Please contact the Research Office as soon as you are considering applying for funding.

Our Research Facilitators and Research Support Officers are able to work with you to develop the strongest possible application. This includes funder intelligence, best practice examples, writing support and budget development.

Further information is available on the Research Development pages.

Your named Research Support Officer is able to help you with all aspects of costing an application:

• Your RSO will develop a full Economic Costing (fEC) for your application. This figure includes the cost of overheads etc. so shows the actual cost of your research to the University, rather than just the amount expected from the funder.
• The fEC is a University requirement for all research funding applications, regardless of whether they are to internal or external sources and the level of funds that the sponsor is willing to provide.
• Your RSO will help you determine what costs are eligible. They will also ensure that these costs are entered accurately onto your application and properly justified.

Research impact is now an integral part of the research landscape. Most funders will require some form of Pathways to Impact Statement as part of the application.

AMBS has a dedicated Impact Facilitator who is able to advise and support these aspects. More information is available on the Knowledge Exchange and Impact page.

The University policy on research data management (RDM) has been designed to support you in the management of your research data. It also fully conforms to the UKRI Common Principles on Data Policy. A RDM plan is required for all applications, regardless of how/if you plan to use data.

A dedicated University RDM Support Service is available for advice on how to prepare a data management plan for your application, including how to generate an RDM number for your Research Approval Form.

Internal peer review is instrumental in improving each proposal. The Faculty’s peer review policy has been created to support an open, fair and helpful review process amongst colleagues developing external grant applications.

Reviewers can either be nominated by applicants or sourced via the Research Office. All applications must be peer reviewed at either the Division or School level before seeking approval.

A Research Proposal Approval Form (RPA) must be completed for all applications. Final applications should be with the Research Office at least two weeks in advance of the funding deadline to allow enough time for the approval process. Your application cannot be submitted without a fully authorised RPA form.

The approval process is:

• Research Office prepares the budget for the RPA in liaison with the Principal or Co-Investigator
• The Principal/Co-Investigator completes the RPA (including the names of any peer reviewers and the data management plan number) and returns it to the Research Office
• The Research Office liaises with the Head of School for approval
• Additional sign-off at Faculty level is required for bids of more than £1 million and at University level for bids of more than £5 million (both amounts based on fEC costing)