Researchfish is an online submission system, which many funders (including the UK Research Councils, Arthritis Research UK, Cancer Research UK, and NIHR) use to collect and evaluate the outputs and outcomes of your research projects.

PIs on active Research Council grants and Research Council Funded students are required to report to Researchfish annually. You can log into the Researchfish submission system and record outcomes at any time throughout the year, but can only ‘submit’ your return during the submission period. You can find details of the next submission window on the UKRI Research Outcomes page.

Click here to find out our Pure can help you to complete your Research Fish submission.

The RMS is the University-wide database for recording all research grants and contracts

Login
Research Management System (RMS) Login

Access
New users can request access by logging a ticket with IT Services.

Guidance

RMS User Guide, Version 9, March 2011 

How to generate a report guide

RMS search facilities guide May 2009

System Update Guides:

RMS Guide - New FTE Box on Investigator Page Nov 2017

RMS system release, April 2017 (The RMS price model data was updated to reflect the changes in the finance directorate's costing and pricing policy. Further information can be found on the finance website).

RMS system release, February 2015 (includes unfrozen fields, recording the price model for commercially funded research, update to the pdf report and a bug fix)

Oracle award budget guidelines

RMS into Oracle Financials interface, September 2010

RMS system release, June 2010

RMS system release, April 2009

RMS system release - amendments screen, October 2008

RMS system release, April 2007

RMS system release, December 2006

RMS system release, October 2006

Training
If you require training on the RMS contact the Research Operations Team at researchoperations@manchester.ac.uk

Power BI Will replace Discoverer as the University's reporting and analytics tool. Research applications and awards data from the data warehouse is now available in Power BI and standard reports have been shared with users who previously had access to RESEARCH_REPORTING reports in Discoverer. You can apply for access to these reports via the IT Support Portal.

The log in URL for Power BI is https://app.powerbi.com

A short training course on how to navigate the research reports within Power BI can be accessed here.

A number of training courses to introduce users to Power BI are being held in December and January. To book on a session on the Main Campus click here. To book on a session on North Campus click here.

The Research business area holds information from the RMS (Research Management System), as well as data from two legacy research systems: the RAD (Victoria University of Manchester), and Agresso (UMIST).

Oracle Discoverer Viewer allows users to view and interrogate data held in the University’s Data Warehouse. The Data Warehouse holds information from five business areas (Research, Finance, HR and Payroll, Admissions and Student Marketing, Student Records).

Discoverer is not a 'live' interactive database. The data is extracted and updated from the Data Warehouse overnight.

Discoverer has reporting and statistical functionality, with the ability to calculate percentages and totals as well as displaying 'page items' and cross tabs (pivot table) reports. Standard reports are written by the Research Operations Team (researchoperations@manchester.ac.uk) and shared with users to simplify the process of running reports.

Login
Discoverer login

Access
New users can request access by logging a ticket with IT Services.

Guidance
Queries can be emailed to researchoperations@manchester.ac.uk

Training
If you require training on Disoverer contact the Research Operations Team at researchoperations@manchester.ac.uk

Pure is the University Research Information System. Over the course of 2018 the University will begin transitioning a range of research application and award business processes into Pure. Read more about the AMM project here.

Login
Pure - https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/

Access
New users can request access by logging a ticket with IT Services.

Guidance
Guidance is available on the Pure Support Pages
Queries can be email to pure@manchester.ac.uk

Training
If you require training on Pure please contact the Pure Support Team at pure@manchester.ac.uk

pFACT is the University’s costing tool. You can access via the link below.

Login
pFACT

Access
New users can request by email to Cheryl Jackson (cheryl.jackson@manchester.ac.uk)

Guidance
pFACT Guidance is available here

• Je-S ( used by AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC and STFC)
• Royal Society
• Wellcome Trust
• Leverhulme Trust
• Cancer Research UK

• eRA Commons (NIH)
• Fastlane Research Administration (NSF)
• Grants.gov
• Proposal Central

If you need to register with another funder’s electronic submission system, and you are unsure if the University is registered with them, or you need any help and assistance, please email the Research Operations Team at researchoperations@manchester.ac.uk

The University of Manchester's 11th Research Services Conference took place on Wednesday 19th June 2019 in Roscoe Building. The event followed on from previous conferences where Research Services, Business Engagement and Research Finance colleagues came together to participate in a mixed day of presentations and workshops covering all aspects of research support.

Presentations from the 2019 conference can be found below:

Conference Programme

REF 2021 - What are the biggest challenges for our submission?

Research Finance Q&A

Introduction to Business Engagement and Knowledge Exchange

Manchester Clinical Trials Unit Costing

Manchester Clinical Trials Unit Costing - guidance document

VAT and Research

Research Services Development Opportunities - Erasmus+

Research Services Development Opportunities - Internal Development Opportunities

Update on Due Diligence for Research Collaborators

Library Research Services: to REF and beyond

Joining the dots: how Pure facilitates the capture and re-use of research information at the University

Plenary - Pure AMM

Plenary - Research Lifecycle Project

Plenary - Delivering Our Research Strategy

Plenary - Export Controls

Please complete this form in collaboration with your line manager and return to researchoperations@manchester.ac.uk. This form is for an RSO, RSM, RFO or SRFO to request access to Research Services systems and email alerts. You can also complete this form online by logging into the IT Support Portal and searching Research Services Systems Access and Email Alerts in the service catalogue.