Grant Application Proforma:
Notification, Internal Review & Preliminary Costing
Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications
This form should be submitted by the Mentor to the HAHP Director of Research &
KE, Head of Department & the RDO (Amelia Wakeford), and copied to the Head of
School, no less than 6 weeks before the formal grant deadline.
Final detailed costing information must be provided at least 2 weeks before the
deadline (longer is recommended )
The completed application and internal approval paperwork must be circulated for
signatures at least 3 working days before the submission deadline.
Grant funding body and scheme:
Deadline:
Weblink to scheme information:
A. APPLICANT INFORMATION
1. Applicant Name:
2. Email Address:
3. Telephone (mobile/landline):
4. Has your PhD been awarded?
5. If yes, please give date of award (month / year)
6. If no, please give expected date of viva:
7. Awarding Institution:
8. Nationality / official country of residence:
9. Are you currently residing in the UK?
10. If yes, please state how long you have been living here. If no, please state
where you have been living for the last three years. During that time, have
you spent more than 12 months in the UK? (note: this information is
important for schemes such as Marie Curie fellowships. Please check you
meet any “mobility criteria” and give information, not just on your official
country of residence, but where you have actually been living.)
B. MENTOR INFORMATION (to be completed by the Mentor)
1. Mentor Name:
2. Please state why this person is a good choice for a Postdoctoral Fellowship:
3. Please state why Sussex is a suitable Host Institution:
C. PROJECT INFORMATION & TRACK RECORD (to be completed by the
PDF applicant)
1. Summary of research objectives (include why the research is novel &
timely; what will be the impact of the research?)
2. What is your track record in this and/or related research area? Please
give a summary of your PhD research and some indication of key recent
publications (number and journals)
3. What research bids have you previously submitted in this area (both
awarded and rejected). Please also give any related bid experience (eg
inclusion in others’ bids)
4. Who are you going to ask to help you with this proposal? Name “critical
friends” (i.e. who have agreed to review drafts of the proposal)
5. Does this grant involve complex issues such as specialist equipment (eg for
digital humanities projects); collaborators/project partners from beyond
the academic sector / overseas; Copyright or other Intellectual Property
Rights issues (eg use of existing IP or shared creation of new IP) etc.
6. Does this project involve any areas that are new to you: ‘impact’; website
hosting; digital humanities; copyright or Intellectual Property issues;
work requiring ethical review etc.
7. Resources and Budget: Please provide the following preliminary
information – as applicable to your project.
o Project title:
o Project start and end date:
o How many years postdoctoral research experience do you have?
o Do you currently hold a research post? If so, please give grade &
salary:
o Resources needed for Research and Training Activities (eg field
work; interviews; archival research; workshops; travel and
subsistence etc) Give estimated costs:
o Resources for Dissemination, Outreach and Impact (conference
attendance / hosting, user group activities, public engagement etc)
Give estimated costs:
8. Have you looked at Successful Applications or project abstracts for this
funder/scheme (contact RDO to obtain these)?
9. Please confirm that you have read the scheme notes YES / NO