Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study

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Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study
NILS Responsive Scheme

• Professor Bob Stout
• Director of RD Office for the Health Personal
  Social Services

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NILS Responsive Scheme

• Aim
• To investigate topics such as
• The effectiveness of the health social care
  services predictors
• Institutional care for older people
• Early life influences on adult health outcomes
• Health inequalities
• Intergenerational differences in fertility and
  morality
• Different types of analyses
• Prospective analysis of census and events data
• International comparisons

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NILS Responsive Scheme

• Funded by ESRC and the RD Office
• 2 long-term projects approx 75,000 each
• 10 shorter term projects approx 10,000 each
• Maximum 2 years duration

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NILS Responsive Scheme

• Application Process
• Stage 1
• Research Approval Group (RAG)
• Stage 2
• Scientific evaluation

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NILS Responsive Scheme

• Evaluation
• Stage 1
• - Relevance of research proposal to NILS
• - Relevance to research proposal to HPSS
• - Competence of researcher to use NILS
• - Planned publication and dissemination of
  fundings

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NILS Responsive Scheme

• Evaluation
• Stage 2
• - Innovation and novelty of research proposal
• - Knowledge of area and understanding of key
  issues
• - Quality of the proposal
• - Track record/experience of research team and
  suitability of environment
• - Value for money