Debbie Saunders

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Debbie Saunders External Funding Officer
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External Funding Officers

• Chris Beynon
• ext 5015 c.beynon_at_swan.ac.uk
• Environment Society Bio Medical Research -
  School of Medicine Business Economics Law
• Adrian Walters
• ext 3724 a.s.walters_at_swan.ac.uk
• Engineering Physical Sciences Health Sciences
• Debbie Saunders
• ext 2094 d.e.f.saunders_at_swan.ac.uk
• Arts Humanities Human Sciences Health
  Services Research School of Medicine
• Julie Williams Senior External Funding Officer
• ext 5824 j.williams_at_swan.ac.uk
• European Projects

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DRI Operational Units

• 343m Convergence Projects
• Closedown of 30m
• Objective 1 projects

• Patents
• HR Issues
• Recruitment
• Licensing
• IP
• Legal Disputes
• Due Diligence
• Spin-out

Intellectual Property
European Office
Business Partnerships (including the Dragon
Innovation Partnership)
Research Support Office

• 850 Active Contracts
• 750 proposals submitted p.a.
• 21m research income
• Contract support
• Monitoring Expenditure

• SMEs
• MNEs
• 2nd Campus
• Techniums
• Industrial Clusters
• Dragon
• HEFCW 3M Fund

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Writing Grant Proposals

• Funders
• Project Planning
• Resources Justification
• Impact Plan
• Peer Review
• Submission Methods
• Common Pitfalls
• Risk Assessment
• Career Planning
• Master Class Stefan Doerr SOTEAS

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Application Approach

• Identifying Funding www.researchresearch.com
• Scatter gun
• Themed/ Targeted
• Keep Applying
• Adapt Applications in Response to Review Feedback

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Funders

• Know your Funder
• Priority Areas
• Research Value to Potential Users
• Program Officer
• Guidelines
• Eligibility
• Application Process
• Risk Assessment gt 500k

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Project Planning

• DRI Support
• Deadline
• Submission Method
• School Support
• Risk Assessment
• DRI Sign Off

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Project Proposal

• What
• Why
• Who
• How
• Where
• When
• Outcomes

• Inspired Idea
• Case for Support
• People Partners
• Resources Method
• Office/ Lab/ Field
• Allow 9 months from Submission

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Narrative

• Use Funders Key Words
• Answer Funders research questions
• Simple English
• Be Specific
• Fully Develop Ideas
• Contact your Referees
• Research Outcomes Dissemination Impact

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Costing the Project

• Full Economic Costing Model
• A price which, if recovered across an
  institutions full programme, would recover the
  total cost (direct, indirect and total overhead)
  of the institution, including an adequate
  recurring investment in the institutions
  infrastructure
• Introduced September 2005 for UK Research
  Council applications

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Costing Research Grants (FEC)
Summary Fund
Fund
Category
Staff Travel Subsistence Other Costs Equipment
Research Technician Other Fellows Visiting
Researchers Investigators
Directly Incurred
Directly Allocated
Investigators Estate Costs Other Directly
Allocated
Investigators
Indirect Costs
Indirect Costs
Staff Equipment Other costs
Project Students
Exceptions
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Justification of Resources

• Give Detailed Breakdown
• Bullet Point
• Explain expenditure Who, Why, What, Where, When
  How

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Impact Summary/Plan

• Knowledge
• Society
• People
• Economy

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Ethics RGF

• Research Involving
• People/ Animals Ethics Approval
• Internal School / University
• External LREC/ MREC Approval
• Access to NHS Data/ Patients RGF

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Internal Review

• Funder Guidelines
• Scientific/ Academic Merit
• Originality
• Methods Timescale
• Value for Money
• Deliverables
• Impact
• Applicant Competence skills, experience
  approach
• Resources
• Overall Merit

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• Risk Assessment

• Ciaran Whyte Risk Administrator
• Planning Strategic Projects Unit ext 5701
• 2 Tier RA process
• Online Intranet Preliminary RA - in development
• Full Risk Assessment Appraisal for
• High value gt 500k risky projects

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Application Submission

• Institutional Endorsement
• Submission Method
• Hardcopy
• Online
• PI Submit
• School Approval
• DRI Submits for University

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Common Pitfalls

• Missed Deadlines
• Concise Narrative word limits
• Project Returns
• Attachments
• Failing at Peer Review
• Competition Standing Out from the Crowd

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Career Planning

• Co-I for Experience
• Join Networks
• Small Awards Travel, Conference Awards
• Early Career Fellowships
• Small Project Grants
• Collaborative Projects

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Adding Value

• Projects that Contribute to School Business Plan
• Meet University Strategic Objective
• Meet Funder Strategic Aims
• Prestigious Funding Schemes
• Prestigious Funders

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Recap

• Funders
• Project Planning
• Resources Justification
• Impact Plan
• Peer Review
• Submission Methods
• Common Pitfalls
• Risk Assessment
• Career Planning