1. Research Support Service in the Faculty of Humanities
Jonathan Starbrook
Head of Faculty Research Support Service

2. 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

3. 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

4. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES – RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES RESEARCH SUPPORT HUBS
SALC Research Support Hub
SEED/ Law/ SoSS Research Support Hub
AMBS Research Support Hub
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)

5. Who can provide support?

6. 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.
• – 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.

7. 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

8. 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 -
EC Participant Portal -
Egap2 -
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.

9. 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

10. Research Support Services Key Contacts:
Alliance MBS:
Kellie Gallagher, Research Support Manager tel:
Louise Murphy, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer tel:
SALC:
Raksha Parmar, Research Support Manager tel:
Lucy Stone Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer tel:
SEED:
Elaine Edwards, Research Support Manager tel:
Carly Chadwick, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer tel:
Law:
Louise Gorton, Research Support Manager tel:
Carly Chadwick (interim) Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer tel:
SoSS:
Gillian Whitworth, Research Support Manager tel:
Faculty of Humanities – RSS Handbook