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• Be realistic about what resources you need and if you need help ask your school’s Research Administrator or your Research Development Officer (they can provide a list of possible costs to consider including in a research project). • Do not write your proposal and then try to ‘bolt-‐on’ the budget at the end. Try to develop the two strands in tandem so that the resources requested are reflected and justified in your research plan. 6. Internal Peer Review • Ensure that you follow your own school’s internal peer review process as failure to do so may result in a refusal to submit the bid. Some schools have a very well defined process with early deadlines and clear requirements. Make sure you find out about these in good time. • If no internal peer review process exists then give a completed version of your application to a fellow academic, either in your own school, or elsewhere in the <strong>University</strong> (e.g. within your College), and ask them to comment on it. • If you have not yet identified a suitable person, your Research Administrator or Research Development Officer will be happy to help. • Allow sufficient time to do this for your internal reviewer to read and comment fully, and this should ensure that you have time to make necessary changes. (2 – 3 weeks before submission if possible). • Take comments on board and make changes where relevant. Do not assume that criticism is personal. Internal peer review is a way to access your peers’ expertise and an opportunity to polish your application. Take advantage of it! 7. Submission Process • Review your application and make sure all the attachments and information are in order and every question has been answered. 6
• Take your application and completed CAP form to your School Research Office or HoS for sign-‐off. • Ask your school ‘approver’ to send the completed, signed CAP form, preferably electronically, to racd_eds@cf.ac.uk. CU financial guidance states that forms should be sent no less than 5 working days before the deadline. • Most applications need an institutional sign-‐off and this adds time to the submission process. If you try to submit your application two minutes before a formal deadline, we cannot ensure that we will have processed all of the information in time to get it to the funder. EU: The majority of proposals for European Union funding are submitted through the EC Research Participant Portal where personal registration is required. You will need to request standard administrative information from the European Office to support you proposal and to grant access to your proposal account. Email European-‐ Research@cf.ac.uk for more information 8. PI Response • Some funders will ask you to respond to reviewers’ comments. In many cases these have a tight deadline to respond, but your responses can make a difference to the final assessment of your application. You must respond when you are given the opportunity to do so. • Do not take any of the reviewers’ comments personally and address any issues raised in a calm and professional fashion. Consult an experienced colleague for advice. 9. Your Offer Letter • If your application is successful, alert Research, Innovation and Enterprise Services as soon as possible. When you receive formal notification we can start to set up contracts and accounts. • Consider making your successful application available to others for reference, via your school or Research, Innovation and Enterprise Services (this can be anonymised if you prefer). • If you were unsuccessful, take advice from others in considering how you might improve the proposal for resubmission or application to another funder. 7
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