Our services
We provide a wide range of services which include:
- Guidance on costs for research grant applications;
- Ways to maximise cost recovery from grants;
- Provide information on meeting the requirements of funding bodies;
- Provides advice on possible funding sources;
- Confirmation as to whether bids are able to go forward to gain University approval (i.e. signature by the authorised personnel in the University's Senior Management Team);
- Assistance with contracts for successful awards, in conjunction with Legal Services;
- Negotiation prior to submitting collaborative bids;
- Materials transfer;
- Identification and protection of Intellectual Property;
- Guidance on ethics approval for research undertaken by staff and research students that involves human participants, data or material.
The research support office will advise and assist with the drawing up of any research grant application and takes all applications through the University approval process. This latter stage involves checking that the bid meets the requirements of the funder and that the costings are correct and appropriate. Once these checks have been completed, and the Office has received confirmation from the sponsoring faculty that it supports the bid, the Office will then seek the appropriate University signatures. Once these have been secured, the bid will be returned to the faculty for mailing. The sooner the Office is given notification of a bid the sooner it can provide support!
In addition, the University subscribes to:
Research Professional (formerly ResearchResearch). This is an online source of information on research funding opportunities and news, which can be customised to meet particular staff requirements.
Contacts
The research support office, lead by Sarah Taylor is part of the Research and Business Development Office. RBDO is based in room BG03 in the Buckley Building. We will be pleased to assist with any queries.
| Name | Activity Covered
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| Lynette Basha | Research funding in the areas of Health and Life Sciences |
| Rashda Mahmood (Mon-Tues) Muneera Masterman (Tues-Fri) | Consultancy projects |
| Dasha Maximova | Post Award Processes |
| Steven Radley | Research primarily funded by Charities |
| Sarah Taylor | Research primarily funded by the research councils and contracts for successful awards |
| Lorraine Williams | Research primarily funded by the EU |
| Louise Wood | Research Ethics, Research Policy Support |