| How to Apply for Grants
- The university's bid procedure explained
- Applying
to Research Councils using JeS (Joint electronic submission)
- Help with costing your grant application
- Consultancy
- Research Governance
in Health
- Hints and Tips on writing a proposal
- Useful links
The
university's bid procedure explained
The University
has an authorisation procedure for approving bids before they are submitted
to external funding bodies, for example Research Councils, Charities,
the NHS, and local and central government. This bid procedure
applies to all grants which, if awarded, would be coded as research income.
In addition, a new grant support scheme for Research Council proposals is being piloted from October 2011. This support is mandatory for all Research Council bids and preceeds the authorisation procedure detailed on this page.
The authorisation procedure is summarised below -
The bid
procedure involves two parallel processes:
(i)
local quality assurance approval carried out within your Faculty.
Each School/Centre has its own quality assurance process which considers
the academic quality of bids - contact your research administrator for details.
(ii)
Research Office approval. Research Office advises on and approves those aspects of a
bid that deal with costs, staffing, intellectual property and negotiation/contract
issues. We are always happy to give advice on early drafts and help with
calculating staff and other costs. A lot of useful advice on employing
staff is also given on our staffing page. To send your bid for advice/approval,
just email it to Research Office.
These two
processes can be carried out at the same time. The bid procedure is explained
in detail in the following documents including a downloadable research
grant authorisation form. Our aim is to make this process as painless
and speedy as possible whilst ensuring that applications comply with the
regulations. If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact Research Office for advice.
We also need the approval of your Dean and Head of School, or
their nominated signatories. You can find out the names of the nominees
for your department by consulting the list
of nominated signatories.
Applying
to Research Councils and Using JeS
The UK Research Councils have just published their Delivery Plans for 2011-15
Full details are available for each Council from the links below:
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A summary of these plans has been produced by the Research Office and can be downloaded here
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JeS is the Research Council's joint electronic bid submission system used
by EPSRC, ESRC, AHRC, STFC and BBSRC. Most of our academic staff will
already have been registered to use the service and should have a user
ID and password - contact Research Office if you're not sure whether you're registered
or not. If you are registered, but no longer have your password, then
you should contact the JeS Helpdesk or call them on 01793-444164.
If you're
not registered, you can register yourself by going to JeS and following the steps from "create account". If you are likely
to be an applicant on a grant application, you will need to tick the box
to be a 'registered user'.
The JeS system
easy to use and there is a 'Help' link for most pages. If you need advice
though, don't hesitate to contact Research Office or call ext. 4183. Research Office also runs a lunchtime workshop once a term which
explains how to use the system - contact
us for details.
Help
with costing your grant application
If you're
planning a research grant application, we can help you with initial cost
estimates and funder regulations, and can advise you on the Research Council
JeS online grant application forms - see our Finance page for more information.
Consultancy
Consultancy which is not classified as research is subject to a different approval process.
Please click here for guidance if you propose to undertake this type of consultancy work. If you have need of further advice then you should
contact the Intellectual Property & Commercial Contracts Manager. Even
pro bono work may require a contract to limit liability.
Research
Governance in Health
If you are
researching in the NHS you will need to be aware of the requirements of
the Department
of Health's Research Governance in Health Framework (RGF) document.
The RGF is designed to ensure efficient and effective management and accountability
in NHS research, and to protect the safety and welfare of researchers
and research participants. if you are planning to carry out research in
the NHS (wether this involves patients, staff, data, organs or tissues),
you should discuss the governance process with the Research and Development
Manager in the relevant NHS Trust at as early a stage as possible.
More
information together with links to relevant external sites and internal
documents is available on the Research Office
Ethics & Governance page.
Useful
links
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