opportunities for hrc funding 2014 investment processes

Opportunities for HRC Funding 2014

Investment Processes

Overview

• Annual Funding Round 2014

– Career Development Awards

– Research Investment Streams

• Contract types & Budgets

• Application & Assessment Processes

– Tips for Grant Writing

• Contract Responsibilities

Mission: Benefiting NZ through health research

• Established as a Crown Entity by the Health Research Council Act (1990)

• Responsible to Minister of Health• Funding for research mainly from Vote

Science & Innovation through MBIE• Supports ~ 30 organisations and ~ 2,800

researchers

HRC SecretariatDr Robin Olds, Chief Executive•Rachel Brown, Group Manager, Māori Health Research•Dr Vernon Choy, Group Manager, Investment Processes•Melanie Duncan, Group Administrator, Investment Processes•Dr Deming Gong, Project Manager, Public Health Research•Stacey Pene, Project Manager, Biomedical/Clinical Research

– Katie Evans and Lucy Pomeroy are on 12 months maternity leave

•Dr Tania Pocock, Group Manager, Research, Policy, Strategy & Evaluation•Dr Nuhisifa Seve-Williams, Project Manager, Pacific Health Research• Vivien Lovell, Knowledge Management & Information SystemsFinance & Corporate Services, Ethics, Communications, Research Partnerships

Research Investment Streams

Research Policy, Strategy & Evaluation

Dr Tania Pocock

Research Investment Streams

Health and Wellbeing in

NZUnderstanding

health and preventing

illness & injury

Improving Outcomes in

Acute & Chronic

Conditions in NZ

Rangahau Hauora Māori

Building Māori knowledge &

capability to address

Māori health issues

Research for NZ Health Delivery

Immediate impact on health policy, clinical-decision-making &/or

service delivery

Applied

Basic

End-users involved

Investment Signals

Purpose

Scope (what’s in & what’s out)

Goals

Priorities (only HW and IOACC)

Research characteristics (RNZHD)

Examples• Research areas in scope• Research better aligned with other RIS• FAQ

Selection of RIS

• All applications – Apply to one RIS– Where research will have greatest impact on Goals and

priorities

• Programmes– Can span RIS, but must state primary RIS– Not in HD

• HRC will not reallocate applications– Consider registering in others if uncertain

• 2014 ACs may penalise proposals in wrong RIS– Max score of 1 for ‘Impact’ criterion if ‘out of scope’

• Read Investment Signals

Avoid Falling into Wrong RIS

Contracts and Budgets

Results from FR2013 and

Budgets for FR2014

Results 2013: Programmes

• 24 registered• 18 applications in 7 Science Assessing

Committees (SACs)• 9 considered fundable by SACs• 5 fundable by Programme Assessing Committee• 5 funded (~ 30%)

– 1 HW– 4 IOACC

Results 2013: Project EOI Applications

• 370 EOI in 4 RIS assessed by 11 committees

• 111 invited to submit full applicationsHD HW IOACC RHM Total

EoI 47 139 162 22 370

Full 17 34 49 11 111

% 36.2 24.5 30.3 50 30

Results 2013: Project Full Applications

• 110 applications assessed by 8 SACs• 33 Funded (30%)

RIS HD HW IOACC RHM Total

Fundable 6 16 31 4 57

Not Fundable

9 18 19 7 53

Total 15 34 50 11 110

Funded 6 7 16 4 33

% 40 20.6 32.6 33.3 30

2014 Funding Round Budget

Contract Type $M #

Programme 25 5

Project 33 33

Emerging Researcher First Grant

1.5 10

Feasibility Study 1.0 6

Explorer Grant 0.45 3

Programme

• Objectives– Support the long-term development of a health field– Fund research with strategic, long-term vision

• Budget– $5M, 5 years

• Eligibility– > 3 Named Investigators with peer reviewed

contracts/track record– may hold other grants

• Assessed by both SAC and PAC committees

Requirements for Programme Director

• PRG Director with ≤1 year remaining; or• PRG director in last 5 years; or• First NI on ≥2 PRJ grants from HRC or equivalents

in last 4 years; or• First NI on 1 HRC project begun in last 2 years,

leading ≥ 2 First NI on PRJ grants from HRC or equivalents in the last 4 years;

• ≥ 0.2 FTE to this PRG; and• Employed by a NZ organisation and residing in NZ

Programme

• Not available for Health Delivery RIS • Permission may be given for a Programme

bid from a team not meeting the PRG criteria– consultation with HRC before registration– specific research domains; e.g. a clinical trial

• HRC currently has 27 active programmes– 16 are 5 year contracts

• 6 PH/9 BM/1 MH

Project – two-stage application: EOI and Full

• Objective: Support individuals/Teams to address well-defined research questions

• Budget: ≤$1.2 M, generally for 3 years– for shorter contracts, budget at average $0.4 M pa– FR2013: Average budget = $1.0 M

Emerging Researcher First GrantsFull Application: 30 August – 27 September

2013

•Objective: Working expenses for emerging researchers•Budget: ≤$150,000, ≤3 years

– Excludes support for a postgraduate degree

•Eligibility of PI: – without a contract for research expenses of ≥$100,000 – normally no more than 6 years from attaining a postgraduate degree – Applicants must justify how they fit this category– Developing an independent research stream

•FR2013 results: 10/34 applications (30%)

Feasibility Study

Full Application: 30 August – 27 September 2013

•Objective: Support small studies that test feasibility issues affecting a planned, larger study•Budget: ≤$150,000, 12 months•Eligibility: Public health or clinical research•FR2013: 6/31 funded (~20%)

Explorer GrantFull Application: 11 October – 1 November 2013

•Objective: provide seed support for transformative research ideas at an early stage•Budget: <$150,000 working expenses, < 24 months•Eligibility: host support, RIS•FR2013: 3/116 funded

Career Development Awards

• Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship (CPRF)

• Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship• Clinical Research Training Fellowship (CRTF)• Foxley Fellowship• Girdlers’ New Zealand HRC Fellowship

• Māori Health Research Career Development Awards• Pacific Health Research Career Development Awards

Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship

Registration/Application: 5 June – 3 July 2013

•Objective– Strengthen health care practice and health services– Support translation of research into clinical practice

•Budget– $50K/year expenses, < 5 years

•Eligibility– Citizens/residents been engaged in clinical practice for

10-20 years, leadership, 0.3-0.5 FTE– FR2013: 2/10 funded

Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship

Registration/Application: 5 June – 3 July 2013•Objective:

– Intended to build future capability to conduct world-class research

– Support research stars whose scientific fields have the potential to contribute to health/economic goals for government’s investment

•Budget: ≤ $0.5M, ≤ 4 yrs •Eligibility: Citizens/residents, 4-8 years post-PhD, 0.5-1.0 FTE•FR2013: 3/13 funded

Clinical Research Training Fellowship

Registration/Application: 5 June – 3 July 2013

•Objectives:– support health professionals to undertake a PhD or equivalent– provide a training that will combine academic research with

course clinical experience •Budget: ≤$250,000 (pro rata if <3 years)•Eligibility: Citizens/residents, medical/dental graduates, psychologists and nurses •FR2013: 7/18 funded

Foxley FellowshipRegistration/Application: 5 June – 3 July

2013

•Objectives– enable health professionals to undertake a sabbatical in NZ– enhance links between HRC-funded research and health care delivery

and/or health policy

•Budget: Salary + <$20,000 research costs, 1-2 years•Eligibility: > 0.2 FTE, health professionals with > 5 years experience

Not to be used to fund a degree

Girdlers’ New Zealand HRC Fellowship

•Objective– provide advanced research experience – bring benefit to the health sciences in NZ

•Budget: ~£45,000 pa (salary + other costs, travel), 2 years•Eligibility: citizen, PhD or equivalent, < 5 years experience

Registration/Application: 5 June – 3 July 2013

HRC funding and ethical approval

• Required for release of funding• Cannot be extended from one contract to

another• Should be specifically linked to HRC

contract number• More information www.hrc.govt.nz

Research contract obligations

• Final reports from past 5 years required at full application

• Media/News items (Suzy Botica: sbotica@hrc.govt.nz)

On-line reporting process - data

• Use top menu bar to update outputs for your profile

• Select research contract• Enter info: milestones, progress etc

• Select outputs in main menu specific to contract

Online reporting process - submission

Completed: PI click to finish report

Forwarded: PI forward report to RO (PDF generated)

Signed off: RO sign off report & submit to the HRC

Final reports & future impact

– HRC retains 3 month payments until report received

– Compliance could determine future funding

– Includes discoveries & achievements, workforce development,

outcomes & impact, dissemination & knowledge transfer

– Help identify newsworthy findings & demonstrate the benefits

of funding health research & continued investment– Note all outputs specific to contract – reported to Ministry (Publications, impacts on policy, conference, media)

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Submitting Your Project Expression of Interest (EOI)

www.hrc.govt.nzEASY

On-line submission system, EASY

• Must log on• If a new user - create a user account• Research Office can reset passwords

Project EOI Forms (GA214S, RHM214S)

• Section 1: General Information

• Section 2: Proposed Research

• Section 3: CV

• Section 4: Lay Summary (design method, e.g. RCT)

• Section 5: Research Classifications

EOI Form: GA214S Section 2 Proposed Research

• HW, IOACC, HD RIS 3 pages limit + 1 page for references

• Rationale for Research• Design & Methods• Research Impact • Responsiveness to Māori • Expertise & Track Record

Submitting Your Full Application

www.hrc.govt.nzEASY

Forms and Guidelines

• Programme, PA214

• Project, GA214F

• Feasibility Study, FS214

• Emerging Researcher First Grant, FG214

• Career Development Award, HRC-CDA

• Explorer Grant, EX214

• Budget file, HRC214budget.xls

See separate guideline document for each

Tips for grant writing

• Think about writing your grants earlier• Ensure grants are well written, with well-structured

paragraphs• Make your objectives clear, realistic and achievable• Include design and power calculation details at EOI

stage• Experience with techniques/preliminary data• Include an appropriate budget and timeline• Describe your impact on RIS (only have to meet

one goal)• Provide appropriate responsiveness to Māori

Tips for grant writing• Good team with appropriate FTE, skills and

collaborations• Sell your team more and give more background to

why someone is needed• Engage with stakeholders and end-users• Clear roles of NZ NIs within a large international study• Remember SAC includes discipline specific and

broadly experienced members• Read Generic Feedback after EOI stagehttp://

www.hrc.govt.nz/news-and-media/news/generic-feedback-eoi-stage-2014-annual-funding-round

• Check spelling and grammar, and have it proof read

Application & assessment process for Projects

Registration

9 July 2013

SAC

SAC

Outcome June

2014

Outcome June

2014

Full Application

20 Nov 2013

External review

Rebuttal26 Feb-7 Mar

2014

EOI26 July 2013

EOI results:

7 Oct 2013

EOI results:

7 Oct 2013

Work to Research Office due dates!

GAC

HRC Board

Application & assessment process for Programmes

Registration

29 Aug 2013

SAC

Outcome

June 2014

Outcome

June 2014

External review

Rebuttal 26 Feb-7 March

2014

Full Application

16 Oct 2013

Work to Research Office due dates!

PAC

GAC Board

Application & assessment process for ERFG/FS

SAC

(ERFG/F

S)

Rebuttal (ERFG)

14-24 Feb 2014

External review (ERFG)

Registration

29 Aug 2013

Full Application

27 Sept 2013

Outcome May 2014

Outcome May 2014

Work to Research Office due dates!

Board

Science Assessing Committees (SAC)

• Project EOI ~12 SAC with ~10-12 members

• Project~ 9 SAC with ~ 6-10 members

• Programme

1 PAC: multi-disciplinary

• Emerging Researcher First Grant • Feasibility Study • Career Development Award • Explorer Grant

Grant Approval Committee (GAC)

• Recommend Fundable Projects/PRG to HRC Board

• Guided by– Ranked SAC scores– RIS budgets (flexible)– Split between Projects & Programmes

Changes for 2014

• Eligibility for Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship

• Emerging Researcher First Grant (Eligibility, Assessment)

• NIs cannot be added after due date of Project EOI registration

Details all updated in Peer Review Manual andCDA Peer Review Manual and Guidelines

Any queries?

• Peer Review Manual/CDA Peer Review Manual 2013

• Guidelines

www.hrc.govt.nzinfo@hrc.govt.nz

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