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FOI2020/00317: Funding Committee/Panel

Case reference FOI2020/00317

Published 15 June 2021

Request

Request Received: 24 September 2020

ORIGINAL REQUEST:

I request the following information regarding Martin Hunt, Programme Director of NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) and Prof Paul Sibbons, Deputy Chair of NIHR's Invention for Innovation Funding Committee:

1.Has Martin Hunt or Paul Sibbons ever served on an Innovate UK (IUK) panel?

2.Did Martin Hunt or Paul Sibbons serve on the IUK panel that was involved in awarding (i) the 'Inspire' grant to Videregen in 2014 (funding for Phase 1 trachea transplant trial), or (ii) any subsequent award to Videregen?

3.Has Martin Hunt or Paul Sibbons every acted as a reviewer for any of Videregen's funding proposals?

CLARIFICATION:

Thank you for your email. As you suggest, I would like to refine my request by limiting the scope of question

1. My modified question 1 is as follows:

1.Did Martin Hunt serve on any of the IUK panels that awarded grants to the company ORTHOX? (please see the following link for the 8 IUK awards to this company:https://gtr.ukri.org/organisation/0BF93FD5-4F28-40F9-A834- DB41C3C298CF

I request that questions 2 and 3 stand.

The 3 IUK grants that I am inquiring about here are listed on this link: https://gtr.ukri.org/organisation/C75DBE12-EC78-4EBD-A550-CC6E587E1171

Response

Response Sent: 24 November 2020

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