Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 16
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We recommend that the Government uses its power to convene interested parties and establish a...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Government uses its power to convene interested parties and establish a single research fund that will co-ordinate and fund research. The allocation of funds should follow the model of the research councils to ensure it is seen to be independent and excellence-driven and to ensure that the available funding is coordinated to cover the research requirements most efficiently. All research funded in this way should be required to return all results and analysis to a central database that should be freely and publicly accessible. We also recommend that the Government incentivise sport and other groups to contribute to this fund by offering a degree of match-funding.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Government agrees with the intention behind this recommendation of simplifying access to research funding. However, we do not believe it is necessary to establish a single fund for research into concussion in sport, as there are already medical research funds available. The Government will, however, convene a “sports concussion research forum” to collectively identify common research goals and priorities across the sector, and to share research findings. We believe this will simplify the routes for accessing research funding, as well as ensuring research is focussed on the most pressing areas of investigative need.