Enter a distinct name for your application.

Application name

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:
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<li>opinion-formers</li>
<li>policymakers</li>
<li>the public</li>
<li>the wider research community</li>
</ul>
Guidance for writing a summary:
Clearly describe your proposed work in terms of:
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<li>context</li>
<li>the challenge the project addresses</li>
<li>aims and objectives</li>
<li>potential applications and benefits</li>
</ul>

This will be used to help select the most appropriate assessment panel for your application. This will also be used to help select the most appropriate panel introducers for your application.

Summary

Explain how your proposed work:
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<li>is of excellent quality and importance within or beyond the field(s) or area(s)</li>
<li>has the potential to advance current understanding, generates new knowledge, thinking or discovery within or beyond the field or area </li>
<li>is timely given current trends, context and needs </li>
<li>impacts world-leading research, society, the economy or the environment</li>
<li>will embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion considerations into your aims, as well as other activities such as stakeholder engagement, events and networking</li>
<li>will ensure public engagement activities are prioritised within project activities in order to ensure co-creation of research</li>
<li>will meet the Locally Unlocking Culture through Inclusive Access (LUCIA) programme objectives: : to develop a collaborative research network which actively engages local communities in widening access to cultural expression; to understand local cultural complexities, barriers and enablers, with a view to improving wellbeing in communities throughout the UK, and addressing urban renewal and economic growth; and to converge data and learning from a range of local and regional models to inform the spread and adoption of collaborative cultural policy across the UK</li>
</ul>
Within the Vision section we also expect you to:
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<li>describe the concept, context and coordination function of your project</li>
<li>demonstrate the alignment of the application to the LUCIA programme objectives</li>
<li>clearly state the research challenges that you will address</li>
<li>explain how you will embed environmental sustainability within your activities</li>
<li>use accessible and jargon-free language. This section will be assessed by expertise by experience panellists as well as academic panellists</li>
</ul>
References may be included within this section.
Within this section you can also demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form, such as images, if relevant:
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<li>use images sparingly and only to convey important information that cannot easily be put into words</li>
<li>insert each new image onto a new line</li>
<li>provide a descriptive legend for each image immediately underneath it (this counts towards your word limit)</li>
<li>files must be smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format</li>
</ul>
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Your application may be rejected if images are provided without a descriptive legend in the text box, or are used to replace text that could be input into the text box.

What are you hoping to achieve with your proposed work?  

Vision

Explain how you have designed your approach so that it:
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<li>is effective and appropriate to achieve your objectives</li>
<li>is feasible, and comprehensively identifies any risks to delivery and how they will be managed </li>
<li>if applicable, uses a clearly written and transparent methodology</li>
<li>if applicable, summarises the previous work and describes how this will be built upon and progressed </li>
<li>will maximise translation of outputs into outcomes and impacts&nbsp;</li>
<li>describes how your, and if applicable your team&rsquo;s, research environment (in terms of the place and relevance to the project) will contribute to the success of the work</li>
</ul>
Within the Approach section we also expect you to:
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<li>demonstrate access to the appropriate services, facilities, infrastructure, or equipment to deliver the application</li>
<li>evidence co-creation and user engagement that bring the voices of communities into the research process</li>
<li>provide a detailed and comprehensive project plan including milestones and timelines</li>
<li>explain how the partnership will be planned and managed</li>
<li>explain how the partnership will enable stakeholders to work together, network and build capability in a strategic area</li>
<li>outline plans for the sustainability and scalability of the network beyond this application, or for funding research which may develop from the network</li>
</ul>
References may be included within this section.
Within this section you can also demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form, such as images, if relevant:
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<li>use images sparingly and only to convey important information that cannot easily be put into words</li>
<li>insert each new image onto a new line</li>
<li>provide a descriptive legend for each image immediately underneath it (this counts towards your word limit)</li>
<li>files must be smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Your application may be rejected if images are provided without a descriptive legend in the text box, or are used to replace text that could be input into the text box.

How are you going to deliver your proposed work?

Approach

Evidence of how you, and if relevant your team, have:
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<li>the relevant experience (appropriate to career stage) to deliver the proposed work</li>
<li>the right balance of skills and expertise to cover the proposed work</li>
<li>the appropriate leadership and management skills to deliver the work and your approach to develop others</li>
<li>contributed to developing a positive research environment and wider community&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The word count for this section is 1,650 words, 1,150 words to be used for R4RI modules and, if necessary, a further 500 words for Additions.
Use the R&eacute;sum&eacute; for Research and Innovation (R4RI) format to showcase the range of relevant skills you, and if relevant your team (project and project co-leads, researchers, technicians, specialists, partners and so on) have and how this will help to deliver the proposed work. You can include individuals&rsquo; specific achievements but only choose past contributions that best evidence their ability to deliver this work.
Complete this section using the R4RI module headings listed below. Use each heading once and include a response for the whole team, see the <a class="govuk-link" href="https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/before-you-apply/resume-for-research-and-innovation-r4ri-guidance/#:~:text=UKRI%20committed%20to%20adopting%20a,UKRI%20throughout%202022%20and%202023.">UKRI guidance on R4RI</a>. You should consider how to balance your answer, and emphasise where appropriate the key skills each team member brings:
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<li>contributions to the generation of new ideas, tools, methodologies, or knowledge </li>
<li>the development of others and maintenance of effective working relationships </li>
<li>contributions to the wider research and innovation community </li>
<li>contributions to broader research or innovation users and audiences and towards wider societal benefit </li>
</ul>
Additions: Provide any further details relevant to your application. This section is optional and can be up to 500 words. You should not use it to describe additional skills, experiences or outputs, but you can use it to describe any factors that provide context for the rest of your R4RI (for example, details of career breaks if you wish to disclose them).&nbsp;You should complete this section as a narrative. Do not format it like a CV.
UKRI has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the new Funding Service.
For full details, see <a class="govuk-link" href="https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/before-you-apply/check-if-you-are-eligible-for-research-and-innovation-funding/eligibility-as-an-individual/#contents-list">Eligibility as an individual</a>.
References may be included within this section.
Within this section you can also demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form, such as images, if relevant:
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<ul class="govuk-list govuk-list--bullet">
<li>use images sparingly and only to convey important information that cannot easily be put into words</li>
<li>insert each new image onto a new line</li>
<li>provide a descriptive legend for each image immediately underneath it (this counts towards your word limit)</li>
<li>files must be smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Your application may be rejected if images are provided without a descriptive legend in the text box, or are used to replace text that could be input into the text box.

Why are you the right individual or team to successfully deliver the proposed work?  

Applicant and team capability to deliver

Enter the words &lsquo;attachment supplied&rsquo; in the text box, or if you do not have any project partners enter &lsquo;N/A&rsquo;.&nbsp;Each letter or email you provide should:
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<li>confirm the partner&rsquo;s commitment to the project &nbsp;</li>
<li>clearly explain the value, relevance, and possible benefits of the work to them &nbsp;</li>
<li>describe any additional value that they bring to the project &nbsp;</li>
<li>the page limit is two sides A4 per partner</li>
</ul>
 The Funding Service will provide document upload details when you apply. If you do not have any project partners, you will be able to indicate this in the Funding Service.
Ensure you have prior agreement from project partners so that, if you are offered funding, they will support your project as indicated in the project partners&rsquo; section.
For audit purposes, UKRI requires formal collaboration agreements to be put in place if an award is made.

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.

Project partners: letters (or emails) of support  

Demonstrate that you have identified and evaluated:
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<li>the relevant ethical or responsible research and innovation considerations</li>
<li>how you will manage these considerations </li>
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If you are collecting or using data, you should identify:
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<li>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) </li>
<li>formal information standards to which your proposed work will comply</li>
</ul>
Within this section you can also demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form, such as images, if relevant:
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<ul class="govuk-list govuk-list--bullet">
<li>use images sparingly and only to convey important information that cannot easily be put into words</li>
<li>insert each new image onto a new line</li>
<li>provide a descriptive legend for each image immediately underneath it (this counts towards your word limit)</li>
<li>files must be smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Your application may be rejected if images are provided without a descriptive legend in the text box, or are used to replace text that could be input into the text box.

What are the ethical and RRI 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.   

Ethics and responsible research and innovation (RRI)

Explain how your proposed work:
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<li>has clearly identified a relevant community and their needs</li>
<li>has included equitable co-creation and co-production with community partners and people with expertise by experience, and identified any barriers to access for those participants</li>
<li>will create long-term positive change for the identified communities</li>
</ul>
Within the co-creation and community engagement section we also expect you to use accessible and jargon-free language. Alongside academic peer assessment at panel, the LUCIA programme will invite experts by experience to assess applications.
References may be included within this section.

How is co-creation and community engagement embedded in your proposed work?

Co-creation and community engagement

Explain how the proposed award will be managed, demonstrating that it:
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<li>will be effectively governed, including details about advisory structures</li>
<li>will be effectively and inclusively managed, demonstrated by a clear management plan</li>
<li>has clear leadership team roles and responsibilities</li>
<li>will manage and encourage partnerships with non-HEI organisations across government, industry and civil society</li>
<li>has plans for monitoring your progress as well as self-evaluation throughout the lifetime of your award</li>
</ul>
References may be included within this section.
Within this section you can also demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. You should:
<ul class="govuk-list govuk-list--bullet">
<li>use images sparingly and only to convey important information that cannot easily be put into words</li>
<li>insert each new image onto a new line</li>
<li>provide a descriptive legend for each image immediately underneath it (this counts towards your word limit)</li>
<li>ensure files are smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format</li>
</ul>

How will you manage the award to successfully deliver its objectives?

Governance

Provide a data management plan that clearly details how you will comply with UKRI&rsquo;s published<a class="govuk-link" href="https://www.ukri.org/manage-your-award/publishing-your-research-findings/making-your-research-data-open/"> data sharing policy</a>, which includes detailed guidance notes.

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

Data management and sharing

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<li>robust consideration of EDI priorities within the network</li>
<li>proactive methods for promoting EDI values across the operational plans for the networks</li>
</ul>
References may be included within this section.

How will you build Equity Diversity and Inclusion considerations into the formation, operation and governance of the network, and how will these be operationalised? 

EDI action plan

Provide a Statement of Support from your research organisation detailing why the proposed work is needed. This should include details of any matched funding that will be provided to support the activity and any additional support that might add value to the work.
The assessment panel will be looking for a strong statement of commitment from your research organisation.
AHRC recognises that in some instances, this information may be provided by the Research Office, the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) or equivalent, or a combination of both.
You must also include the following details:
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<li>a significant person&rsquo;s name and their position, from the TTO or Research Office, or both</li>
<li>office address or web link</li>
</ul>

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