1. Research and Enterprise Office Je-S: The system used by the UK Research Councils

2. Research and Enterprise Office Log in at: https://je-s.rcuk.ac.uk/eforms/secure/login.asp –You need to be registered and have a current Username and Password –No forms to download or format –Online applications allow multiple people to view and edit a form –The form is basically the same for all applications

3. Research and Enterprise Office Obtaining a new password for an existing account If you are not sure if you are already registered contact Jayne Cottee on jbcottee@essex.ac.uk or extension 2167

4. Research and Enterprise Office Obtaining a new password for an existing account

5. Research and Enterprise Office Creating a Je-S account

6. Research and Enterprise Office Creating your application If you are not sure if you are already registered contact Jayne Cottee on jbcottee@essex.ac.uk or extension 2167

7. Research and Enterprise Office Completing the first page

8. Research and Enterprise Office Assigning edit rights You will need to grant edit rights to: Jayne Cottee; Sarah Manning-Press, Ben Morrison and Lucy Ballard – and your Funding Development Manager, if you would like their input with your proposal

9. Research and Enterprise Office Fields completed by the REO

10. Research and Enterprise Office Help!

11. Research and Enterprise Office Procedures Allow enough time to prepare your application – it takes longer than you think. The REO will tell you when to submit and what to do: you, your Departmental Submitter and the REO press ‘submit’ buttons to send it electronically to the Research Council. If Je-S becomes locked call Jayne Cottee on extension 2167 to release it

12. Research and Enterprise Office And finally… The post-award aspect of a successful application is also dealt with on Je-S, which includes: The completion and submission of final reports Expenditure statements

13. Research and Enterprise Office Jayne Cottee jbcottee@essex.ac.uk extension 2167