Research Support Service in the Faculty of Humanities Jonathan Starbrook Head of Faculty Research Support Service 25.10.2016

Research Support Services (RSS): Who are we? RSS Team are distributed across each School within the Faculty. Each School is linked to a Research Support ‘Hub’ Each Hub feeds into the Faculty Research Support Office, which in turn feeds into central RSS structure, including Business Engagement, Knowledge Exchange Team and Contracts Team. RSS supports the University’s strategy to encourage and support ‘World Class Research’ by maximising research income, supporting researchers to undertake high quality research and exploiting research outcomes: Increase research income in Faculty year on year Support researchers from application through to award stage Exploit outcomes such as the Impact of research, data storage or IP

Deputy Dean and Vice Dean (Research) Professor Colette Fagan Head of Faculty Research Finance Lizzy Langton Arthur Lewis Research Finance MBS Research Finance SALC Research Finance Head of Research, Business Engagement & Planning Jared Ruff Knowledge Exchange & Impact Manager Sarah Albutt KEI Officers Head of Faculty Research Support Services Jonathan Starbrook SEED/Law/SoSS Research Support AMBS Research Support SALC Research Support EU Funding & Development Manager Liz Fay Research Support Assistants Laura Dobson Louise McMahon Strategic Planning Manager Richard Seeley Assistant Associate Dean (Research) Professor Nicola Glover-Thomas RA/PA Helen Norman Business Engagement Manager Dr Shanta Aphale Business Engagement Officer Rachel Kenyon Research Communications & Marketing Manager Lynda McIntosh Senior Trusts & Foundations Officer Holly Passingham

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES – RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES RESEARCH SUPPORT HUBS SALC Research Support Hub (salc.research@manchester.ac.uk) SEED/ Law/ SoSS Research Support Hub (al.researchhub@manchester.ac.uk) AMBS Research Support Hub (research.services@mbs.ac.uk) RSM - Raksha Parmer SRFO - Karina Moulinec-Rojas RSMs - Louise Gorton (Law), Elaine Edwards (SEED), Gillian Whitworth (SoSS) Patricia Gorham (SEED + Ethics) SRFO - Paul Henshall RSM - Kellie Gallagher SRFO - Matthew Warrington (also supports SEED/ Law/ SoSS Hub) RSO - Alison Plumb, Edward Salter RFO - Edith Toth RSAs - Fiona Daniel, James Mawdesley, Rhiannon Rothwell RSO - Melanie Canham, Susie Chesher, Marta Fole, Hannah Head, Joanna Jozefiak, Jill Lee Borrett, Leo Tarasov RFO - Alica Alaksova, Pat Hayder RSOs - Linzi Stirrup, Lucy Valentine RFO - Lynne Worrall Knowledge Exchange & Impact Officers Ian Boucher (MBS & Law), Carly Chadwick (SEED & SoSS), Louise Murphy (AMBS), Lucy Stone (SALC)

Who can provide support?

Where can I find research funding opportunities?   • Funding bulletins and highlighted opportunities are sent out from each Hub • School research intranet pages – specific opportunities Faculty funding webpage – extensive list of all funding opportunities available within the Humanities. Categorised sections. • https://www.researchprofessional.com – The University have a subscription to this and the website covers funding for all research areas. • Visit websites such as individual Research Councils, Charities or the European Commission • The Research Support team will help to find specific funding opportunities for your area of research – please come and meet with us.

What does a Research Support Team do? Provide support throughout the Life Cycle of research projects Application phase (known as ‘pre-award’): Help interpret and understand funding calls Liaise with funders and external partners Prepare project budget – including support for justification of resources Pathways to Knowledge Exchange and Impact Arrange internal peer-review & approval of proposal Assist lead applicant in submission of proposal

Research application systems Main application portals used: JeS for Research Council applications, EU portal for Horizon 2020 applications and Egap2 for Charities such as the British Academy. JeS - https://je-s.rcuk.ac.uk/JeS2WebLoginSite/Login.aspx EC Participant Portal - http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html Egap2 - https://egap.britac.ac.uk/ Register for each portal with affiliation to the University of Manchester. Inform the Research Office of any issue with affiliation on JeS System. Types of Proposal: Expressions of Interest Outline Proposal (Via JeS and the EC Participant Portal) Full Proposal (All systems) NB: each proposal type will have different requirements for submission.

Support for Successful Applications Notification of result – mostly goes to lead applicant (If not, Research Support Team will be contacted and will let you know) Research Support Team will process the acceptance and contract with the funder on your behalf Account code and official start date issued by Research Support Team Research Support Team will advise on recruitment processes where applicable, the awarded budget and any governance issues such as ethical approval, open access compliance, data storage On-going financial and administrative guidance on managing your grant provided by Research Support Team throughout the project lifecycle

Research Support Services Key Contacts: Alliance MBS: Kellie Gallagher, Research Support Manager tel: 0161 275 0535 Louise Murphy, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer tel: 0161 306 3369 SALC: Raksha Parmar, Research Support Manager tel: 0161 275 8375 Lucy Stone Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer tel: 0161 306 1723 SEED: Elaine Edwards, Research Support Manager tel: 0161 275 4913 Carly Chadwick, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer tel: 0161 275 4685 Law: Louise Gorton, Research Support Manager tel: 0161 275 7424 Carly Chadwick (interim) Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer tel: 0161 306 3369 SoSS: Gillian Whitworth, Research Support Manager tel: 0161-275-7366 Faculty of Humanities – RSS Handbook