Event resources

On the 24 November 2022 the NIHR Research Design Service (RDS) held the “Role of Public Co-applicants and Public Involvement Leads in health and care research” event.  The event offered a great opportunity to explore these roles and provide some useful clarifications and discussions.

All resources are now available.

They include:

• the event presentation slides
• collated resource links relevant to the event topic
• frequently asked questions (FAQs) with answers from NIHR Research Design Service (RDS) Specialist Public Involvement advisers, from the event
• video of the presentations on YouTube:
  • The Role of the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Lead – Jo Welsman and Heather Boult, RDS South West
  • Role and Support of Public Co-Applicants – Jo Lally, RDS North East North Cumbria,  and Annabel Haynes, Public Co-applicant E-CLAD
  • Public Co-applicants and PPIE Leads in NIHR funded research – Saumu Lwembe, NIHR Central Commissioning Facility  (CCF)
  • Question and answer session – answers from the presenters and public contributors

Your local branch of the NIHR RDS (Research Design Service) is based within the BU Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU)  If  you need help with patient and public involvement (PPI) or any other aspect of your grant application, don’t hesitate to get in touch in the new year.

We advise on all aspects of developing an application and can review application drafts as well as put them to a mock funding panel (run by RDS South West) known as Project Review Committee, which is a fantastic opportunity for researchers to obtain a critical review of a proposed grant application before this is sent to a funding body or if you’re hoping to resubmit the panel can provide some excellent tips and feedback.

Contact us as early as possible to benefit fully from the advice

Feel free to call us on 01202 961939 or send us an email.

We are now on leave for the Christmas break but look forward to collaborations and conversations in January 2023.

Wishing all of our colleagues a lovely Christmas and new year break.