Procedures for the Operation of the School of Psychology Research Staff
Development Fund
The School now has a modest fund set aside specifically for the research needs
and professional development of research staff and is open to all research staff.
This includes postdocs who are employed on a grant administered by the
University of Sussex or who have secured their own grant and are listed as a
‘visitor’ but for whom the University of Sussex is their sole base.
This paper sets out some simple procedures for its administration.
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Uses for the funds include, but are not limited to: conference attendance,
small pump priming projects, networking and outreach activities such as
lab visits, training and workshop attendance, travel for job applications,
conference and workshop organisation, seminar series organisation and
potentially contributions to open access.
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Joint applications are welcomed.
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Research staff should be in post at the time the funds are due to be spent.
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The fund is aimed to provide a swift response to requests and so will be
open all year round with the aim that a decision will be made within 4
weeks. Reminders will be sent out termly.
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Applicants will be required to fill out the application form below.
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There will be a normal upper limit of £500. Applications that involve
several research staff or are likely to have a significant benefit for the
school at large (such as networking events and conference organisation)
may be awarded larger sums. Sums are unlikely to exceed £1000 and not
all costs may be covered.
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The proposals will be sent, in the first instance, to Dan CampbellMiekeljohn who will consult with others (including DDS and DRaKE and
Prof. Sam Cartwright-Hatton) before making a decision. Awards will be
announced in the School Bulletin.
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Applicants must demonstrate that they cannot raise funds from other
internal and external sources. Please see below for current list of
University and School level grants available.
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Recipients will have to provide a short (1 page maximum) report
describing the outcomes achieved and monies spent. These reports will
be due no later than the beginning of the term following the anticipated
event/project and will be made available at a School meeting.
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Where permission is given, successful applications will be kept in a bank
for potential applicants to view. This will be held by Lene Hyltoft.
Application Form
Please provide an up to date CV with this form.
1. Name
2. Email
3. University Education (type and subject of degree, class, when
obtained, institution)
4. Current Position (including title, project, date of appointment, end
date and supervisor)
5. Details of money requested (what purpose, date required, if on going
project then state duration).
6. Why this is important (benefits to applicant and/or wider research
community)
7. Details of other sources of funding available and whether these have
been sought (including why it wasn’t included in the current grant
that is funding you). Details of other contributors to the costs.
8. Costs (including costs covered by research staff fund and other
contributors. Please provide clear itemised budget)
9. List dates of all previous applications under this fund and whether
they have been successful.
10. If your application is successful, can this application be included in a
bank of successful applications to be viewed by psychology research
staff? Y/N.
If the Research Staff is not a PI on their own grant then a brief supporting
statement from the PI should be included. Please comment on the quality
of work, relevance of application, how it sits alongside the existing project,
financial need, benefits to career progression, any other comments.
Other Potential Sources of Internal Funding
Researcher Led Initiative Fund (RLI)
Up to £1000. Specific calls given
Administered by the Doctoral School, this fund supports research staff to
organise and run their own development events and activities including hosting
a career development forum, networking event, or regular networking forum,
seminar or conference programme, journal club, workshop to address a specific
development need (not already offered at Sussex).
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/internal/funding/rli/
School of Psychology Impact Fund
Usually up to £2000. Application throughout the year.
Fund for impact related activities not covered by current grant but likely to have
strong benefits for impact activities in the School. Relevant activities could
include organising showcase events for non-academic research users, employing
an RA/RF on a short contract to work on specific impact-related activities such
as market research to test commercialisation potential, development of a website or other social media activities, pump-priming of recent outcomes to
facilitate an application for external follow-on funding and costs of putting on a
specific public engagement activity (e.g. a demo at Brighton Science Festival, etc)
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology/internal/staff/proceduresetc
Sussex Research Development Fund
£5,000-50,000. Calls given.
Research staff can apply to this fund as a co-PI with a permanent faculty
member. The scheme will fund activities potentially ranging from the gathering
of data to support a specific funding proposal to the hosting of visiting
academics, practitioners, policymakers and industrial partners to develop
collaborative projects with Sussex researchers. This initiative is not intended to
underwrite conference hosting, attendance or dissemination, nor should it be
used as a bridging fund for research staff. Projects would normally be expected
to begin within 2 months of notification and run for a maximum of 12 months.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/research/sussexresearch/rdf
Open Access Block Funds
The library holds funding given to the University by Research Councils and some
other UK funders to provide funds for Open Access publication of research from
projects funded by them. Contact the library for details.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/research/openaccess
School of Psychology Research Fund
Up to £4,000, average £2,000.
This is a fund specifically for incidental research needs (e.g., open access, pumppriming) open to all teaching and research faculty. This option may be useful to
consider for slightly larger projects or joint ventures with other faculty,
particularly as a source of additional funds alongside the research staff fund.
School of Psychology Open Access Fund
Currently being set up.