RCU1 Form: Research Proposal Costing Form
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
This form should be completed and sent to Mat Young (matthew.young @ucl.ac.uk)
 For a standard application please submit at least 15 working days before the
submission deadline
 For Fellowship applications please submit at least 20 working days before the
submission deadline.
Where insufficient time is given, there is no guarantee that your application will be
processed by the deadline.
Please read the guidelines for a call. You should pay particular attention to when the
award will be announced, your start date should be after this and for standard applications
at least 6 months after the date of submission.
If completing electronically, click on the grey fields and type in text
Short Project Title (50 char. max):
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Funding Organisation / Sponsor:
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Funding Scheme / Type of Award:
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Deadline for Submission:
Project Start Date:
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End Date:
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The Academic Content of this Research Project has been reviewed by:
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For Research Councils only: Is this a joint application YES/NO
If Yes - Are we the lead RO? YES/NO
If No – Will the cost be submitted by UCL or the Lead RO? UCL/Lead RO
INVESTIGATORS
Enter all investigators / co-investigators who will work on the project.
Only those employed by UCL Physics will be costed by the Department.
PI/Co-I’s from other organisations and other UCL departments will need to prepare their
own costing for the project. (This is to ensure the correct FEC rates are applied)
Name
Principal
Co-Investigator
Co-Investigator
Co-Investigator
Department
University
(if not UCL)
STAFF COSTS
◙ Existing UCL Staff
(incl. PI/Co-I) –
NOTES
1. You must include an allowance for PI time even if the sponsor will not fund it, as we
need to know the actual full economic cost for the project whether FEC applies or not.
2. You should preferably include a % of support staff (secretarial and computer support)
Staff
Name
Staff Type PI/CoI/
Researcher/Tech
Start
Date
End
Date
FTE %
OR
Average
Hrs /
Week
1 (PI)
2
3
4
5
6
7
… add lines for extra project staff
◙ New UCL Staff
Staff
Name (if
known)
Staff
Type
Grade
Spine
##
##
Start
Date
End
Date
FTE
%
OR
Average
Hrs / Week
1
2
3
4
◙ UCL Project Students –
Stipend and fees are only required if it is not at the EPSRC ‘Standard’ rate and in any case
must be costed using one of the UCL approved rates. Studentships should be either 3 or
preferably 4 years in duration.
Stipend
Fees
Start
End
Name (if known)
p.a.
p.a.
Date
Date
◙ MAPS WORKSHOP TIME
Research Councils only: We strongly recommend that you apply for workshop time where
appropriate. The current FEC rate is £54 per hour.
Name of workshop staff
Hours
fEC
Total
MAPS WORKSHOP
£54
◙ NON-STAFF EXPENDITURE
All the following costs should be totals i.e. do not remove any VAT component.
Categories are given for guidance – please ignore, amend or add extra as necessary
It will be assumed that the figure you give below is the value you will enter on the
application form.
◙ Equipment Items (£’s)
Items treated as Equipment by sponsor (for
research councils individual items >£3,000)
Purchase
Total
Item / Description
Unit Cost
Quantity
Date
Cost
◙ Other Direct Costs (£’s) – You can delete and change the list below. Headings are
for guideline purposes only. Many sponsors are only interested in the total figure rather
than a year by year breakdown.
Item
1. Travel and Expenses
1.1
UK & EU
1.2
Elsewhere overseas
2. Consumables
2.1
Other equipment
2.2
Computer related
2.3
Project materials
2.4
Project specific equip.
maintenance
2.5
Recruitment/adverts
2.6
Training
2.7
Consultants
2.8
Sub-contract work –
please define
2.9
Publication costs
2.10
2.11
Other Costs – please
define
Maintenance contracts
– please define
Project Years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
TOTAL
Additional Comments –
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FULL COSTING REQUESTED BY:
Investigator Name:
Date:
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