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WWW.COELIAC.ORG.UK 9 FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR MEMBER REVIEW PANEL There was £750k available, £500k from Innovate UK and a further £250k from Coeliac UK, for projects from around £25k up to £250k, to be completed over a period of six to 36 months. The deadline for applicants was 3 September. We received eight applications covering all three priority areas; one diagnostics, two self care and five enhancing the quality of gluten free food. These are now with our newly appointed Research Awards Panel, chaired by Dr Rick Lones, a highly experienced pharmaceutical physician with a track record of over 20 years in medical affairs and drug safety. To find out about the other members on our Research Awards Panel, please visit www.coeliac.org.uk/RAP . The lay summaries for each of the proposed projects have also been shared with our Member Review Panel who will score each of the projects and identify those as a priority for funding. Our Research Awards Panel (RAP) will meet again in November to look at the feedback from external expert reviewers and the scores and comments from the Member Review Panel. The RAP will then make a proposal to our Board of Governors on which projects to fund. We will keep you updated on the projects we fund, so keep an eye out in the next edition of the magazine. WHO ARE INNOVATE UK? Innovate UK is the Government’s agency that supports UK businesses to realise the potential of new technologies, develop ideas and make them a commercial success. Their aim is to encourage businesses to collaborate with researchers and translate research into products and services that can be used by healthcare providers and the food industry. WORKING TO IMPROVE YOUR FUTURE WITH RESEARCH RESEARCH Our Member Review Panel provides our members with the opportunity to influence the research we fund. For more information, please visit www.coeliac.org.uk/MRP This summer we teamed up with Innovate UK to encourage UK businesses and researchers to come together and make significant improvements for people with coeliac disease in three priority areas : • BETTER WAYS OF TESTING FOR COELIAC DISEASE • IMPROVED GLUTEN FREE FOODS • DIGITAL TOOLS FOR SELF CARE