Every year NHS Grampian Endowments provide funds to local research projects. These funds are for smaller or pilot projects and need to benefit NHS Grampian or its patients. This year the maximum amount of funding per application was increased to £20,000. We received more applications than in previous years.
To ensure NHS Grampian patients and the public have a voice in which projects are funded, we run patient and public review panels. The panellists review 3 parts of the research applications:
1) project summaries,
2) benefit to the NHS and
3) the section about patient and public involvement and engagement.
The panel comes up with one score for each application. There are also two scientific reviewers, who each score the application. These three scores are then added together to make up the final score. The final decision is then made by the Endowments committee.
This year we had 5 sessions public review sessions in January. They were a mix of in person and online sessions and 17 members of the public took part. If you are interested in taking part next year, please get in touch with us gram.ppa@nhs.scot
This year’s successful projects and project summaries can be found in this document.
We can’t wait to hear about the results which will be presented at one of our annual R&D conferences. They normally take place in October and are also open to the public.