Frequently Asked Questions – Call for Research Proposals
| Questions | Response |
|---|---|
| How much funding we can expect from this call. Is it £300k for three years? The document is talking about different figures like £250k and £450k that make some confusion | the £250k and £400k refer to the budgets available overall due to our funders financial year breakdown so the funding available for each successful project is up to a maximum of £300k over the 3-year lifetime of the project. As NCSC provide funding per financial year, the overall funding available for the call is given in terms of financial years, hence £250k is available in 18/19, and approx. £400k in subsequent years. |
| Can we employ researchers postdoctoral levels or PhD students? If it is for researchers, I like to benefit from it for my own time; otherwise, I will target to employ a PhD student. | It is your choice who you want to use the grant to fund so either a PhD student or some of your own time would be acceptable. |
| How much budget we can claim for a PhD student (or a researcher) per year? Can we target to engage two PhD students? | The requested grant and what you can achieve with it is down to what your costs are. |
| Does it include overhead? | The £300k would be inclusive of overheads. |
| I am working in a full-time permanent role as a research fellow. Am I eligible to submit the proposal considering myself as a PI, or it should be under the name of my manager? | Yes you would be eligible to submit the proposal as long as you include evidence along with the proposal that you are in a full-time permanent role and you intend to remain in this role for the duration of the project. |
| I would like to know if we can have an international collaborator for this call? | It is ok for it to be a collaborative project where costs to visit the international partner or vice versa could be covered but no funding for actual Research would be available for the international partner. |
| For this call are the projects funded at 80% or 100% Full Economic Cost | Funded projects will be at 100% of Full Economic Cost |
| Is the funding inclusive or exclusive of VAT | The maximum grant of £300k is inclusive of VAT |