CoSTAR Showcase Labs: Createch infrastructure and commercialisation (Grant)

About this opportunity

Word limit: 550In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for example: opinion-formers policymakers the public the wider research community Guidance for writing a summary Clearly describe your proposed work in terms of: context the challenge the project addresses aims and objectives potential applications and benefits Core team List the key members of your team and assign them roles from the following: project lead (PL) project co-lead (UK) (PcL) specialist professional enabling staff research and innovation associate technician Only list one individual as project lead.UKRI has introduced a new addition to the ‘Specialist’ role type. Public contributors such as people with lived experience can now be added to an application. Find out more about UKRI’s core team roles in funding applications . Application questions Vision Word limit: 500What are you hoping to achieve with the proposed infrastructure? What the assessors are looking for in your response Explain how the proposed infrastructure will: be timely, given current trends and context meet the evidenced needs of clearly identified user groups have measurable impact enable high quality and important research meet the strategic aims of the funder or government offer training opportunities enhance, benefit and complement the existing landscape support innovation in research be of international importance (if applicable) identifies the potential local, regional or national impacts, both direct and indirect, and who the beneficiaries might be enhances the UK’s research and innovation capabilities through local, regional or both activity References may be included within this section. You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. Approach Word limit: 2,500What are your plans to manage and deliver the proposed infrastructure? What the assessors are looking for in your response We expect you to show how your approach includes: a credible management plan including strategic and operational matters if applicable, a legal model details of governance feasibility of the project plan including a work plan, milestones, and deliverables in the form of a Gantt chart or similar identification of risks and appropriate mitigation in the form of key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine the delivery of outputs and outcomes plans for support and maintenance of the proposed infrastructure over the estimated life span, identifying future needs and potential upgrades details of access and usage particularly where a culture of infrastructure sharing may extend use to the research community training and development of staff and those who may interact with the infrastructure, including Research Technical Professionals a description of the working environment identification of how accessibility and inclusiveness have been incorporated into the design of the project plans for operational sustainability and legacy beyond the end of UKRI funding. These could include cost recovery models, securing additional funding, development or expansion after the initial period of funding has been designed so that it will generate local, regional and national impacts References may be included within this section. You may also include a one page, max A3, equivalent Gantt chart and two pages (max) of site or planning charts, drawings, internal layouts or similar. You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. Applicant and team capability to deliver Word limit: 1,650Why are you the right individual or team to deliver and manage the proposed infrastructure? What the assessors are looking for in your response Evidence of how you, and if relevant your team, have: the relevant experience (appropriate to career stage) the right balance of skills and expertise the appropriate leadership and management skills and your approach to develop others contributed to developing a positive research environment and wider community You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. The word limit for this section is 1,650 words: 1,150 words to be used for Résumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI) modules (including references) and, if necessary, a further 500 words for Additions. Use the R4RI format to showcase the range of relevant skills you, and if relevant, your team (project and project co-leads, researchers, technicians, specialists, partners and so on), have and how this will help to deliver the proposed work. You can include individuals’ specific achievements but only choose past contributions that best evidence their ability to deliver this work. Complete this section using the R4RI module headings listed below. You should use each heading once and include a response for the whole team, see the UKRI guidance on R4RI . You should consider how to balance your answer, and emphasise where appropriate the key skills each team member brings: contributions to the generation of new ideas, tools, methodologies, or knowledge the development of others and maintenance of effective working relationships contributions to the wider research and innovation community contributions to broader research or innovation users and audiences and towards wider societal benefit Additions Provide any further details relevant to your application. This section is optional and can be up to 500 words. You should not use it to describe additional skills, experiences or outputs, but you can use it to describe any factors that provide context for the rest of your R4RI (for example, details of career breaks if you wish to disclose them). You should complete this section as a narrative. Do not format it like a CV. The roles in funding applications policy has descriptions of the different project roles. Ethics and responsible research and innovation (RRI) What are the ethical and RRI considerations, implications and issues relating to the proposed work? If you do not think that the proposed work raises any ethical or RRI issues, explain why. What the assessors are looking for in your response Demonstrate that you have identified and evaluated: the relevant ethical and RRI considerations, including both the research or topic area itself and the design and delivery of the project the wider implications of the proposed work, and how you will maximise the positive societal, environmental, and economic benefits arising from the project, whilst minimising unintended negative impacts, such as research misuse or accidental harm how you will manage these considerations throughout the lifecycle of the project If you are collecting or using data you should identify: any legal and ethical considerations of collecting, releasing or storing the data (including consent, confidentiality, anonymisation, security and other ethical considerations and, in particular, strategies to not preclude further reuse of data) formal information standards that your proposed work will comply with Additional sub-questions (to be answered only if appropriate) relating to research involving: animals human participants genetically modified organisms You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. Please refer to the UKRI position statement on funding ethical research and Responsible innovation for more information around our expectations on ethical and responsible research and innovation. Animal involvement and “3Rs” You must complete this section about how your proposed project will involve or impact animals. If your project does not involve or impact animals, you must confirm this on the next page. You may be asked about: what animals you are involving the severity of the procedures you are using where the procedures will take place welfare standards you aim to meet the relevance of your project to the development, validation or dissemination of the 3Rs You may also need to download, complete, and upload at least one set of additional questions. You will be told how to do this towards the end of this section. To complete this section and check whether your project is in the scope of the questions, refer to the UKRI policy for research and innovation involving animals . What counts as an animal UKRI policy relates to all animals in the Kingdom Animalia, including vertebrates and invertebrates. Genetically modified organisms and biological risk You must complete this section if your project will include genetically modified organisms or genetic technologies. If you project does not involve genetically modified organisms or genetic technologies, you must confirm this on the next page. You may be asked about: the type of organism your project will involve and the procedures your project will include the intended use of the organism or genetic technology the genetic, biological and environmental risks of your project For more information, see UKRI’s guidance on genetic technologies . Human participation in health-related research You must complete this section about whether your project will include human participation. If your project does not involve human participation, you must confirm this on the next page. You may be asked about: what type of human participation your project includes the project design for human participation the phase of the clinical trial whether the project will be in an NHS setting, if so, how the project will be registered whether diversity and inclusion will be considered For more information, see UKRI’s guidance for human participants in research . Resources and cost justification Word limit: 1,500W