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PPI in Research: Seed Funding

To support collaboration between researchers in UCD and PPI contributors, we at PPI Ignite Network @ UCD provide seed funding awards. The next seed funding award will open in 2024.

2022 Seed Funding

The 2022 cycle focused on the theme Equality of opportunity for public and patient involvement in research.

The aim was to encourage the development, design or implementation of processes and mechanisms to ensure greater inclusive practices in PPI in health & social care research. To be valid, applications had to be collaborative between PPI contributors and UCD staff or research students.  The goal of this seed funding is to support and foster relationships between UCD academics and PPI contributors that demonstrate good practice in PPI. 

PPI contributors typically include: patients, carers, service users, families of service users, people with lived experience, or relevant patient and community organisations.

 The quality of application was exceptionally high and in 2022 we were able to fund four applications.

STAND UP – Exploring STANDardised outcome measures Use with Parents \n
STAND UP – Exploring STANDardised outcome measures Use with Parents

Collaboration between Hannah Stynes and Grainne Hickey (Barnardos) and Prof Eilis Hennessy (University College Dublin).

Supporting homelessness: Co-development of a Peer-led evaluation of a novel supported accommodation model \n
Supporting homelessness: Co-development of a Peer-led evaluation of a novel supported accommodation model

A collaboration between Trina Harpur (Dundalk Simon Community), Assoc. Prof Kate Frazer (UCD), Prof Thilo Kroll (UCD), Katie Carrigan (Dundalk Simon Community), Christopher Duffy (Dundalk Simon Community), and Peer researchers .

What is research? Promoting the role of adults with an intellectual disability in conducting and participating in research
What is research? Promoting the role of adults with an intellectual disability in conducting and participating in research

A collaboration between Caroline Howorth (St. Michaels House (SMH), Suzanne Guerin (UCD), ACT Service User Consultation Group (SMH); Information Transformers Consultation Group (SMH) with Teresa Gadd, Sabrina Barrett & Sarah Hewitt (SMH)

Establishment of an Irish Acquired Brain Injury Public and Patient Involvement Group (Irish ABI-PPI-G)
Establishment of an Irish Acquired Brain Injury Public and Patient Involvement Group (Irish ABI-PPI-G)

A collaboration between Prof Alistair Nichol (UCD), Dr Leanne Hays (UCD), Ellen Conlon (Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Ireland), Dr Kate Ainscough (UCD), Dr Lorraine Crawley (ABI Ireland) and Dylan Keegan (UCD)

Contact PPI Ignite Network @ UCD

UCD Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 4009 | E: ppi@ucd.ie | Location Map(opens in a new window)