Outline Application: Strategic Projects

Two applicants cannot work on the form at the same time. If necessary, you can share the
link and password with co-applicants, though we would not recommend this.

We strongly recommend that you keep a Word document saved. Please copy and paste your responses into this form and press submit.

You must read the Strategic Fund Guide for Applicants before submitting an application.

Main focus of your project

Please select the strategic questions that your project will most strongly address. You can select more than one:

How can we build an inclusive society, where people thrive and feel they belong and can in the context of changing demography and ways of life? How can we ensure that developments in science and technology work for people and society? How can we build a prosperous and fair society, where people feel they belong, in the context of changing demography? How can policies to address climate change be developed in a way that promotes a prosperous, fair and inclusive society?How can we build and maintain the effective, accountable and trustworthy institutions that our society and democracy need?

Principal Investigator details

You can only nominate one Principal Investigator on this form.

Title:

Please choose from a list of common titles. If your title is not listed, select 'other'.

Title other:

Please type your title here.

First name

Please enter the first name of the Principal Investigator here. Please do not use an initial.

Last name:

Please enter the last name (surname) of the Principal Investigator here. Please do not use an initial.

Email address:

Please enter the email address of the Principal Investigator here. This should be their current direct email address.

Position/ job title:

Please enter the job title of the Principal Investigator here. Please write out the title in full and avoid abbreviations. If the Principal Investigator holds multiple positions/job titles, please choose the one relevant to the organisation from which they are applying.

Telephone number:

Please enter the telephone number of the Principal Investigator here. This can be a mobile, home or work phone number.

Do you have Co-Investigators on this project?

YesNo

If you have answered yes, you will be prompted to enter their details once you have confirmed the application.

Principal Investigator organisation details

OrgID

Start typing the full name of the Principal Investigator's organisation in the search box below until it comes up as an option for you to click. Do not use acronyms and ensure that you enter the parent organisation (e.g. University of York) and not a department (e.g. Department of Economics, University of York).

If you can see the correct organisation in the list, you must click on the name in order for the application to complete correctly. Then select 'yes' to the following question and enter your department details (if applicable).

If you cannot find the organisation in the list, we may not have it in our system yet. In this event, enter your full parent organisation name in the search box - then select 'no' to the following question and add additional details. The organisation will then be added to our system when you submit the form.

Have you found the organisation or do you need to enter in new details?

Yes - I have found my organisationNo - I want to enter in organisational details

New organisation details

To ensure we keep complete records, we need some additional information from you regarding your organisation.

Organisation address - building name / number and street:

Town/City:

Country:

County:

State:

Postcode:

Is organisation a UK registered charity?

Registered charity number:

In order for the registered charity number to work, you will need to submit a correct charity number and the correct charity regulator that the charity sits within. To confirm whether the charity number and charity regulator is correct, please visit the Charity Commission website.

Charity regulator

Department

If applicable, please write your Department Name in the box below:

Department Name

Project information

Project title:

The project title must be 70 characters or less

Proposed start date of grant:

Format: dd/mm/yyyy

Proposed end date of grant:

Format: dd/mm/yyyy

The application forms do not support rich text – please enter words only, without any additional formatting. Do not cut and paste formatted content from external documents or web pages as formatting will not be retained and any hidden formatting may distort the word count. You may use hyphens for bullet points, but please note that each hyphen will count as a word.

Have you applied, or are you applying, elsewhere for funds for this project, or for a similar or related project?

Please give full details here, including the application outcome, and contact details for the relevant person at the funding organisation.

If you wish to propose a partnership funding model, please identify here the proposed co-funder(s) and set out the reasons why a partnership funding model would be beneficial to the project.

A) Project summary

This should be written in non-technical language and should give a clear account of what you intend to do, why it matters, and what difference it will make.

(200 words)

B) Research questions

What research questions will your project answer?

(400 words)

C) Case for importance

Why is the project needed?

How is the project relevant to the Nuffield Foundation’s interests and areas of focus?

What is distinctive about the project and how will it build on previous research? 

In what ways is the project interdisciplinary in approach, and how will that add value?      

(400 words)

D) Outcomes and influence

What type of impact do you expect your project to have? Select only the main types of impact expected.

Informing change to policies, systems or legislation Informing practice changeImproving or advancing understanding or awareness of an issueChanging attitudes or perceptionsProviding opportunity and building capability

How will your project and its outputs achieve this impact?

As part of this, outline your dissemination and influencing strategy, including the audiences that you will prioritise and the range of ways you plan to engage with them.    

(600 words)

E) Methods, approach and activities

What research methods will be used and what work will be undertaken?

You should demonstrate that the activities planned are feasible, rigorous and have a meaningful interdisciplinary element, as well as both sufficient and required to answer the research questions.

You should also describe how project staff, particularly those at earlier career stages, will be supported and developed.

Please refer to the guidance in the Strategic Fund Guide for Applicants when answering this question.

(1500 words)

F) Research and engagement team

Who will be working on the project? Include their name, organisation, and role, proportion of their FTE time allocated, and briefly outline each person’s relevant expertise and experience. 

Who will work on the dissemination and influencing strategy?

State whether any new staff will be recruited, and into which roles.

(500 words)

G) Budget

You should set out in the table below the funds you are requesting for each of the broad cost categories listed. The types of cost we expect to be included under each of the categories below can be found when clicking on the amount input boxes.

Please type numbers only. Please do not include any of the following in your entries: decimals, text, special characters (e.g. £, $) or commas.

	Total (£)
Staff costs: PI Time
Staff costs: Co-I Time
Staff costs: Team Members
Staff costs: Consultants
Staff costs: Overheads and Estate costs
Non staff costs: Qualitative research	Indirect costs related to: transcription, incentives (please refer to detailed guidance if using incentives), fieldwork associated travel, accommodation and subsistence, qualitative analysis software licences, etc.
Non staff costs: Quantitative research	Indirect costs relating to: survey fieldwork costs (and associated print and postage), data entry, data processing, incentives (please refer to detailed guidance if using incentives), data access/linkage fees, travel to secure data enclaves, statistical software licences, assessment materials and licences, etc.
Non staff costs: Communications and stakeholder engagement	Indirect costs related to: dissemination activities, conference and workshop expenses, advisory group activities, travel for advisory groups, etc.
Non staff costs: Equipment	Indirect costs related to equipment: e.g. recording equipment, laptops
Non staff costs: Other direct costs	Indirect costs related to: general administrative or office expenses, recruitment of project staff, any other costs not covered elsewhere
Grand total (£)

H) Bibliographic references

Restricted to those cited in the application, and ideally presented in author-date format (e.g. Harvard style).

(Maximum 700 words)

Additional information

We would strongly prefer that all relevant information regarding your outline information is covered in the sections above.

However, if you feel that it is absolutely necessary to provide some additional information e.g. in the form of charts, diagrams, tables, or budgetary explanation, you may upload one additional supporting document using the button below:

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What we do with your data

We will use the data submitted on this form to process and make a decision on your application. As part of this review process, we may share your personal data with individuals outside the Foundation. This will always be on a confidential basis and we will ensure that your data is kept secure.

If we decide to award a grant, we will use the personal data submitted as part of your application for our grant management processes. We will include the name of the principal investigator in lists of our grant-holders and in summaries of funded projects published online and in hard copy. In addition to data processing for grant management, we will also use your data in ongoing monitoring and evaluation of our grant activities and impact assessment work.

Retention of your data

The data on the grants we award form part of the historical records of the Foundation. As an organisation with a strong interest in impact and trends over the long term, we need to retain our application and grant records on a similarly long-term basis. We do not therefore delete these records or the associated personal data.

Declaration/Signature

I declare that this application form has been completed by:

I have read the Guide for applicants and believe that this application meets the eligibility criteria for funding.

Important - please note

The 'Review and Submit' screen will not display the formatting as entered on the application form.

The entries you provided to each of the free text fields will retain their formatting when submitted, and the Nuffield Foundation team will be able to see this.

You will have the opportunity to print out a copy of the application on the next page, and a copy of the application will be emailed to the Principal Investigator email address provided on page one.

If you have selected on page one that your project has Co-Investigators, you will be asked to provide Co-Investigator details once you have selected 'Confirm' on the 'Review and Submit' screen.

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