Confidence in Concept: University of Cambridge
Application Cribsheet
Internal Funding Call – Round 5
Research
Operations
Contact
PIs intending to submit a proposal will need to work with their
departmental grants administrator to prepare costings. Your
departmental ROO contact will be able to provide assistance with X5 or
any aspect of completing the form, a list of contacts by department can
be found here;
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/contact/default.aspx
Office for
Translational
Research
Deadline
How to apply
5pm on Friday April 17th 2015
Eligibility
requirements
•
Principal Investigator at Schools of Clinical Medicine or Biological
Sciences. Investigators from other Schools to pre-discuss applications
with the Office for Translational Research.
•
Principal Investigator: one application per CiC call and only one
CiC award to be held at any one time.
•
Collaborative applications permitted where it is agreed in advance
that Cambridge will be the consortium lead for future translational
funding applications.
•
For industrial collaborations people exchange is permitted, where
focused on the delivery of the project objectives.
•
If applicant retirement is expected, the proposal must state who
will take over responsibility for the award at the point of the awardee’s
retirement.
•
All responsibilities of Investigators, Collaborators and Heads of
Department are as stated in MRC guidance to applicants for the
Developmental Pathways Funding Scheme.
Please leave sufficient time for the Head of Department and
administrative authority to approve and sign the application.
The completed and Department-signed application form and X5 should
be returned by email to Victoria Smallbone at the Office for Translational
research at translation@medschl.cam.ac.uk by Friday April 17th 2015.
Provided by Research Operations Office, University of Cambridge, this sheet is to be used for
information purposes only and is intended to act as a guidance document only.
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X5 Funder
Name &
Scheme
Funder name: [MRC] MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Funder scheme: Standard
X5 report
JES
Funding
available
The financial support may be requested for up to 6 months and should
typically not exceed £70k at 80% fEC.
The direct costs may include:
 support for additional research, technical or other posts
 consumables
 equipment
 travel costs
Awards will be made at 80% fEC – Departments will need to ensure that
all direct costs are covered within the 80% fEC. Any shortfall will have
to be provide by the Department
Inflation
Ineligible
costs
Equipment: Only items over £3000 are considered equipment. Normal
50% co-funding rule applies to purchasing of equipment.
Zero inflation
No provision for inflation will be made for large equipment costs. With
the exception of circumstances outlined in the MRC Research Grant
terms and conditions, there will be no increase to the value of an MRC
award. CiC awards do not cover costs associated with funding of
students.
Provided by Research Operations Office, University of Cambridge, this sheet is to be used for
information purposes only and is intended to act as a guidance document only.
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