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Debbie Greer Research Development Officer Warwick Medical School Research Support Services d.greer@warwick.ac.uk +44 276 150537. Grant application process. Costing your proposal Timelines Notification of Intent to Submit Financial Procedures.
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Debbie Greer Research Development Officer Warwick Medical School Research Support Services d.greer@warwick.ac.uk +44 276 150537
Grant application process • Costing your proposal • Timelines • Notification of Intent to Submit • Financial Procedures
1. Costing your proposal: full Economic Costing • Full Economic Costing Introduced throughout all HEI’s August 2006, replacing a % overhead system with TRAC (Transparent Approach to Costing), which provides auditable rates for Estates and Indirect costs per FTE of research staff working on a research project. • What are Estates and Indirect costs? • Estates: The estates rate is calculated to include premises-related research costs, including: • Repairs and maintenance • Basic services and utilities, rates, rents, insurance, gross buildings depreciation • Estates staff, cleaning, porters, security • Existing equipment and research facilities (with the exception of a limited number of charged out directly allocated research facilities) • Indirects: These are non-specific costs charged across all projects, based on estimates, that are not otherwise included as directly allocated costs: • General office and basic laboratory consumables • Library services/learning resources • Typing/secretarial • Finance, personnel, public relations and departmental services • Central and distributed computing (if not directly allocated)
3. Notification of Intent to Submit • When?: All stages of grant applications are covered including Expressions of Interest and Outline proposals • Why? • Steering Committee sign off • Insurance review • CTU collaboration • Research Design Service • External collaborator buy-in, especially in the NHS (Trusts; CLRN’s) • Peer review • Sign off via WOLF (Warwick OnLine FP14a) system
4. Financial Procedures: University wide Policy,FP14a, b and c • FP14a, Internal approval prior to grant submission which is mandatory • FP14b, Acceptance of an Award • Under-recovery rules • Authorised signatories of awards • FP14c, Declaration of Ethical compliance
And finally…. In your applications and emails please include: • Name • Department / Division • Host / Lead Institution (where the majority of your employment contract is held) • Second Institution