary Care’
Delivering the service
Who can we help?
Those with little experience of research
Fellowship applicants
Those targeting a resubmission
Applicants with experience of submitting funding applications
Clinicians eager to exploit ideas or observations
Those requiring advice on study design
Access to the service
website / online support request form
website: www.rdslondon.co.uk
clinics
drop in sessions
Some of the successes in London...
NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (32 awards)
NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (11 awards)
NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (11 awards)
NIHR Innovation for Invention (4 awards)
NIHR Health Technology Assessment (16 award)
NIHR Heath Service and Delivery Research (10 award)
DH Policy Research Programme (5 awards)
NIHR Fellowship (25 awards)
School for Social Care Research (1 award)
MRC (6 awards)
Charity (17 awards)
> £65 million
Supported 176 successful proposals to date
Summary
Support provided throughout grant application
Focus on NIHR, but support for all funding
streams
Wide range of expertise
Support for Patient and Public Involvement
Free!
Please contact us as early as possible