A detailed breakdown of all minor equipment and materials and consumables is requested. Any costs that do not fall under the headings should be listed under ‘other expenses’. These should be fully justified and may not include publication, printing, conference travel, or staff recruitment costs or any other disallowed costs listed below. RCLCF provides grants on the understanding that the host institution meets the overhead and infrastructure costs. Infrastructure costs include items such as lighting, heating, telephones, use of library facilities, general laboratory equipment, general office expenses, core laboratory services (wash up and waste disposal) and maintenance and running costs of laboratory equipment. RCLCF will not normally pay for central support staff e.g. secretarial support nor photocopying, printing or postage costs etc, (except in cases where the volume of paperwork and mailings are considerable for example epidemiological or psychosocial studies). RCLCF will only fund directly incurred costs and not the full economic costs of research (fECs) or a proportion of these. Note: Minor equipment RCLCF assumes a basic level of equipment provision by the host institution. The items requested here must be required specifically for the research proposed. New requests for equipment will not be considered once the project has started. RCLCF will not fund a large piece of equipment, unless the project cannot proceed without it being in place. Full justification for the equipment request is required and must be included in the research proposal. Maintenance costs should be included under Other Expenses. Note: Open access Applicants can apply for up to £1,500 towards open access OR a Travel Budget, as the applicant sees fit. Note: Travel costs RCLCF will cover costs for travel to conferences where RCLCF work is being presented. Please refer to ‘RCLCF grant funding information’ document for details. These travel costs should not be included in the application form, but will be reimbursed upon submission of appropriate invoice with receipt. Travel related to the research proposal (for example participant expenses to travel to focus group meetings/interviews/assessments or travel between collaborating centres) is permissible if fully justified.
A detailed breakdown of all minor equipment and materials and consumables is requested. Any costs that do not fall under the headings should be listed under ‘other expenses’. These should be fully justified and may not include publication, printing, conference travel, or staff recruitment costs or any other disallowed costs listed below. RCLCF provides grants on the understanding that the host institution meets the overhead and infrastructure costs. Infrastructure costs include items such as lighting, heating, telephones, use of library facilities, general laboratory equipment, general office expenses, core laboratory services (wash up and waste disposal) and maintenance and running costs of laboratory equipment. RCLCF will not normally pay for central support staff e.g. secretarial support nor photocopying, printing or postage costs etc, (except in cases where the volume of paperwork and mailings are considerable for example epidemiological or psychosocial studies). RCLCF will only fund directly incurred costs and not the full economic costs of research (fECs) or a proportion of these. Note: Minor equipment RCLCF assumes a basic level of equipment provision by the host institution. The items requested here must be required specifically for the research proposed. New requests for equipment will not be considered once the project has started. RCLCF will not fund a large piece of equipment, unless the project cannot proceed without it being in place. Full justification for the equipment request is required and must be included in the research proposal. Maintenance costs should be included under Other Expenses. Note: Open access Applicants can apply for up to £1,500 towards open access OR a Travel Budget, as the applicant sees fit. Note: Travel costs RCLCF will cover costs for travel to conferences where RCLCF work is being presented. Please refer to ‘RCLCF grant funding information’ document for details. These travel costs should not be included in the application form, but will be reimbursed upon submission of appropriate invoice with receipt. Travel related to the research proposal (for example participant expenses to travel to focus group meetings/interviews/assessments or travel between collaborating centres) is permissible if fully justified.
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