What NIHR are looking for:

• Practical arrangements for managing the project activities
• Ensure all team members are kept informed on a day-to-day basis
• Ensure project timelines are maintained and project is delivered
• Any risks are identified, and a risk register is maintained
• Meetings and reporting are scheduled and instigated on time

What NIHR are looking for:

• Active involvement of the public in the project
• Clearly defined and significant public involvement component
• Horizontal approach across project work packages
• A well-written plain English summary
• Patient benefit from public perspective

What NIHR are looking for

• Inclusion have been considered and evidenced in the application
• Every person eligible to take part in research has been offered the opportunity of taking part in that research
• The research sample is representative of the population the study is targeted at
• Budgeting to cover any additional costs to ensure inclusion of all participants

What NIHR are looking for:

• Prototype development to enable the product to be clinically evaluated
• Small scale manufacture
• An adequate number of devices will be available for evaluation

What NIHR are looking for:

• Clear details of how the methodology for clinical evaluation has been chosen
• That the study has been designed to consider how the device/technology will fit into the clinical pathway
• The study should include a suitable/gold standard comparator
• Projects follow the research governance framework for health and social care
• There should be clear primary and secondary outputs to aid follow on research

What NIHR are looking for:

• Identification of regulations, standards, and requirements for device
• Identification of device classification
• Clear plans for clinical evaluation of product to support regulatory approval
• Plans for compiling required technical file and associated documentation

What NIHR are looking for:

• Projects to be supported by a strong health economic case
• Deliver a clear value proposition to the key stakeholders
• Output from health economic assessment to support case for adoption

What NIHR are looking for:

• Details of background IP and ownership arrangements
• Procedures used to evaluate Freedom to Operate (FtO)
• Details of how arising IP will be recognised, captured, managed, and utilised
• When technology will be patient-ready after the current project is concluded
• A clear commercial strategy and how any barriers to adoption will be overcome

What NIHR are looking for:

•  A clear explanation of how the technology will be adopted in the healthcare service
• A strategy to overcome any current or future barriers to adoption
• Project design is targeted at all stakeholders and end users that will be affected and  clinical pathway that will be disrupted
• A description of planned outputs of the research and how these will be disseminated and to whom

What NIHR are looking for:

• A breakdown of costs associated with the research project
• Justification for the costings and value for money
• A budget appropriate for developing the idea to a point to attract follow on funding or for adoption/market readiness