Note: This Summary will be published on publicly available sites should the project be funded. Please ensure confidential information is not included in this Summary.
The Council has a responsibility to promote the public awareness and understanding of its research areas. The purpose of this Summary is to help publicise the Council's research programme to:
Opinion-formers and policy makers
The general public
The wider research community
Provide a plain English summary of the proposed work, explaining:
The context of the research
Its aims and objectives
Its potential applications and benefits
The summary should be written in a style that is accessible to a variety of readers, including the general public. The Council may use this summary for general publicity purposes and as a basis for answering enquiries from the media and others about the purpose of the research.
This field must be completed using:
No more than 4000 characters, including spaces, tabs and character returns (2 characters).
Only the standard Je-S character set should be used.
No specialist characters and symbols (e.g. mathematical symbols) because these may not transfer successfully to other computer systems.
Please note that typing into a text box is not detectable by the system and is regarded as system inactivity. Please remember to save text regularly.
Doctoral Training Partnerships
Please provide a high-level summary of the proposed DTP, offering a brief overview of its strategy and vision and description of how this will be managed and delivered across the consortium.
International Placements Scheme
Applicants should provide a brief summary (up to 1000 characters) of the research they propose to conduct on their IPS placement.
Edit Project Summary (Industrial CASE scheme only)
Describe the proposed project in a manner suitable for a specialist reader. This summary will be made publicly available if the proposal is funded.
Edit Proposed Project Details
Provide a brief non-technical summary of the proposed project for a non-specialist reader.
As well as providing a brief summary of the proposed project it is important that you clearly demonstrate what the benefits of the collaboration will be for both the industrial company and the academic department. A separate paragraph for each is considered ideal.
Project Summary
Describe the proposed project in a manner suitable for a non-specialist reader. This summary may be made publicly available if the proposal is funded. [MRC specified maximum 1000 characters – see call guidance note]
Proposed Project Details
Provide a brief summary of the relevance of the proposed project to MRC’s remit taking into account the current MRC Strategic Plan, Delivery Plan and MRC Strategic Skills Priorities as detailed in the call guidance note. [MRC specified maximum 2000 characters – see call guidance note]
Why does the proposed project need both partners? Provide the Unique Selling Points of the collaboration. How will collaboration benefit the proposed project? Give details of any previous collaboration between the academic and non-academic/company partners and whether and how this forms a basis for the proposed project. Provide details of the success of any previous Industrial CASE awards that the collaboration has received. What did the student(s) do after completing their PhD? How did the awarding of a studentship benefit the academic and industry partners? [MRC specified maximum 2000 characters – see call guidance note]
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NC3Rs - Specific Requirements
The NC3Rs publishes the abstracts from its funded grants on the NC3Rs website. Please provide a scientific summary that will be suitable for web publication if an award is made.
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Directed Research Studentship
A small summary of the Case for Support should be provided in this field.
A separate case for support MUST be submitted as an attachment to provide more details on the studentship project and training aspects and include a description of the proposed research and details of the research training. This MUST be a maximum of 2 pages of A4. Any associated research grants should be mentioned with reference numbers.
Please ensure that all pages in any attachment accompanying an application are sequentially numbered.
Industrial CASE Studentship
Please provide a succinct summary of the proposed project in a manner suitable for a non-specialist reader. This summary will be made publicly available if the proposal is funded. Please ensure that your proposed project is within remit prior to submission.
Please also include details of your collaborating partner(s).
This summary should be considered as the 'abstract' for your proposal, with further detail provided in the case of support form.
Centres for Doctoral Training
A case for support MUST be submitted as an attachment to provide more details on the CDT. This MUST be a maximum of 14 sides of A4. The case for support should be used to justify and evidence the proposal using the following headings:
Research Excellence
Training Excellence
Multidisciplinary Training Environment
Partnership Operational Management
Please ensure that all pages in any attachment accompanying an application are sequentially numbered.
Industrial CASE / CASE-Plus Studentships
Project Summary (4000 characters)
Please provide a description of the proposed project and the relevance of the project to STFC’s remit in a manner for a non-specialist reader. This summary will be made publicly available if the proposal is funded. Please ensure that your proposal project is within remit prior to submission.
Please include details of your collaborating partner.
This summary should be considered as the ‘abstract’ for your proposal. Further details should be provided in the Case for Support form.