Future Product Development Streams 1

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Future Product Development Streams 1 2

• Dr Belinda Haupt
• i4i Programme Manager

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Future Product Development (FPD)

• Future Product Development Stream 1 (FPD1)
  Feasibility study
• Up to 1 year investigation led by a clinician or
  an academic research group
• Ideally there should be the potential for a
  device to be developed through RD
• Funding to a total of 100k

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Future Product Development (FPD)

• Future Product Development Stream 2 (FPD2)
  Applied research project
• A detailed investigation of up to 3 years led by
  a clinician or an academic research group
• Builds on the results of a completed assessment
  of the feasibility
• Funding typically of 150k per year

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FPD projects supported

• Projects which are building on prior basic
  research to address an existing or emerging
  healthcare need.
• Projects which are utilising techniques or
  technologies from a different industry sector.
• Projects which aim to develop disruptive
  technologies.
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FPD projects not supported

•  Assessments or clinical trials of fully
  developed products or interventions with a
  history of use in the NHS.
• Studies on the impact of interventions on service
  delivery and organisation.
• Validating an existing technique(s) or
  technology.
• Professional training.
• Drug or medicinal development projects.
• Projects which are concerned solely with software
  development or the application of existing or new
  software to an already developed device.
• The development of knowledge networks.

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Assessment of proposals

• Scientific and technical quality
• Clinical or healthcare need
• Market potential
• Freedom to operate
• Arrangements for protecting IP generated
• Project team quality
• Project plan quality
• Involvement of users and industry
• Justification of resources

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Number of calls per year

• FPD1 3 calls per year.
• One stage process
• FPD2 2 calls per year.
• Two stage process
• - Outline
• - Full Application

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FPD1 Call Timetable

• 2nd Call
• Opens 28th January 2009
• Closes 13th March 2009
• Applicants notified Mid-late June 2009
• 3rd Call
• Opens 27th May 2009
• Closes 10th July 2009
• Applicants notified Mid-late October 2009
• 4th Call
• Opens 23rd September 2009
• Closes 6th November 2009
• Applicants notified Early-mid February 2010

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FPD2 Call Timetable

• 1st Call
• Outline proposal submissions opens 18th February
  2009
• Closes 3rd April 2009
• Applicants notified Full Proposals invited
  Mid-July 2009
• Full proposal submissions deadline 28th August
  2009
• Applicants notified Mid-December 2009
• 2nd Call
• Anticipated November 2009

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i4i team

• Central Commissioning Facility
• Dr Martin Anyim
• Dr Belinda Haupt
• Miriam Piterkova
• Department of Health lead
• Dr William Maton-Howarth
• Other members of the secretariat
• Dr Richard Curry
• Charlotte England (Quotec)
• Matthew Chapman (Quotec)

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Websites and email
For further information and forms www.nihr-ccf.or
g.uk/site/programmes/i4i Transforming Health
Research www.nihr.ac.uk/publications.aspx Dr
Belinda Haupt i4i.Programme_at_nihr-ccf.org.uk