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HTA Expression of Interest webinar

Created on Monday, 01 Dec 2014. Posted in Funding

'Expression of Interest' (EoL) form will replace the outline proposal for a 12-month pilot period.

There are 17,000 characters in the new form.
Proposals will be prioritised by their importance to the NHS, then presented to the funding board.
There will be a 9-week turnaround between accepted EoL and full proposal submission (the applicant has the option to defer to the next round if necessary).
There is a new field to describe the rationale for the research:
- What problem is being addressed?
- Why is it important?
- How it meets specification of the brief?
- How does existing literature support the proposal?
The form requires less information about estimated costs, public involvement, co-applicants and CTU participation (letter of support is not required).
HTA will scrutinised all full application costs and any variance from the Eol (costs need to be fully justified, variance explained and value for money demonstrated).
Despite a smaller section in Eol for public involvement, it is very important that the outcomes of the study are those that matter most to patients!
Researchers will get similar levels of feedback as they do currently with the outline application.
Uploads such as flowcharts are still needed!
Information from the EoL will not be copied to the full application - copy and paste will be needed.