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| Description | Papers regarding funding for a proposed MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) data collection in 2006, involving taking medical readings from study members at research facilities for the first time, rather than being visited at home. This proposal included an initial feasibility study or 'pilot' in Manchester, to assess participation rates.
This file contains:
- documents regarding the submission of a grant application to the Medical Research Council (MRC) Health Services and Public Health Research Board in September 2004, to fund the NSHD's data collection in 2006;
- research collaboration agreement with University of Manchester (2008);
- report on the MRC pilot study in Manchester - the first time the cohort attended a research facility rather than be visited at home;
- an application for an MRC research grant for the 'Life course pathways to ageing' feasibility study (submitted June 2005);
- Referees' comments on the application, and Professor Diana Kuh's response from the NSHD to the referees' comments (January 2005);
- printout of the online application form to the NHS Research Ethics Committee;
- correspondence from the MRC Board in April 2005, declining support for the current proposal;
- another funding application (2005) for the proposed data collection;
- correspondence with co-applicants for the proposal;
- a 'request for supplementary funding to complete the Manchester data collection';
- memorandum of understanding between the MRC and UCL regarding the Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing and the NSHD;
- consent forms from pervious data collections, included as appendices;
- correspondence from the MRC approving funding for the feasibility study;
- reviewers’ comments on the application for the feasibility study;
- MRC Health Services and Public Health Research Board assessment of the NSHD (a strategic review, November 2005, following a Sept 2005 visit); and Diana Kuh's response to the referees' opinions, Sept 2005. |