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What is the Research Design Service?

Research Design Service North West

Dr Siobhan Reilly, Associate Director, Lancashire and South Cumbria local team

1 October 2018

Research Design Service

Purpose of the Research Design Service

• The Research Design Service (RDS) helps people design

and develop high quality research proposals by providing advice on research design to researchers.

• They must be developing proposals for national, peer-

reviewed funding competitions for applied health or social care research.

• Funding stream examples:
• NIHR
• MRC
• ESRC/EPSRC
• Charities….

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RDS expertise

• In the North West the RDS is made up of a proportion of the time of

approximately 32 senior advisers and 20 frontline advisers.

• Methodology:
• Statistics including trials
• health economics
• qualitative
• health psychology & behaviour change
• research synthesis
• and specialist methodologies.
• Social care.
• Specific application advice for schemes.
• Public Involvement (PI).

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Support we offer

• Face to face meetings, email and phone.
• Developing suitable research questions.
• Getting into scope for the funding stream.
• Research design.
• Developing collaboration: ‘building a dream team.’
• Advice on research methods and analysis.
• Public Involvement Fund, up to £350.
• Critical read-through of your proposal.
• Come to us early!

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How to access the service in the North West

• Access the service through our Regional Co-ordinating

Centre:

• via our telephone helpline: 01524 593209
• via email: rds-nw@lancaster.ac.uk
• via our website:

www.rds-nw.nihr.ac.uk/request-advice.

What happens when you contact the Research Design Service North West?

Dr Naomi Fisher, Frontline Adviser Lancashire and South Cumbria local team

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Depending on your needs you may be:

• provided with information on first contact with the service
• directed to our online resources for information
• directed to another source of help
• eligible for our advisory service if you are looking for

support with proposal development to apply for funding from a national open peer-reviewed competition scheme.

First contact

Research Design Service www.rds-nw.nihr.ac.uk

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Individualised support

• You will be asked to complete an advice request form

which gathers information needed to assess your needs.

• Your case will be assessed and if eligible you will be

passed on to one of our ‘Case Managers.’

• As appropriate, your adviser will make contact with other

advisers or seek our specialists’ advice.

• Advisers will then provide the support needed to develop

your proposal.

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Initial meeting with the Research Design Service North West (RDS NW)

• Assessment:
• importance of the question
• existing research
• potential funding streams
• study design – is it a trial
• clinical area
• feasibility of recruitment strategy
• track record of team
• Public Involvement (PI)
• costs; research, treatment, excess treatment.

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Clinical trials essential links resource

www.rds-nw.nihr.ac.uk/research-design/trials-self-help

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Testimonial

“Support from the RDS has been invaluable in guiding us through the complexities of the application process. The blend of structured meetings and one-to-one support was very helpful. The team also had excellent contacts with relevant expertise that could support our proposal.” Consultant Clinical Psychologist

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How the RDS NW can help

• Advisers - advice included in every case.
• Specialist Advisers - for extra help with complex issues.
• Resources on RDS NW web pages, e.g. the How-to

guide.

• Links on RDS NW web pages, e.g. to INVOLVE.
• RDS NW Public Involvement Fund (PIF) scheme.

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The Public involvement Fund

Who is it for?

• Researchers in the North West.
• Developing a proposal for national, peer-reviewed open

call funding competitions for applied health or social care research.

• In receipt of advice from RDS NW on this proposal.
• At any stage prior to final submission.

www.rds-nw.nihr.ac.uk/public-involvement/fund

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The Public Involvement Fund

What can it be used for?

• Setting up meetings with individuals or groups of

patients, carers, service users or the public

• Venue hire, providing refreshments.
• Must reimburse any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by

members of the public such as travel, subsistence and carer costs.

• May reimburse patients, carers etc. for their time.
• Not for research itself.
• Up to a maximum of £350 per project.

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Programme

11.30am Break with refreshments 11.45am Parallel sessions:

Music Room - Developing research questions Dr Paula Holland and Dr Steve Lane,

Reading Room - Building a “dream team”

Prof Steve Jones and Dr Naomi Fisher

1pm - 2pm Lunch in the Gallery 1.20pm Marketplace in the Gallery 3pm Close

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Evaluation Form