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Box 2 Range of PPI engagement activities according to PPI time preferences

From: Patient and public involvement in research: the need for budgeting PPI staff costs in funding applications

When they join the AUKCAR PAG, lay members are not required to commit to a specific contribution; all levels of involvement are welcome. Examples of involvement opportunities include reviewing funding applications, providing feedback on patient-facing documents, inputting on website design, research steering group membership, co-application on project grants, co-authoring research articles, and presenting at conferences. PAG members will have differing interests, levels of experience/expertise and time available to contribute to such activities. Along with PAG members, we have co-produced a scheme of different PPI engagement activities (Fig. 2) according to members’ time/resources. PPI staff engage with each PAG member to establish their individual preferences, maintain a record of these, and invite their involvement accordingly. This framework is also helpful with recruiting new PAG members, giving concrete examples of PPI tasks that they could get involved with, according to their preferences and availability of time