Life Sciences Grant Application Proforma: Notification, Internal Review &
Preliminary Costings
N.B this form should be submitted to Dave Goulson, David Rose (D.A.Rose@sussex.ac.uk) and
Anett Kiss (A.Z.Kiss@sussex.ac.uk) and copied to Laurence Pearl, no less than 6 weeks prior to
the formal grant deadline. The completed application MUST be circulated for signatures at least 3
working days before the submission deadline.
There are some resources you may find helpful in preparing your application
Impact http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/research/impact
Successful Application Library http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/research/proposals/sal
Principal applicant (& institution if not Sussex):
Co-applicants (& institution if not Sussex):
Grant funding body and initiative:
Deadline:
1. Summary of research objectives (include why the research is novel &timely):
2a. What will be the impact of this research?
2b. Identify the main components of your Impact Plan:
3. What is your track record in this and/or related research area? Please give some indication
of key recent publications (number and journals)?
4. What preliminary data can you supply?
5. Has this or a related proposal been rejected before, and do you have any feedback?
6. Who are you going to ask to help you with this proposal? Name 2 “critical friends” (i.e. who
have agreed to review drafts of the proposal including the Impact Plan)
7. Does this grant involve complex issues such as external contracts or partnership agreements
with collaborators; tender documents for capital equipment etc?
Life Sciences Grant Application Proforma, version: May 2016
8. Please provide the following preliminary costing information
Project title:
Is the Project classified as medical research Y/N:
Project start and end date:
PI & Co PI hours per week:
Number of post-docs/RA:
Any known large pieces of equipment/facilities usage:
Approx. consumables if known:
Approx. Total Budget:
9. Research Programmes funded by the Sussex Research Strategic Competition:
Is this a Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) bid? Y/N:
Is this a Sussex Humanities Lab (SHL) bid? Y/N:
Life Sciences Grant Application Proforma, version: May 2016