Introducing Research and Development Support (ReDS)
Matthew Whyte& Sean Tonkin Research Development Support
Our Background…
Matthew Whyte Research Development Coordinator:
• Joined the ReDS team in July 2014 and is responsible for supporting academics in the development of externally funded research projects.
• Before coming to UEL, Matthew worked in Research Management & Administration at the University of the Arts London, providing pre and post award support for research grants, including bid development, costing and reporting. He first started working in Research Support in 2003 at Camberwell College of Arts.
• He has a degree in English & History from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Sean Tonkin Research Development Manager:• Sean manages the development and pre award section of ReDS and is
currently focused on EU funding and the new Horizon 2020 research funding programme.
• Sean joined UEL in February 2013 and has previously worked at University of the Arts, London, University of Brighton (Faculty of Art) and University of Sussex (school of Arts & Social Sciences).
• Sean has a background in Research Management and development and is a member of the ARMA Training and Development Committee. He has a degree in History of Design and postgraduate qualification in Counselling Psychology.
What ReDS Offers:• Strategic Funding Intelligence & Dissemination• Funders workshops• Liaison with partners (administrative) and bid document preparation
(non-technical) • Liaison with finance and
budget preparation• Application review against
guidance and award criteria• Post-award project management• Deliver funding support initiatives• IPR Advice• Consultancy• Commercialisation• Research / Innovation / Enterprise
ReDS and working with the UEL Research community• 1-2-1• Team meetings• UEL Research Centre meetings• All School RKEL meetings• Focus Groups (Sandpits)• SWAT• ReDS ‘Headliners’• Drop-in Sessions (Stratford,
USS and Docklands)
Examples of ReDS Activities
Funding development:
• Offering support throughout the whole funding process
• Identifying larger funding streams such as Horizon 2020
• Information events around key themes Funding workshops
• All UEL pre-award and bid development processes (Resource Planning, GAA, IPR)
• Statistical analysis and reporting of UEL bid activity and grant capture
(2012/13: 180 (+40) Research Applications £35 Million; Income of approx £3.5 Million)
Recent ReDS application support:
Sample of current & recentlysubmitted projects (50/60 new bidsPipeline) including:‘Disaster Resilience’ EU bid, led byJohn Preston (CASS)‘Colonial Legacies’ British Academy, Nira Yuval Davies (Social Sciences)‘ BT Special Olympics – Civic Engagement Voluntary Project’ Andy Minnion (ADI).PROFILE – Physical Function in Children with Haemophilia, Wendy Dreschler (HSB)
http://www.uel.ac.uk/research/reds/investment/
Recent UEL/ReDS successes:
• ‘Attitudes to extremism, and experiences and responses’ Alice Sampson (Social Sciences)
• ‘Innovative Training and New Business in the Energy Market’ Ian Bathgate EU ERASMUS+ (Business & Law)
• ‘Antenatal equity: Improving access to and experience of Antenatal care. NIHR, Angela Harden (HSB)
• ‘Development of a mindfulness based emotional intelligence intervention for at risk adolescent males’ Richard Benjamin Trust, Tim Lomas (Psychology)
• ‘Emerging Professional Identities of Teaching Fellows, Royal Literary Fund. Gerry Czerniawski (CASS)
ReDS & ADI
• Ananda Breed, AHRC application ‘Digitising Communities: Conflict Negotiation through Interactive Media’ (submitted)
• Rob Pyecroft Rainbow – Two Leverhulme AIR applications (submitted)
• Steven Eastwood – AHRC and Wellcome Trust. ‘The Interval and the Instant’ (Submitted and in development)
• Blake Morris – HEA, ‘Walking Artists Network’• Peter Morey – Leverhulme Trust, ‘Islamophobia and the
Novel’• Luis C Sotelo – Leverhulme Fellowship (in development)
Research Income 2009 - 2013
2009 10 2010 11 2011 12 2012 13£0
£500,000
£1,000,000
£1,500,000
£2,000,000
£2,500,000
£3,000,000
£3,500,000
£4,000,000
Successful
Research Grant Income 2012/13
Successful Research Funding Sources Value
% of total success
No of Bids
Charities/ Trusts / Non Government £1,037,175 30.75% 16 UK Research Councils £127,108 3.77% 3 European Union £1,940,740 57.53% 6 UK Government £203,117 6% 6 NHS £65,243 1.9% 4
£3,373,383 35
Research Funding Blog
Current funding opportunities
Events
News
http://uelresearch.wordpress.com/
Research Grants
Funding available between £50K - £1m for up to 60 months
Usually paid at 80%
Apply through Je-s – no deadline
Special grant opportunities:
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funding-Opportunities/Research-funding/Themes/Digital-Transformations/Pages/Current-Funding-Opportunities.aspx
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Support imaginative and experimental arts projects that explore biomedical science
Small Arts Awards up to £30K
- development of new project ideas,
- small productions or workshops,
- investigate and experiment with new methods of engagement through the arts
- or develop new collaborative relationships between artists and scientists.
Submission through eGrants system
Deadlines: 3 times a year
Large grants two stage application, EOI submission any time
Postdoctoral Mid-Career Fellowships
Buy out from teaching
Must have published work of intellectual distinction
Within 15 years of PhD award
Awards up to £160K – salary limit of £80K per year for 6-12 months
Submission through egap
Deadlines: 3 times a year
Research Grants
Up to £500K for up to 5 year project
Some teaching replacement covered
Funding available for significant publishable work
Research track record needed
E-gap application
Two stage application
No deadline for first stage
EU Funding for Arts
Horizon 2020 launched January 2014, €80 Billion investment in research.
EU Creative Europe: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/calls/index_en.htm
- Submission through ECAS
- Usually EU partner network required
- Large scale collaborative applications
• National Endowment for Science Technology and Arts – Innovation Charitable Trust, ‘bringing great ideas to life’
• Currently investing in ‘a range of exciting start-ups that can make a real difference in the world, and we’re testing out new ideas to help the arts, the health system, the education system and all our public services thrive in the future’
• Digital R&D fund for the Arts.• http://artsdigitalrnd.org.uk/projects/
Application Submission Process
Get in touch with your Dean
Get in touch with ReDS at [email protected]
Fill in Resource Planner
Assign an internal reviewer
Sent application to ReDS contact
Get GAA form signed off
Submit application according to funder guidance
Send ReDS submitted application
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