1. Introducing Research and Development Support (ReDS)
Matthew Whyte
& Sean Tonkin
Research Development Support

2. Our Background… Matthew Whyte Research Development Coordinator:
Joined the ReDS team in July 2014 and is responsible for supporting academics in the development of externally funded research projects.
Before coming to UEL, Matthew worked in Research Management & Administration at the University of the Arts London, providing pre and post award support for research grants, including bid development, costing and reporting.  He first started working in Research Support in 2003 at Camberwell College of Arts.
He has a degree in English & History from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Sean Tonkin Research Development Manager:
Sean manages the development and pre award section of ReDS and is currently focused on EU funding and the new Horizon 2020 research funding programme.
Sean joined UEL in February 2013 and has previously worked at University of the Arts, London, University of Brighton (Faculty of Art) and University of Sussex (school of Arts & Social Sciences).  
Sean has a background in Research Management and development and is a member of the ARMA Training and Development Committee. He has a degree in History of Design and postgraduate qualification in Counselling Psychology.

3. What ReDS Offers: Strategic Funding Intelligence & Dissemination
Funders workshops
Liaison with partners (administrative) and bid document preparation (non-technical)
Liaison with finance and budget preparation
Application review against guidance and award criteria
Post-award project management
Deliver funding support initiatives
IPR Advice
Consultancy
Commercialisation
Research / Innovation / Enterprise

4. ReDS and working with the UEL Research community
1-2-1
Team meetings
UEL Research Centre meetings
All School RKEL meetings
Focus Groups (Sandpits)
SWAT
ReDS ‘Headliners’
Drop-in Sessions (Stratford, USS and Docklands)

5. UEL Research Conference
Wednesday 24th June 2015
- Call for abstracts end of 2014

6. Examples of ReDS Activities
Funding development:
Offering support throughout the whole funding process
Identifying larger funding streams such as Horizon 2020
Information events around key themes Funding workshops
•  All UEL pre-award and bid development processes (Resource Planning, GAA, IPR)
• Statistical analysis and reporting of UEL bid activity and grant capture
(2012/13: 180 (+40) Research Applications £35 Million; Income of approx £3.5 Million)

8. Recent ReDS application support:
Sample of current & recently submitted projects (50/60 new bids Pipeline) including: ‘Disaster Resilience’ EU bid, led by John Preston (CASS) ‘Colonial Legacies’ British Academy, Nira Yuval Davies (Social Sciences) ‘ BT Special Olympics – Civic Engagement Voluntary Project’ Andy Minnion (ADI). PROFILE – Physical Function in Children with Haemophilia, Wendy Dreschler (HSB)

10. Recent UEL/ReDS successes:
‘Attitudes to extremism, and experiences and responses’ Alice Sampson (Social Sciences)
‘Innovative Training and New Business in the Energy Market’ Ian Bathgate EU ERASMUS+ (Business & Law)
‘Antenatal equity: Improving access to and experience of Antenatal care. NIHR, Angela Harden (HSB)
‘Development of a mindfulness based emotional intelligence intervention for at risk adolescent males’ Richard Benjamin Trust, Tim Lomas (Psychology)
‘Emerging Professional Identities of Teaching Fellows, Royal Literary Fund. Gerry Czerniawski (CASS)

11. ReDS & ADI
Ananda Breed, AHRC application ‘Digitising Communities: Conflict Negotiation through Interactive Media’ (submitted)
Rob Pyecroft Rainbow – Two Leverhulme AIR applications (submitted)
Steven Eastwood – AHRC and Wellcome Trust. ‘The Interval and the Instant’ (Submitted and in development)
Blake Morris – HEA, ‘Walking Artists Network’
Peter Morey – Leverhulme Trust, ‘Islamophobia and the Novel’
Luis C Sotelo – Leverhulme Fellowship (in development)

12. Research Income

13. Research Grant Income 2012/13
Successful Research Funding Sources
Value
% of total success
No of Bids
Charities/ Trusts / Non Government
£1,037,175
30.75% 16
UK Research Councils
£127,108
3.77% 3
European Union
£1,940,740
57.53% 6
UK Government
£203,117 6%
NHS
£65,243
1.9% 4
£3,373,383 35

14. Research Funding Blog Current funding opportunities Events News

17. Research Grants
Funding available between £50K - £1m for up to 60 months
Usually paid at 80%
Apply through Je-s – no deadline
Special grant opportunities:
funding/Themes/Digital-Transformations/Pages/Current- Funding-Opportunities.aspx

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Support imaginative and experimental arts projects that explore biomedical science
Small Arts Awards up to £30K
- development of new project ideas,
- small productions or workshops,
- investigate and experiment with new methods of engagement through the arts
- or develop new collaborative relationships between artists and scientists.
Submission through eGrants system
Deadlines: 3 times a year
Large grants two stage application, EOI submission any time

19. Postdoctoral Mid-Career Fellowships
Buy out from teaching
Must have published work of intellectual distinction
Within 15 years of PhD award
Awards up to £160K – salary limit of £80K per year for months
Submission through egap
Deadlines: 3 times a year

20. Research Grants
Up to £500K for up to 5 year project
Some teaching replacement covered
Funding available for significant publishable work
Research track record needed
E-gap application
Two stage application
No deadline for first stage

21. EU Funding for Arts
Horizon 2020 launched January 2014, €80 Billion investment in research.
EU Creative Europe:
- Submission through ECAS
- Usually EU partner network required
- Large scale collaborative applications

22. National Endowment for Science Technology and Arts – Innovation Charitable Trust, ‘bringing great ideas to life’
Currently investing in ‘a range of exciting start-ups that can make a real difference in the world, and we’re testing out new ideas to help the arts, the health system, the education system and all our public services thrive in the future’
Digital R&D fund for the Arts.

23. Application Submission Process
Get in touch with your Dean
Get in touch with ReDS at
Fill in Resource Planner
Assign an internal reviewer
Sent application to ReDS contact
Get GAA form signed off
Submit application according to funder guidance
Send ReDS submitted application

24. Please get in touch
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