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Research

Support

Operations

environment-research@york.ac.uk | Room ENV/035 (hybrid working)

Laura Smith | Research Facilitator | extension 4063

Ciaran Ogilvie | Research Administrator | extension 3951Pre-Award Team 1 support the Department.

Please contact us using the shared email (environment-research@york.ac.uk) rather than our personal email addresses.

Ethics

environment-ethics@york.ac.ukEthics webpages

Colin McClean oversees this inbox on behalf of the review committee.


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Submitting Research Applications

Allow time to go through the internal processes required before you submit your research applications to the funder. See Applying for Funding for more information.

Publication Eligibility for REF

You need to ensure that your publications are eligible for REF. Upon acceptance of your paper by the journal you need to deposit the manuscript on PURE within 3 months.



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Research Funding Applications

Research Management Systems

Worktribe | PURE

Guidance on using our research management systems can be found on the Research Systems Support Hub (RSSH) Wiki.

Sabbaticals

Visit our Staff Development page to view information on sabbaticals. 

Departmental Research Committee




Environment and Geography Development Fund

Application form

Email completed forms to environment-research@york.ac.uk

Our termly Research Forum brings academics and researchers together to network and meet new starters, discuss specific topics and potential collaborations
  • Advice on eligibility and identifying suitable opportunities

  • Guidance on deadlines and internal processes

  • Costing projects and checking eligibility of costs

  • Sourcing previously successful applications to the funder

  • Liaising with other departments or organisations, e.g. if you need to use their lab facilities or include their staff on a project

  • Conducting lay (non-expert) peer review of your proposal

  • Drafting letters of support

  • Inputting costs into the funder portal.

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The Research Support team provide all research-related services that are dealt with in-Department at York, including:
  • Pre-award for research and research-related projects

  • Consultancy

  • Departmental research strategy work, including provision of research metrics and support for Departmental Research Committee (DRC)

  • E&G Development Fund

  • Advice on Open Access and PURE (York's research data system)

  • REF (Research Excellence Framework).

Our pre-award support includes (but is not limited to):

The Department runs a number of initiatives to support your research. If you have any questions, or would like to discuss them further, please contact the Chair of Departmental Research Committee, or the Department's Research Support Team (environment-research@york.ac.uk).

Support AvailableDetailsContact/Further Information

The next round of funding will open in August/September 2023.

This funding is for activities such as priming of new research (including pedagogical), collaborative research visits, workshops, establishing networks, conference attendance, and Challenge Area Research Group (CARG) activities. This might include funding for travel, consumables or equipment, but not for buy-out of academic staff time.

Applicants can request funding up to:

  • £1000 for activities relating to travel/conferences
  • £2000 for research pump priming activities.

Travel funds are limited to one successful application per person per year, and there can only be one travel event within the application, e.g. one conference. Travel must take place before mid-July 2024.

Research pump priming projects should end by 30 June 2024 so that there is time for spend to be reconciled before the end of the financial year (31 July 2024).

Please note that budgets cannot be carried over into the next financial year. Awarded funding must be spent and the item received/activity undertaken before the end of the financial year.

Eligibility:

Open to ART, T&S and ECR (Early Career Researcher) staff, plus PGRs (Postgraduate Researchers). This funding is not open to members of Stockholm Environment Institute - York because they have access to alternative funding streams.

We will prioritise funding ECRs and new academic staff, because they are less likely to have research grants to help undertake these activities.

PGRs need to talk to their supervisor first and use their Research Training Support Grant (RTSG) before applying to this scheme. We will require a strong case explaining why funding is needed beyond the RTSG.

Your Proposal:

You will need to justify all costs in the form.

Assessments will be based on criteria including academic excellence of the proposal, strength of outcomes, details of planned outputs, plans for follow-up funding, and in the context of other funding available to you.

Assessment Process:

This fund is overseen by the Research Leads Team (RLT) - led by the Chair of DRC - which comprises the CARG leads, Research Facilitator, Graduate Chair, ECR and PhD reps. Applications will be discussed monthly and decisions will be communicated ASAP afterwards. Chair's Action will be an option for applications up to £500.

Please contact nicola.carslaw@york.ac.uk to discuss other potential uses of the fund not listed here.

Application form

Exemplar application

Special Interest Groups (SPIGs)

The key purpose of SPIGs is to facilitate interdisciplinary working and to respond to opportunities such as emerging topics, grant applications or high impact papers.

They should contain members from across at least 2 or more of our 4 Challenge Area Research Groups (CARGs), as well as members from other UoY Departments, centres and external stakeholders where necessary.

SPIGs are intended to form as and when needed to generate a clear deliverable - such as a grant proposal, a publication, a policy initiative or an industry commitment - and disband when no longer needed. We expect they will typically have ~3-18 month lifetimes.

Modest amounts of funding are available to help achieve deliverables (indicative maximum £500).

Open to anyone in the Department, including technicians, ECRs and PGRs, and run on the principles of equality and diversity.

Proposal Writing BuddiesWe have a group of buddies available within the Department who have experience of writing successful grant proposals and can work with and support you in your proposal development. This support is flexible and could be used at the early ideas development stages through to support in drafting of your application documents.Contact the Chair of Departmental Research Committee who can help to match you with a buddy
Pitching Research Grant Application IdeasPitching your research grant ideas to colleagues can be an excellent way to get feedback and help you to progress your plans.Contact your CARG Leader to discuss opportunities
Library of Successful Grant ProposalsLooking at successful grant applications can help structure your grant proposals and understand what the funder is looking for. Research Support can ask other departments for example applications if we don't have any in the Department.
Email environment-research@york.ac.uk

Early Career Researcher (ECR) Support

Our Department has an Early Career Researchers (ECR) Group that meets regularly to discuss relevant issues, share information and to build a strong early career community of researchers.

Departmental Early Career Researcher Representatives
Drop-in SessionsOur research drop-in sessions are an opportunity for you to ask questions, discuss your ideas with colleagues and the Department's Research Support Team and Chair of Departmental Research Committee. We sometimes hold also run 'themed' drop-in sessions that focus on particular topics.

Advertised by email

Research Forum
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