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ESRC Impact Acceleration Account
Open Chair Application Form
Summer 2016
Please refer to the Guidance Notes before completing the form and contact Dr Angie Scott / Jenny Hasenfuss (NISR)
pre-submission. Word your application for a non-specialist audience.
Use minimum 10 point font size.
Maximum page limit is 10 pages total (excluding Evidence of Support from Consortium Members Appendix)
Weblink: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hss/internal/impact/iaa/
1. APPLICANTS
A. Lead Academic
B. School/Institute/Centre
C. Tel ext
D. E-mail
E. Current Post
F. Research Group or
Centre affiliation (if
any)
2. THE OPEN CHAIR CONSORTIUM
A. Proposed title of consortium
B. Brief Summary of research topic
to be explored by the
Consortium (max 100 words)
C. Members of Consortium from
beyond Newcastle University
(Give names & affiliations)
D. Members of Consortium from
Newcastle University
(Give names & School/Institute)
E. Describe how the Consortium
has been developed
(Note: Please provide Evidence
of Support from Consortium
Members in an Appendix)
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3. RESEARCH
A. Key research question to be
explored within the Open Chair
Consortium
B. Explain why this topic has been
chosen, and how it reflects
and/or addresses a social need
C. Explain the potential to deliver
transformative action towards
the identified social need
D. Links to existing research:
Explain how the Open Chair
activity will relate to existing
subject knowledge and to
research strengths at Newcastle
University
E. Details of co-funding from
stakeholders (cash and/or in
kind), including amount and
details
Cash
In Kind
£
£
F. BH reference and funder for any
funded research from which this
project was derived (if relevant)
G. ESRC Disciplinary Remit
(The research topic must be at
least 50% within the ESRC
remit)
4. OUTLINE OF ACTIVITY
Activity Plan: Outline the plans
you have to develop the research
activity and how you will undertake
this with Consortium members
involvement (e.g. co-inquiry
planning, consultation, workshops,
primary research collection,
analysis, review, dissemination etc)
It is essential that you build into
your plans, ongoing
opportunities to disseminate
work and findings between and
beyond the Consortium
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Timeframe:
Please outline an indicative
timeframe to include:
I.
Planning & delivery of
research
II.
Preparation & circulation
of dissemination materials
during research & at end
of activity
III.
How you will sustain the
interaction beyond the
ESRC IAA funding, if
appropriate
Start date
End date
Methodology: Outline how you
intend to formalise the Consortium
& any likely approaches that you
will take to the research (e.g.
methodologies, geographical area,
scope of topic, co-inquiry, coproduction of research)
Ethics: Explain what ethical
considerations you have taken into
account, and how you will address
these within the Consortium?
(Note: Applicants may find it useful
to visit the University Engagement
website www.engage-nu.com for
resources on participatory and
action approaches to community
based research)
Communication and
dissemination:
Outline how the Consortium will
I.
Work together
II.
Share information across
Consortium
III.
Share knowledge beyond
the Consortium
Impact:
Outline how the Consortium will
evidence the outcomes, outputs
and impact of its work.
In particular, explain the potential
reach and significance of your
research.
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5. ANTICIPATED OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS
As a condition of funding from the ESRC, we are required to evidence outputs, outcomes and impacts of
activity. Please outline here the anticipated outputs, outcomes and impacts of the Open Chair Consortium.
(Please link to the KPIs the ESRC IAA guidelines available from the HASS Faculty website)
1.
2.
3.
Anticipated
outputs
For example:
Joint publications
with non-academic
partners
Number of new
partners
participating in
collaborative
projects/proposals
Cash and in-kind
contributions from
non-academic
partners
1.
Anticipated
outcomes:
For example:
Increase in the
number of projects
that continue
beyond initial
engagement
Increase in number
of researchers
participating in KE
activity
Increase in
research investment
and engagement
with non-academic
organisations
1.
Anticipated
impacts:
For example:
Policy and/or
practice change
Increased R&D
expenditure of nonacademic partner
Cost savings in
non-academic
organisations
Increased coproduced research
1.
2.
3.
2.
3.
2.
3.
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6. PROJECT COSTS
A. SUPPORT REQUESTED FROM ESRC IAA OPEN CHAIR
Please provide details for each item of expenditure - a successful Open Chair Consortium application can
be supported up to the figure of £15,000 for twelve months (£10,000 ESRC and £5,000 Newcastle
Institute for Social Renewal). The expenditure should primarily cover non-salary items and may include
payments to partner organisations. The split of the award between what is to stay at Newcastle and what
is to go to partners needs to be clear at the outset of your application (even if you do not know the
amount of partners you want to give funds to and how this funding will go between partners).
A.1 SCHOOL FUNDS:
Please cost your application (referring to the Guideline’s Process Section) through MyProjects
proposals and include in your application with the headline amounts subtotals, providing full
details for each item of expenditure below. All proposed spend must comply with Newcastle
University Finance regulations: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/internal/finance/regulations/
We have included possible types of spend below as an example
Printing/photocopying/ materials (e.g. leaflets, posters, minutes of meetings)
£
Details:
Workshop/ meeting costs (e.g. room hire, catering costs)
£
Details:
Expenses/reimbursements for volunteers
£
Details:
Travel
£
Details:
Accommodation
£
Details:
Subsistence
£
Details:
Equipment
£
Details:
Salaries/Teaching buy-out costs
£
Details:
Other
£
Details:
AWARD SUB-TOTAL (A1, FUNDS STAYING AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY)
£
MyProjects Proposals Ref
P
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A.2 PARTNER FUNDS:
Please refer to the guidelines, section G.8.
Part of the award can go to Partners involved in the Consortium. Please note these funds will not be staying a
Newcastle University, therefore they do not need to be included in MyPP costings.
The split between partners can be approximate, with details being finalised once the project is underway, but amount
payable to partners cannot be changed.
Partner payment #1
£
Organisation details:
Partner payment #2
£
Organisation details:
Partner payment #3
£
Organisation details:
AWARD SUB-TOTAL (A2, FUNDS FOR PARTNERS)
£
REQUESTED TOTAL AWARD VALUE (A1 + A2)
£
B. SCHOOL COSTS (IN KIND):
Please use ‘actual salary’ under staff costs, in MyPP
Salary costs of salaried academics involved in project:
£
C. CO-FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS (FROM SECTION 2, part K), if applicable:
CASH -Sub totals of all Cash contributions, from stakeholder partners:
£
IN KIND - Sub totals of all In Kinds contributions, from stakeholder partners:
£
Co-Funding Total
£
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7. APPLICANTS’ DECLARATIONS
A. Intellectual Property Consideration
Please contact your appropriate Faculty Business Development Manager to discuss any IP queries further
There may be IP issues arising from this project
YES or NO (please delete as appropriate)
B. Data Protection Act
I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the information on this form is correct and complete. I give my consent for
my personal data to be processed by Newcastle University, within the terms of the Data Protection Act:
Print Name
Signature
Date
8. STAKEHOLDERS PARTNERS CO-SIGNATURES (if applicable)
If more partners are involved, please copy and paste the signature box below.
Partner 1:
I confirm that our organisation is committed to our involvement in the project, as outlined in the application:
Print Name
Company
Signature (or
Date
email support)
Partner 2:
I confirm that our organisation is committed to our involvement in the project, as outlined in the application:
Print Name
Company
Signature (or
Date
email support)
9. DEADLINE DATES FOR SUBMISSION
Please note: Applicants may delete the below table from their application, if required. No other
section of the form should be deleted.
Applicants should submit their application form
electronically to the Director of Research by:
The completed form should be submitted electronically by
your Director of Research (with their additional Ranking
Sheet) to Clare.Graham@ncl.ac.uk by:
Forms submitted after this deadline will without exception
not be entered into the competition.
Applications will be considered by the ESRC IAA Fund
Awards Panel on:
Results will be communicated (within two weeks of
Awards panel meeting) by:
17:00, Friday 27th May 2016
17:00, Friday 3rd June 2016
Late June – July 2016
Wednesday 3rd August 2016
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