Seed Corn Fund for ISSF2 – Round 3
Application for Funding
Please return the completed application form to Chrissie Walker (c.j.walker@ex.ac.uk)
Successful applicants will be required to attend a 2-day retreat where bids will be developed in
collaboration with our ISSF2 Fellows and a budget of up to £10,000 approved. As part of this
process, applicants will receive advice and guidance from teams including Commercial, Impact,
Public Engagement and involvement and Research Development Managers, who will provide
support to develop outputs and applications as your seedcorn project evolves.
The proposed date for this retreat is September 13th & 14th.
Please ensure you and your CIs are available to attend on these dates.
Deadline: Monday 20th June 2016 10am
1. APPLICANT DETAILS
PI details
CI (s) details
Discipline and College
E-mail address
Tel
2. PROJECT DETAILS
Research project title
What is the research question?
[100 words max]
How is this multidisciplinary?
[100 words max]
Why is it important?
[100 words max]
Please state which specific funding
you will apply for as a direct result of
this research project. Onward funding is
the key objective of this seed corn award.
[100 words max]
What other outputs do you expect as a
result of this award (eg papers,
software, datasets)
[100 words max]
3. RESEARCH TRANSLATION
What ‘real-world’ problem is this
research attempting to improve? If this
research succeeds, how might it
potentially improve things for those
affected?
[200 words max}
How would you describe the problem,
and your project’s contribution to a
member of the public? This ‘lay
summary’ will be used as a key
component of assessment for this funding.
[200 words max]
How might you engage and involve
members of the public in this
research?
[200 words max]
4. PROJECT PLANNING
Describe the methodology and design
you will use to answer the research
question including feasibility of the
research
[500 words max, 5 key references, 1
figure]
What skills do you require to deliver
the research project?
Is there a CBMA fellow who could
provide this expertise, or do you
require further support?
[150 words max]
What data do you need to run this
project?
What data have you already collected?
What will need to be collected?
[200 words max]
Please give an overview of how you
will collate existing data in advance of
the project. Applicants may be asked to
supply evidence of availability of existing
data.
[200 words max]