I’m not sure about this Isabel. Maybe Rosie will be able to help us out on this one and share her thoughts?

Isabel, Looking at some of last year’s winners it’s not considered – but I think it should be!

Hi Isabel and Thomas,

The number of comments on an idea page is not an assessment criteria so there is not target number to aim for. There are however a couple of relevant assessment criteria to take into consideration shared below (all criteria can be seen in the applicant guidance document https://s20056.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Application_pack_final.pdf):

• The challenge is grounded in various forms of evidence (existing literature, policies) and informed by key people in the field (stakeholders, patients, Q members etc).

• The project team have demonstrated engagement around the theme with the Q community (connecting and interacting with members and other Q exchange projects, responding to comments, engaging in group discussions etc).

Assessors will be looking for engagement which could include, but is not limited to, comments on idea pages. If you have undertaken stakeholder engagement off the idea pages, either face-to-face or by other means such as the mailing list you mention this is great and I would advise sharing this on your idea page. You could share how you are engaging with stakeholders on your page and if appropriate you could share some of the conversations you are having or feedback received and what impact this has or may have.

Many thanks, Rosie