UKRI

BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)

The questions, word limits and assessment criteria below are the funder’s own, taken from the published competition material. You still submit through their service; this is where the writing happens first.

9 questions, straight from the funder

Their word limits are on every box, counted live as you type, and what the assessor is told to look for sits beside it. All of that is free. The pre-sift check — every mechanical rule that rejects a proposal before anyone reads it, run over what you have written — comes with the pass.

Application questions

Q1 Summary

0 / 550 words

In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for example: opinion-formers policymakers the public the wider research community

Q2 Purpose

0 / 2500 words

Why is the travel and joint research needed?

What the assessor looks for

  • the added value to existing BBSRC and FAPESP research and innovation
  • the promotion of collaboration between researchers in the UK and Brazil
  • the future joint research likely to accrue from the collaboration
  • the acquisition and development of skills for the individuals involved
  • opportunities for early career scientist exchanges
  • why the people involved are the best people to carry out this collaboration
  • why the places you are travelling to are the best places to go to, in terms of access to people, expertise, skills and resources
  • why travel and collaboration need to happen at this time

A filled dot only means your answer mentions that ground. It is not a judgement of how well.

Q3 Resources and cost justification

0 / 500 words

What will you need to deliver your proposed work and how much will it cost?

What the assessor looks for

  • travel costs
  • subsistence costs
  • collaborative activities
  • research costs, including consumables and access to specialist equipment, which will support the development of preliminary data and new applications under the UKRI-FAPESP agreement. This award cannot be used to fund Salary and Overhead costs
  • this award cannot be used to fund (salary and overheads)
  • equipment costs are not permitted under this funding opportunity
  • are comprehensive, appropriate, and justified
  • represent the optimal use of resources to achieve the intended outcomes
  • maximise potential outcomes and impacts

A filled dot only means your answer mentions that ground. It is not a judgement of how well.

Q4 Ethics and responsible research and innovation (RRI)

What are the ethical and RRI considerations, implications and issues relating to the proposed work? If you do not think that the proposed work raises any ethical or RRI issues, explain why.

What the assessor looks for

  • the relevant ethical and RRI considerations, including both the research or topic area itself and the design and delivery of the project
  • the wider implications of the proposed work, and how you will maximise the positive societal, environmental, and economic benefits arising from the project, while minimising unintended negative impacts, such as research misuse or accidental harm
  • how you will manage these considerations throughout the lifecycle of the project
  • any legal and ethical considerations of collecting, releasing and storing the data (including consent, confidentiality, anonymisation, security and other ethical considerations and, in particular, strategies to not preclude further reuse of data)
  • formal information standards that your proposed work will comply with
  • human participants
  • genetically modified organisms

A filled dot only means your answer mentions that ground. It is not a judgement of how well.

Q5 Additional documentation: FAPESP SAGe online form

0 / 10 words

This question is included in the Funding Service. The SAGe online form , which includes the budget request from FAPESP for the São Paulo based researchers, should be downloaded and uploaded as an attachment by the UK project lead. Please upload a PDF attachment of the FAPESP management support system (SAGe) online form, as it will be submitted to FAPESP. For the file name, use the unique Funding Service number the system gives you when you create an application on the Funding Service, followed by the words ‘FAPPA SAGe online form’. Save this document as a single PDF file, no bigger than 8MB.

Q6 Your organisation’s support

0 / 500 words

Provide details of support from your research organisation.

What the assessor looks for

  • a significant person’s name, their position and office or department, or all
  • office address or web link

A filled dot only means your answer mentions that ground. It is not a judgement of how well.

Q7 Project partners: letters (or emails) of support

Upload a single PDF containing the letters or emails of support from each partner you named in the project partners section. These should be uploaded in English or Welsh only.

What the assessor looks for

  • confirm the partner’s commitment to the project
  • clearly explain the value, relevance, and possible benefits of the work to them
  • describe any additional value that they bring to the project
  • have a page limit of one side of A4 per partner

A filled dot only means your answer mentions that ground. It is not a judgement of how well.

Q8 Data management and sharing

0 / 500 words

How will you manage and share data collected or acquired through the proposed research?

Q9 Facilities

0 / 500 words

Does your proposed research require the support and use of a facility?

What the assessor looks for

  • name of facility, copied and pasted from the facility information list (DOCX, 42KB)
  • proposed usage or costs, or costs per unit where indicated on the facility information list
  • confirmation you have their agreement where required

A filled dot only means your answer mentions that ground. It is not a judgement of how well.

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