Researcher

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Researchers -Background Information

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Background Information

A researcher will be dedicated to the project or whose time working on the project can be fully supported by an auditable record for its duration. Researchers may be named or unnamed, but should be requested at a salary level commensurate with the skills, responsibilities, expertise and experience necessary to carry out the proposed research activity. This level will need to be fully justified within the case for support.

Note: Research Organisations submitting a FEC proposal for research grants and fellowships to the UKRI Research Councils can recover costs for the Apprenticeship levy by adding the charge to Directly Allocated or Directly Incurred Staff. Further guidance can be found here: https://www.ukri.org/funding/how-to-apply/apprenticeship-levy/

• The total salary costs for any individual on all Research Council grants must not exceed 100% FTE.

• Where it is expected that individuals will be promoted during the lifetime of the grant provision may be made in the cost sought.

• Only include details of the payroll costs requested from the Council for staff, full or part-time, whose time can be supported by a full audit trail during the life of the project.

• Include only the salary costs for the time to be spent working on this project.

• Salaries should be entered at current rates. Salary increments over the period of the project should be taken into account, but possible future pay awards should not be anticipated

• All Directly Incurred staff must be justified in the Case for Support.

Completing the section on the Je-S System

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Specify by name or Post identifier? :

If a person has not been identified for the post please select Post Identifier and then provide the identifier in the Text box which now appears

If specified by name then choose the option

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To the right of the Name box click on Select.

• A new screen will open. Enter the Surname and Initials. The search will default to only search for people at the same organisation as the organisation selected within the Project Details. The search can be widened to include people at other organisations by deselecting the tick box.

• Only Je-S account holders may be selected from the searchable list

The system may display several names. To select the correct person click on the highlighted detail on the left hand side of the screen. The Name field will now be populated.

If they do not have an account then the message “No Person Found” will be displayed. In which case select the Post Identifier option and type the name details directly into the box (Max 40 characters)

Cost Type: Select either Directly Incurred or Directly Allocated

Directly Incurred should only be selected if time spent working on the project will be supported by an auditable record for its duration. When a person is contracted to work 100% of their time on a single project (whether they are working full-time or part-time) timesheets are not necessary. In all other cases, timesheets or project records are required.

Directly allocated should be selected if the Researcher’s time charged to the grant will be based on estimates rather than actual costs.  

Start Date: the date of starting on the project.  The Date will default to the proposed project date. To amend this click on the calendar icon Clicking on the Month at the top or the arrows to change the year and month as appropriate. Alternatively enter the date in the DD/MM/YYYY format.

Duration Months: The period, in whole months (or system will round down) to be spent on the Project.

FTE%: This is the percentage of time that the post holder will spend working on the project based on a full time post. This does not relate to the contracted working hours of the post holder. For example, someone that is contracted to work at the organisation for 50% of full time and will be spending the whole of this time devoted to this project should put 50% as the FTE%.

Scale: Use the Research Organisation’s pay scale. This can be alpha or numeric.

Effective Date of Scale: The date on which the Scale came into use.  The Date will default to the proposed project start date. To amend this click on the calendar icon Clicking on the Month at the top or the arrows to change the year and month as appropriate. Alternatively enter the date in the DD/MM/YYYY format.

Increment Date: The Date will default to the proposed project start date. To amend this click on the calendar icon Clicking on the Month at the top or the arrows to change the year and month as appropriate. Alternatively enter the date in the DD/MM/YYYY format.

Starting Salary: Salary when starting on the project (numeric).

London Allowance: If in receipt of London Allowance include the £ Value (numeric).

Super Ann & NI: Superannuation and National Insurance costs (inc. Health and Social Care Levy) over the duration of the project.

Total Cost: Enter the total cost of the Post over the period of the Project (numeric).

Select “Save” from the top of the screen

If any section is not completed then the relevant validation warning will be displayed. Please enter the correct information and Save. When the section has been completed then the icon against Researcher on the Document Menu indicates that the section has been successfully completed and passes validation.