Researcher's Route Map

The Researcher’s Route Map aims to give you the best chance of getting your project successfully funded and delivered.

If you’re putting together a research proposal and want to access the right help at the right time, there’s a vast amount of information and support available across the University. This tool brings this all together in one place. By working through each step, you can easily find valuable information and understand the essential steps that trigger decisions and approvals at the most appropriate points of your journey.

Considering these details at an early stage not only gives you the best chance of funding success but also makes it easier and faster to set up your project – meaning you can start your research more quickly.

1 Pre-Proposal

  1. I have an idea for a project... what should I do?

  2. Checkpoint 1
    Is this the right process for your project?

    Visit SharePoint for further information on the pre-proposal stage

    • If unsure, This checklist will assist in assessing the nature of your activity

      Activity type checklist

    • If yes, go to next step.

  3. Find a funding opportunity

    Visit SharePoint for further information on the pre-proposal stage

  4. Create a worktribe project record

  5. Understand your proposal's support and approval level

    Visit SharePoint for further information on the pre-proposal stage

    Check whether there is a Institutional Major or Complex bid process associated with your proposal as this will affect the approvals and support you require later on

    Go to the DREI SharePoint site for information on institutional major and complex bids

    If unsure, This form provides guidance on levels

    Attributes and risk level checklist

  6. Update worktribe record

    Your Costing Specialist will confirm the support that you need

    Go to the Finance SharePoint site to find your Costing Specialist

  7. Checkpoint 2
    Is your proposal appropriate to pursue?

    Visit SharePoint for further information on the pre-proposal stage

    • If no, re-assess options, then go back to start.

    • If yes, go to next step.

2 Proposal

  1. Write your proposal

3 Internal Approvals

  1. Review proposal and confirm all requirements are met

    Review your proposal

  2. Checkpoint 3
    Get internal approval from finance and school

    Get internal approval

    • If no, return to write your proposal.

    • If yes, go to next step.

  3. Submit proposal to funder

    Submit proposal

    Your costing specialist may submit on your behalf

    Go to the Finance SharePoint site to find your Costing Specialist

4 Application Submitted

  1. Checkpoint 4
    Funding decision

    Successful or not, notify your costing specialist of your funder's decision

    Go to the Finance SharePoint site to find your Costing Specialist

    • If unsuccessful, re-assess options, then go back to start.

    • If successful, go to next step.

5 Award Acceptance and Setup

  1. Offer review

    Offer review

  2. Checkpoint 5
    Review/confirm commitments

    Review and confirm financial and other institutional commitments

    • If not confirmed, return to offer review and acceptance step.

    • If confirmed, go to next step.

  3. Award acceptance and budget setup

    Award acceptance and budget setup

    Your Costing Specialist will put your project to live and set up your budget code

    Go to the Finance SharePoint site to find your Costing Specialist

6 Project Setup and Delivery

  1. Project planning

    Project planning

    If the research involves human participants, their data and/or tissue, it will require ethical review. Contact Research Governance

    Go to the Resesarch Governance support page

  2. Project delivery

    Project delivery

7 Post Project

  1. Project close

    More information about project close

  2. Share your project outputs

    More information about sharing your project outputs

  3. Ready to consider another proposal?

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