You must apply using the Joint Electronic Submission (Je-S) system.
You can find advice on completing your application in:
We recommend you start your application early.
Your host organisation will also be able to provide advice and guidance.
Submitting a network application
Before starting an application, you will need to log in or create an account in Je-S.
All investigators involved in the project need to be registered on Je-S.
Any investigators who do not have a Je-S account must register for an account at least 7 working days before the opportunity deadline.
When applying:
- Select ‘documents’, then ‘new document’.
- Select ‘call search’.
- To find the opportunity, search for: Dance research matters network.
You can save completed details in Je-S at any time and return to continue your application later.
Once you have completed your application, make sure you ‘submit document’. This will initially send your application to your organisation for their approval therefore please allow enough time before the 4:00pm deadline for that process.
Deadline
AHRC must receive your application by 16 March 2023 at 4:00pm UK time.
You will not be able to apply after this time.
You should ensure you are aware of and follow any internal institutional deadlines that may be in place.
Attachments
In addition to the Je-S application, you must include the following mandatory documents:
- case for support
- Résumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI) CV
- justification of resources
- project partner letter of support (for all listed partners)
- international co-investigator head of department statement (if applicable)
- equality, diversity, and inclusion statement
- environmental sustainability statement
Case for support
Maximum 6 sides of A4.
The case for support attachment must clearly outline the rationale for the activities, approach, and the research context by answering the following questions:
- what is the central theme of the proposed activity?
- why is it important that this theme is explored through a network?
- what is innovative about the network?
- how will collaboration and shared learning add value to this community?
- how will the proposed activities create genuine interaction across boundaries and advance understanding of the dance research sector?
- how will the network address:
- equitable partnership working
- dance sector vulnerabilities
- future collaborative practice
Please use the following headings:
- Rationale and research context
- Aims and objectives
- Timetable of activities
- Key speakers or participants
- Management and coordination
- Outputs, dissemination, and impact
R4RI CV
Maximum 2 sides of A4.
Read the R4RI guidance.
Read the specific R4RI guidance for this funding opportunity (PDF, 100KB).
Please note that this guidance may continue to have minor updates until March.
Justification of resources attachment
Maximum 2 sides of A4 .
All costs must be explained in the justification of resources attachment. Proposals are required to justify the inclusion of any international participants.
You must itemise all costs separately within the budget breakdown section of the application.
For further details on allowable costs, please read the AHRC research funding guide, section 1: research networking scheme, for details and help in applying.
Project partner letter of support
Maximum of 2 side of A4 per partner on headed paper, signed and dated.
Mandatory only if you have named project partners on the proposal.
Independent research organisations and public sector research establishments may participate as project partners if they are not an organisation at which the principal investigator or co-investigators are based.
University museums, galleries and libraries may participate as project partners if they are not formally linked to an organisation at which the principal investigator, or co investigators are based.
Where independent research organisations, public sector research establishments, university museums, galleries and libraries are the organisation at which the principal investigator, or co-investigators are based they may still participate in the project but must be fully costed to the project according to full economic cost rules, so cannot make contributions in-kind to the project.
Except for the circumstances outlined above UK higher education institutions that receive grant funding from one of the UK higher education funding bodies cannot be project partners, and they cannot make contributions in-kind to the project.
Please see section 4: application guidance page of the AHRC research funding guide for further details of what constitutes a project partner.
International co-investigator head of department statement
Maximum 1 side of A4 .
International co-investigator head of department statements must be submitted if an international co-investigator has been named on the proposal.
Uploaded as attachment type ‘Letter of Support’.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion statement
Maximum 2 sides of A4 .
Please explain how you will ensure equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded in your work.
Uploaded as attachment type ‘Other’.
Environmental sustainability statement
Maximum 2 sides A4 .
Please explain how you will ensure you embed environmentally sustainable practices in your work.
Uploaded as attachment type ‘Other’.
Submitting a programme lead application
Before starting an application, you will need to log in or create an account in Je-S.
All investigators involved in the project need to be registered on Je-S.
Any investigators who do not have a Je-S account must register for one at least 7 working days before the opportunity deadline.
When applying:
- Select ‘documents’, then ‘new document’.
- Select ‘call search’.
- To find the opportunity, search for: Dance Research Matters Programme Lead.
Once you have completed your application, make sure you ‘submit document’.
You can save completed details in Je-S at any time and return to continue your application.
Deadline
For the programme lead you must send an intention to submit by 27 January 2023 4:00pm UK time to hhll@ahrc.ukri.org
This must contain:
- programme lead full name
- research organisation
- network you will be hosted by
AHRC must receive your full application through Je-S by 16 March 2023 at 4:00pm UK time.
You will not be able to apply after this time. Please leave enough time for your proposal to pass through your organisation’s Je-S submission route before this date.
You should ensure you are aware of and follow any internal institutional deadlines that may be in place.
Attachments
In addition to the Je-S application, you must include the following mandatory documents:
- case for support
- R4RI CV
- justification of resources
- equality, diversity, and inclusion statement
- environmental sustainability statement
Case for support
Maximum 6 sides of A4.
The case for support attachment must clearly outline the rationale for the activities, approach, and the research context by answering the following questions:
- how will you map the dance ecosystem and how will this be disseminated?
- what approach will you take to monitoring and evaluating the impact of the networks?
- what approach will you take to learning and knowledge exchange?
- what approach will you take to defining recommendations for AHRC and the dance research sector?
- how will you ensure this work delivers maximum value for money?
- how will you ensure the outputs of this work have a clear legacy?
You should give details of:
- the aims and objectives
- the timetable for any proposed activities
- how you will deliver all the work outputs
- plans for project management and coordination, including the membership of any proposed advisory group or steering committee
You should also consider how your work will:
- help shape future research agendas
- foster wider impact from the networks
- support developing emerging research areas, methods, or approaches
- foster interdisciplinary research in and with dance
- encourage new research collaborations and partnerships
- provide intellectual leadership
R4RI CV
Maximum 2 sides of A4.
Read the R4RI guidance.
Read the specific R4RI guidance for this funding opportunity (PDF, 100KB).
Please note that this guidance may continue to have minor updates until March.
Justification of resources
Maximum 2 sides of A4.
All costs must be explained in the justification of resources attachment.
You must itemise all costs separately within the budget breakdown section of the application.
You must itemise all costs separately within the budget breakdown section of the application, and clearly indicate the costs of any international collaboration. In addition, all costs must be justified in the justification of resources attachment.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion statement
Maximum 2 sides of A4.
Please explain how you will ensure equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded in your work.
Upload as attachment type ‘Other’.
Environmental sustainability statement
Maximum 2 sides A4.
Please explain how you will ensure you embed environmentally sustainable practices in your work.
Upload as attachment type ‘Other’.
Important note
When entering the name of the programme lead, enter the details in the Fellow section but the total number of hours to be charged to the grant over duration of the grant should be entered as ‘0’ here. Actual costs should be entered in the Other Directly Incurred Costs section, and as an ‘Exception’. This is to enable 100% of the salary to be funded.
Please also include all other costs as an ‘Exception’, under ‘Other Directly Incurred’ so that these can be paid at 100%.
You can find advice on completing your application in the Je-S handbook.
Your host organisation will be able to provide advice and guidance on completing your application.
You should attach your documents as PDFs to avoid errors. They should be completed in single-spaced Arial 11 font or similar-sized sans serif typeface.
