School of English
Application for Research Support 2016/17
Please submit the completed form to Laura Vellacott ([email protected]). Allocation of
funding is decided by The School of English Research Committee at their twice-termly meetings.
Given financial constraints, colleagues are encouraged to bid for external research support for
conferences, travel and other research activities if they wish to recover the full costs of research.
In exceptional circumstances funding will be given to help offset the cost of travel to archives, attendance
at performances, permissions for book illustrations, translations, transcriptions, and other research related
activities, providing there is evidence that such activities are key to the research outcome in question, and
that external funding has been investigated. Funding may also be sought for teaching remission, but this
must be for a specific research project.
SECTION A:
Name
Details of any external
funding sought/obtained for
this project:
Details of any School
research support funding
already awarded this
academic year
Title of conference/project
Title of paper to be
presented (where relevant)
Location of
conference/project
Date(s) of
conference/project
What is the relevance of
the proposed activity to
your individual research
strategy? e.g., what
publication or other output
will it contribute to?
Amount(s) requested from
School of English (please
itemise conference fees,
fares, hotel costs, etc) *
Please note that airfares will
only be approved if you have
used Key Travel
([email protected]; tel:
0845 122 0102)
unless an alternative travel
provider was cheaper.
* The University subsistence rate for overnight stays is a maximum of £100 per night to include
accommodation and food (incl. conference dinner), however there is flexibility with this figure for more
expensive countries. In addition to this the committee will fund the conference fee and travel to and from the
conference. Funding will not be given for food/drinks (in addition to funding allocated for subsistence), travel
insurance (this is provided free by the university, see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/finance/forms – You must
arrange this at least 10 days before your trip); visa costs, or travel-related medical costs. The online ‘Research
Support Guidelines’ provides further information.
Please note: If funds are awarded, claims on expenditure should be made through the on-line Agresso
system (www.sussex.ac.uk/finance), and the Agresso summary print-out should be sent to Emma Carlyle,
along with the relevant receipts for the items to be reimbursed.
Section B (For Office Use)
Project approved
Amount awarded
Date awarded
Comments:
YES/NO
£