Abstract
The study explored whether a narrative CV is an efficient and effective mechanism for the NIHR to collect information about applicants and/or teams as part of the NIHR research application and assessment process. The study involved two stages. The first consisted in secondary analysis of data collected by the Royal Society from their work on research culture and the subsequent development of the Résumé for Researchers. The second stage consisted of thematic analysis of focus groups and interviews with NIHR stakeholders: (1) early career successful and unsuccessful applicants; (2) mid/senior career successful and unsuccessful applicants; (3) NIHR funding committee programme directors, chairs, and deans; (4) NIHR committee members/interview panellists; (5) external reviewers and (6) NIHR Coordinating Centre staff involved in research and training programmes. This study was part of a wider programme of work to explore the use of narrative CVs within the NIHR. The study was given ethics approval from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton (id: 66298). Following analysis, the study made thirty-seven recommendations across six areas: Broad considerations for implementation; Training and guidelines for content; Reviewing current practices to embed narrative principles; NIHR role in wider adoption of narrative CV principles; Monitoring, evaluation, and learning; Purpose: What a narrative CV is and why NIHR is implementing it. These recommendations informed discussions regarding the policy and practice of using narrative CV by the NIHR, and emphasise the need to consider the recommendations and complete piloting and evaluation before a decision on implementation is made. This work was part of a wider programme in the NIHR related to the use of narrative CVs.
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To explore whether the narrative CV is an efficient and effective mechanism for the NIHR to collect information about individual applicants and/or teams to support assessment of contributions and inform funding recommendations during the application process.
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Amanda Blatch-Jones
Elizabeth Tremain
Alexa Cross
Ksenia Crane
Hazel Church
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Other(s): Two reports of the study are available at: https://openresearch.nihr.ac.uk/documents/2-15 and https://openresearch.nihr.ac.uk/documents/2-38