Abstract
The NIHR Reviewer Development Scheme (RevDS) and Committee Member Development Scheme (CMDS) are for early career researchers and health and social care professionals who are new to reviewing or want to develop their skills further. The RevDS offers the opportunity to gain experience of peer reviewing full research applications for NIHR funding programmes. In addition, each year, all scheme members are invited to apply for a limited number of one- year mentored NIHR CMDS roles. This opportunity provides experience of NIHR funding committees and research funding allocation decision making.
The aim of this project was to evaluate the schemes to better understand the benefits and impacts, facilitators and barriers and key areas of improvement, as well as to determine what data should be routinely collected to demonstrate the benefits of the schemes.
This project had three connected stages: (1) analysis of existing monitoring and feedback data; (2) collection of new data from a survey with current NIHR committee members; and (3) development of a programme theory.
Analysis of existing data and development of programme theories demonstrated that the Reviewer and Committee Member Development schemes have a number of outcomes that benefit scheme members, NIHR committee members, and the NIHR. However, it also identified some areas of improvement that need to be addressed to ensure the schemes meet their full potential.
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The aim of this project was to evaluate the Reviewer and Committee Member Development schemes to better understand the benefits and impacts, facilitators and barriers and key areas of improvement, as well as to determine what data should be routinely collected to demonstrate the benefits of the schemes.
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