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Well, I for one have submitted two projects to bits of NIHR in the last year or so (RfPB and HTA) – both got very good referee comments, neither were small scale and neither got funding.

We get the impression that NIHR feels people with learning disabilities are just not valuable enough.

Glynis Murphy

From: Axel Kaehne <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:13:18 +0100
To: Glynis Murphy <[log in to unmask]>, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: NIHR Funding for LD research

Glynis

I have attended HSDR (formerly SDO) sessions and I can honestly say that they have again and again highlighted that they would love to see more proposals in the LD field but that the few they receive are usually small scale and unfundable. It seems a problem of scale and robust methods rather than an unwillingness of the NIHR to fund.

Best wishes

Axel

  From: Glynis Murphy [[log in to unmask]]
  Sent: 14/06/2013 09:04 GMT
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  Subject: FW: NIHR Funding for LD research



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SSCR is funding 10  different projects in learning disabilities, which is completely fantastic – the rest of NIHR funds very very little in LD, despite having far more money than the tiny amount in SSCR.

And NIHR constantly forgets to put SSCR on its lists, even though its a school of NIHR.

Give 'em hell please!

Glynis Murphy
Tizard Centre


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