Research Costing Form for URMS
Please note project code number here –
1. The Project
Project title:
Investigator Name:
Type (please indicate):
Research Project / Student Governance / Travel Grant /
Research Studentship
Start date:
End date:
Is this this proposal to renew an existing project?
Yes / No
Sponsor’s Submission Date:
dd/mm/yyyy
Confidentiality: do you need to protect your research ideas/Proposal?
Yes / No
Collaboration: will the project involve working with other organisations?
Yes / No
Is ‘matched funding’ required from the University?
If so, how much (%total cost)?
Yes / No
Is there any ‘matched funding’ provided by collaborators?
Yes / No
2. Workspace/DoH
Will the project require:
 High cost security or safety protection?
Yes / No

Disposal of hazardous, electrical, electronic, radioactive sealed
sources or clinical waste (such as sharps, body fluids, tissues, etc.)?
Yes / No

The storage and/or use of generation of any hazardous materials, or
generate an increase in noise, temperature or vibration levels?
Yes / No

Additional space, infrastructure (including electricity or water
supplies), or modifications to existing space?
Yes / No
Advice regarding the questions above may be sought from the University’s Facilities
Management Directorate.
Yes / No
 Will this project involve significant computing resources (e.g.
hardware other than regular PCs, or access to facilities,
infrastructure, advice or services from CICS)?
Yes / No
 Conflict of interest: Is there any potential material interest which
may, or appear to, impair the independence/objectivity of staff?
Yes / No
 Controversy: may any aspect be seen as controversial in the public
domain?
Yes – IMP trial
 Is this a clinical trial? (Not only investigational medicinal
Yes – other
product trials).
No
University of Sheffield
 Is the DoH Research Governance Framework applicable and,
Other organisation
if so, who is the research governance sponsor?
Not Applicable

Will the project employ research staff who will conduct research in
the NHS which can have an impact on patient care, but who do not
already have substantive NHS or honorary clinical contracts? (If
yes, £250 per person will be included on the costing).
 Is this a social care research project that will identify participants
through Sheffield City Council’s social care services?
Notes (please use this space for any notes to wish to include):
Yes / No
Yes / No
3. Sponsors and Collaborators for this Project
Full name:
Programme Name:
Relationship (please indicate):
Sponsor /Sponsor – Primary / Collaborator /Collaborator
- Lead
% of project to Sponsor:
Sponsor is a UoS Spin Out:
Yes / No
Knowledge Transfer:
Yes / No
Collaborator
Contact details
Note:
1. A detailed breakdown of collaborator fEC will be needed for your application form.
2. You should send a copy of the agreed collaborator costs to the Research Office at research.eds@sheffield.ac.uk
Full Economic Costs:
Expected Price (GBP):
4. Investigators
Investigator’s Name:
Value (%) – must
equal 100%:
Primary Investigator:
5. Project Costs
Existing employees
Name
Staff type:
Investigator – DI
Non-Investigator – DI
Investigator – DA
Exception
Staff Excluded from Cost
Pool Technician – DA
Staff start
date on
project
Staff End
date on
project
Annual
hours
%
involvement/
Grade &
Grade point
New appointment
Department
Staff type:
Investigator – DI
Non-Investigator – DI
Investigator – DA
Exception
Staff Excluded from Cost
Pool Technician – DA
Staff start
date on
project
Staff End
date on
project
%
involvement/
Annual hours
Pay Scale
Type
Grade &
Grade
point
Personnel
Area/
Sub-area
Non-staff costs
DI:
Year 1
£
 Travel & Subsist
£
 *Equipment
£
 Consumables
£
 Animal costs
£
 Pathways to Impact
£
 External Consult
£
 Recruitment
£
 Special Services
£
 Exceptional items
DA:
£
 Major facilities
£
 Animal costs
£
 Other
Except’s
£
 Equip. >50K (old)
£
 Travel
£
 Other
£
 Student Fees
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