Collaborators meeting

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• Collaborators meeting
• 5 March 2009
• Tim Maughan
• CRC Cymru Coordinating Centre

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Purpose of the meeting

• To update CRC Cymru collaborators of latest
  developments
• To focus on research in primary care
• Developing research in stroke
• Learning from CLRN Newcastle

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Recent collaborators meeting

• Priority issues for CRC Cymru Nov 2008
• Structure discussion and developments will
  follow NISCHR launch 11.3.09
• Funding equity clarity
• Collaboration HEI collaboration
• Industry, Research Governance, Social Care WORD
  are leading
• Portfolio, Involving People, RPN prioritisation
  CRC Cymru Co-ordinating Centre
• Developing specialty groups Dec 2008

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RD Policy
WAG
Funding streams
WORD
NISCHR office NISCHR Research Network office in
same host and co-located
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Improved collaboration

• HEI collaboration model contracts
• WORD grant model contract has been circulated
• Brunswick group model agreement for RC and
  charity grants
• WORD deadlines
• Discussed with WORD

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Funding

• Equity are we on a level playing field?
• Yes for RCs and UK wide charities but we have to
  win the grants in peer review competition
• No for NHS RD funding but improvements ahead
• Clarity access to NIHR funding streams
• No access to infrastructure schemes (BMRCs,
  BMRUs, CLRCs, SSCs through CLRN etc)
• Full access to competitive schemes

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Funding
99.9M is 1/17th of 1699 M MRC 41.6, WORD
58.7 Wales prorata funding We must win our
share of MRC funding in open competition
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Agenda

• CRC Cymru Research Portfolio and Activity Update
  
• Lucy Seago, Director of Operations, CRC Cymru
  Coordinating Centre
• Developments in Primary Care Research
• The School of Primary Care and SEWTU Professor
  Chris Butler
• Of Primary Importance Dr Christopher
  Cotterill-Jones
• Research Support to Primary Care Challenges
  and Achievements Primary Care Research
  Facilitator, CRC Cymru Coordinating Centre
• 3.00 pm Coffee/Tea
• Developing and Supporting Stroke Research in
  Wales Dr Allison Cooper, Stroke Research
  Portfolio Development Fellow, OPAN
• Lessons from Implementing a Comprehensive Local
  Research Network in England Dr Seamus
  ONeill, Senior Manager, Northumberland
• 4.25 pm QA
• 4.40 pm Summary and Close