Research

• 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):

• 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.

Environment and Geography Development Fund

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

Application form | Exemplar application

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 for 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 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.

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).