Aston Multidisciplinary Research
For
AntiMicrobial Resistance
The AMR4AMR project: Funding Application Form
CALL: Seed Corn Funding; Impact Activities
Throughout: text in italics is for information and can be removed if necessary
Section 1: Summary Details
Title of Project: (max 20 words)
Lead Investigators:
PI
CoI
Other investigator(s)/role
Name
Group/School
Email
Phone
Primary contribution to
project
(50 words max)
NB Assessors will access relevant CV information from your Aston Research Explorer page
(Assessment Criterion: interdisciplinary and excellent team)
Please explain whether or not this is a new collaboration, if not how this project will take your collaboration
in a new direction. Failure to declare a previous working relationship (including both grants and outputs)
will lead to a disqualification of your application (Max 200 words)
(Assessment Criterion: interdisciplinary and excellent team)
Lay Summary of Project: (Max 500 words)
(Assessment Criteria: clearly articulated goal that addresses unmet need; innovative & feasible solution)
Preferred Start Date
Project Duration
Section 2: Summary of Funds Requested
NB the full budget will be calculated by your RDM if the application is successful
Staff TIME to be charged to the grant – please indicate the amount of time to be charged to the project
Justification - max 20 words per section
PI Time
CoI Time
RA Time
days
days
weeks
Other costs associated with the project – please indicate the full amount of any other costs associated with
the project
Estimated total cost
Justification - max 20 words per section
Equipment
Consumables
Travel
Other
(Assessment Criterion: value for money)
Will the project produce compounds to be screened by a microbiologist? Yes / No / Don’t know
Section 3: Aims, Objectives and Vision
Project Aims: (max 500 words)
Project Specific Objectives:
Objective
1.
2.
3.
Detail
(Assessment Criteria: fit to EPSRC remit; innovative and feasible solution)
Future Vision: please describe how this award will support your future research vision (Max 200 words)
(Assessment Criterion: sustainable and ambitious vision)
Section 4: Additional information
Ethical Considerations: please detail any ethical or governance issues and how they will be dealt with. See
http://www.aston.ac.uk/about/university-governance/university-regulation/ethics-policy-and-procedures/
for more information (Max 200 words)
Please append a data management plan – use the EPSRC template which can be accessed via this tool:
https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/ ; see also http://libguides.aston.ac.uk/ResearchData/DMPs and please
contact your RDM if you have any questions
Section 4: Detailed Project Description maximum 2 pages, Arial font size 11, 2cm margins on all 4 sides.
Please use the subject headings listed below
Assessment criteria: Clearly articulated goal that addresses an unmet need in respect to AMR; Innovative
and feasible solution; Value for money; Sustainable and ambitious vision; Interdisciplinary and excellent
team; Fit to EPSRC remit; nature of the bridge being built within Aston and the likelihood that this will lead
to new research initiatives; funder, schemes, timeline etc for securing additional funding
The teams track record:
Research hypothesis and objectives:
The timeliness and novelty of the research:
The potential impact of the project (academic and non-academic):
Proposed methodology:
Programme of activities:
You should also explain which other grants the team has and why you believe it is not possible to secure
funding from other sources for this project.
Internal approval for this application:
To be completed and signed off by the recognised research lead for the PIs area
Please explain briefly (ca. 200 words) how the proposed research project relates to the group’s overall
research strategy.
Particular reasons for supporting this bid:
I believe that this bid will benefit the Department and the University.
Name:
Role:
Signed/electronic signature:
Date:
(NB this information in an email FROM THE RELEVANT EMAIL ADDRESS as an attachment to the bid will be
accepted in lieu of this declaration)