College of Health and Social Care
Stay at the forefront of research and practice
Research Bidding Process
Prior to their submission, the University bid development process requires all research bids to be approved by the Head of School, and all project budgets to be signed off by the College's Head of Finance.
The following 8 step process explains the various stages of submitting a research proposal at University of Salford and details the support available to academic staff for completing each stage.
While the following process must be followed in all cases, it is recognised that there could be exceptional situations, like short notice calls for the second stage of a Research Council bid or late invitation to partner in an external bid, where there need to be some flexibility and a speedy approval is required. In such situations please contact the Research and Innovation Manager (Anish Kurien – tel: 55276) as soon as possible.
8 Steps to Bidding
- Develop research idea
- Discuss the proposal with your Line Manager and a Research Programme Lead
- Identify funding sources
- Discuss your idea with the University Funding Team (CHSC contact: Mary McManus, tel 53086) or
- Search the funding opportunities bulletin or Research Professional
- Access the University's guidance on finding funding
- Complete the Proposal Authorisation Form (.doc) and send it to the Associate Head of Research for approval
- The Project Costing Accountant (Andrew Schofield, tel: 55104) will assist with completing this form
- Once the proposal is approved, prepare the bid
- The University Funding Team will assist with developing the bid.
- Access the University's guidance on developing a bid
- Develop the project budget using the fEC
- Project Costing Accountant will assist with preparing the budget.
- Access the University's guidance on costing a bid
- Send bid for peer review at least 3 weeks before submission (currently only Research Council and British Academy proposals need to be peer reviewed)
- Send bid to Sandra Wadeson
- Access the University's detailed guidance on the peer review process
- Sign and handover the fEC and bid to the Project Costing Accountant (Andrew Schofield)
- Project Costing Accountant will get the bid signed off by College Head of Finance and Head of School and will forward it to the Contracts Office for logging on to SEEK.
- Submit the bid
