Research office update - MHT Research Conference

Research Office Update

Dr. David Young, University Research Office

Rising to the Top 50: Research and research income is a key part of the University strategy.

No one is standing still…

…and the funding environment has changed.

Faculty has had recent major successes and we need to build on this.

It’s our job to facilitate submission of high quality research bids through:

identification of opportunities;horizon scanning;facilitating interdisciplinary research;bid development including costing

and authoring support;training and development;coordinating approvals and

submission;following up on unsuccessful bids.

We also support the University’s REF submission.

We will soon merge with Enterprise @ Lincoln to become Research and Enterprise Services

Demand Management

EPSRC has led the way, but all Research Councils are now implementing this.

Funding Reductions: ESRC have just finished consulting on demand management. AHRC considering institutional sanctions.

Improving quality: all universities will need to do this for bids to all funders

Different ways to improve quality:peer reviewmentoringmock bid panelsgrant development workshopsbid writing supportstrict internal deadlines for approvalsharing best practiceexperiences of success/failurefunders to promote sanctions

Success rates for Research Council bids submitted by MHT in last 3 years:

Total - Number Total - Value

Pending - Number

Pending - Value

Success - Number

Success - Value

Unsuccessful -Number

Unsuccessful - Value

31 £8,012,216.00 5 £1,095,876.00 5 £1,782,350.00 21 £5,133,990.00

Success - Number %

Success - Value %

Unsuccessful -Number %

Unsuccessful - Value %

19% 26% 68% 64%

Grand Challenges

Global Uncertainties: security for all in a changing world (Case Study)

Ageing: Lifelong Health and Well-being

Digital Economy (Case Study)

Living with environmental change

Thank You for listening

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