The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has introduced a new policy on open access publication arising from funded research: EPSRC Council has agreed to mandate open access publication, with the proviso that academics should be able to choose the…
New TRAC charge-out rates from 1st Feb 2011
The 2009-10 TRAC Return for University of Lincoln has now been approved and sent to HEFCE and the new TRAC charge out rates to be used from 1 Feb 2011 have now been published on the staff portal: New TRAC…
EC Maintains 60 per cent Flat Rate for Overheads in FP7
The European Commission has decided to continue to allow Higher Education Institutions to claim 60 per cent of eligible direct costs as overheads on FP7 projects. The Special Transitional Flat Rate (“transitional” in the sense that it was supposed to…
How to Write a Good Justification of Resources – Guidance from EPSRC
In the latest issue of Connect EPSRC have published a handy one page guide on how to write a good Justification of Resources (JoR). The JoR is an often overlooked but very important part of most Research Council bids (not…