Submission of research grant proposals within HSS 1. s part of a wide range of initiatives to support colleagues in obtaining grant income, Executive oard and Senate have approved the formalisation of peer review across the University. You will notice this principally in a new section on the front page of the lue Form, which asks you to confirm that your proposal has been through academic review. Many schools already operate an informal system of peer review, which is why I am referring to formalisation. You will also notice that you are asked to indicate whether the proposal is Type (requires formal peer review) or Type (does not require formal peer review). 2. Peer review will consider the general presentation, content and construction of the grant proposal rather than the fine detail of the costings. In general, the further away peer reviewers are from the subject specialism, the less they will consider the conceptualisation and/or methodology of the proposal, and the more they will consider issues of presentation and construction. fter consultation with colleagues who are on sponsor panels, and/or who have been trained as peer reviewers, it is felt that this is still one of the most useful ways of supporting staff in their applications. 3. Each Faculty will have its own guidelines, reflecting local practice. The remainder of this document explains how we will operate the system in HSS. 4. Proposals should be seen by your School Research Director in all cases (type or ); this means the draft case for support and outline costings, not the final versions. The reason for this is that it is important for the general research strategy of your school. eyond this point in the process, you should ensure that a peer reviewer advises you on your proposal if it is a Type. You may still wish to seek advice for Type proposals, but this is not mandatory. 5. Type proposals refer to those applications that could benefit from substantial peer review before being submitted to the Head of School or Director of Institute. a) They are largely those programmes which commit the university in a variety of ways, either because they involve substantial amounts of money, in some cases requiring the faculty to pay the missing 20% under Full Economic Costing, or because they involve substantial reorganisation of teaching in the case of Research Leave or Fellowships (see ppendix 1 for a list of Type programmes). b) Your Research Director whom you should already have made aware of the proposal may well serve as the nominated peer reviewer. Where you believe that the Research Director would not be able to help you for the peer review part of the process, you should select from the College of Peer Reviewers, agreed by FRSG (see ppendix 2). It may be the case that a colleague outside your school may be more appropriate, for example; you should consult your Research Director about the best peer reviewer. c) The peer reviewer s job is to give you constructive advice on how to improve your application, in whatever way is agreed between you. This is most likely to be by email, but it may well involve face to face discussion, especially if the peer reviewer is a school colleague. We will be advising peer reviewers to be very light touch in the case of colleagues with good track records in grant and contract income, and to give more attention to colleagues with less experience of winning bids.
d) Note that you will need to build some additional time into the proposal preparation process if you also wish to benefit from the faculty incentivisation scheme, as we will only accept proposals for this scheme that have been peer reviewed. However, note also that we are reducing the submission deadline for the faculty incentivisation scheme from the current three weeks to two weeks so as to accommodate this part of the process. It is envisaged that the process will work as follows: 3 weeks before 2 weeks before deadline Week of the deadline deadline Proposal is forwarded to selected Peer Reviewer who has 1 week to comment Case for support is forwarded to Sue Mitchell and/or Phil Powrie (depending on type of application) in order to qualify for incentivisation. pplication and Pfact report forwarded to Grants and Contracts for final costing checks and signing before submission ny final amendments made. lue form sent to Grants and Contracts pplication signed for PI to send to funder or application submitted via JES Phil Powrie, Dean of Research Sue Mitchell, Research Funding Development Manager June 2007
ppendix 1: Type /Type Type requires formal peer review. Type does not require formal peer review, but it is good practice to seek advice. If the programme to which you have applied is not listed and you are applying for more than 50K, you should consult with your Research Director and/or the Dean of Research. Note that the Dean of Research may also need to see certain applications (those listed below and marked Dean ). Research Directors (as of January 2007): School of rchitecture, Planning and Landscape School of rts and Cultures Newcastle University usiness School Culture Lab School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics School of Geography, Politics and Sociology School of Historical Studies Newcastle Law School School of Modern Languages Mr Stuart Cameron Dr Chris Whitehead Prof Steve Procter Dr Sally Jane Norman Prof nn riggs Dr Jenny Richardson Prof Diane Richardson Prof Philip van der Eijk Prof Ian Ward Prof Florence Myles HRC Fellowships in the Creative and Performing rts Research Grants: standard/speculative Research Grants: early career researchers Research Networks and Workshops Research Leave Small Grants in the Creative and Performing rts (until 31/7/7) Strategic initiatives: large grants Strategic initiatives: small grants/networks & workshops ritish cademy Conference Grants Country specific greements Larger Research Grants Postdoctoral Fellowships Research Leave Fellowships/Senior Research Fellowships Small Research Grants Special Funds Visiting Fellowships : under 50K : under 50K
ESRC First Grants International Collaborative Grants Large Grants Priority Networks Research Centres Research Fellowships Research Grants: Small Research Grants: Standard Research Programmes Research Seminars Resource Centres and Programmes EU Leverhulme Trust cademic Collaboration: International Networks rtists in Residence Early Career Fellowship Major Research Fellowships Philip Leverhulme Prizes Research Project Grants Study broad Fellowships Visiting Fellowships/Professorships Wellcome Trust : under 50K : over 50K and on which ncl is lead/dean : under 50K : under 50K : under 50K
ppendix 2: Peer College First Name Surname Email address Home Unit Graham Tipple a.g.tipple@ncl.ac.uk PL nn riggs ann.briggs@ncl.ac.uk ECLS Jill Clark jill.clark@ncl.ac.uk ECLS Ghada Khattab ghada.khattab@ncl.ac.uk ECLS Julie Morris julie.morris@ncl.ac.uk ECLS Fay Smith fay.smith@ncl.ac.uk ECLS Kate Wall kate.wall@ncl.ac.uk ECLS Kate Chedgzoy kate.chedgzog@ncl.ac.uk ELLLS Karen Corrigan karen.corrigan@ncl.ac.uk ELLLS Terry Wright T.R.Wright@ncl.ac.uk ELLLS Derek ell derek.bell@ncl.ac.uk GPS Elaine Campbell Elaine.Campbell@nco.ac.uk GPS ndy Gillespie andy.gillespie@ncl.ac.uk GPS Erica Haimes erica.haimes@ncl.ac.uk GPS Robert Hollands robert.hollands@ncl.ac.uk GPS Peter Jones p.n.jones@ncl.ac.uk GPS Steve Juggins Stephen.Juggins@ncl.a.uk GPS Darrel Maddy darrel.maddy@ncl.ac.uk GPS William Maloney william.maloney@ncl.ac.uk GPS Erin McClymont erin.mcclymont@ncl.ac.uk GPS Janice McLaughlin janice.mclaughlin@ncl.ac.uk GPS Dave Passmore d.g.passmore@ncl.ac.uk GPS Peter Phillimore peter.phillimore@ncl.ac.uk GPS ndy Russell ndy.russell@ncl.ac.uk GPS lison Stenning alison.stenning@ncl.ac.uk GPS Yvette Taylor Yvette.Taylor@ncl.ac.uk GPS John Tomaney john.tomaney@ncl.ac.uk GPS Tracey Warren tracey.warren@ncl.ac.uk GPS Jane Wheelock jane.wheelock@ncl.ac.uk GPS Tony Zito a.r.zito@ncl.ac.uk GPS Rachel Woodward r.e.woodward@ncl.ac.uk GPS David Charles D.R.Charles@ncl.ac.uk IPP Ranald Richardson Ranald.Richardson@ncl.ac.uk IPP Collier Richard richard.collier@ncl.ac.uk Law Chris Rodgers c.p.rodgers@ncl.ac.uk Law ndrew urton andrew.burton@ncl.ac.uk SCS Magnus Williamson m.g.williamson@ncl.ac.uk SCS ndrew allantyne.n.allantyne@ncl.ac.uk SPL Rose Gilroy R.C.Gilroy@ncl.ac.uk SPL John Kamara J.M.Kamara@ncl.ac.uk SPL John Pendlebury J.R.Pendlebury@ncl.ac.uk SPL Diana Whaley d.c.whaley@ncl.ac.uk SELLL Jeremy oulton j.p.boulton@ncl.ac.uk SHIS Thomas Rutten Thomas.Rutten@ncl.ac.uk SHIS Philip van der Eijk Philip.van der Eijk@ncl.ac.uk SHIS Máire Cross m.f.cross@ncl.ac.uk SML Rosaleen Howard r.e.howard@ncl.ac.uk SML Henrike Lähnemann henrike.laehnemann@ncl.ac.uk SML Ian MacKenzie i.e.mackenzie@ncl.ac.uk SML
Florence Myles florence.myles@ncl.ac.uk SML rian Stimpson rian.stimpson@ncl.ac.uk SML