MRC-NICE scoping project: identifying the national institute for health and clinical excellence’s methodological research priorities and an initial set of priorities

The aim of this 6-month project was to undertake a scoping study to provide recommendations for identifying NICE’s methodological research priorities and to establish an initial set of such priorities. Specifically the project had three main objectives: (i) To describe current processes by which methodological research topics are identified and prioritised at NICE. (ii) To suggest a range of additional and/or alternative approaches to identifying these priorities. (iii) To generate an initial short list of methodological research topics.