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

When should I contact RDS London?

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

NIHR Research Design Service London

website: www.rdslondon.co.uk