Please preface your application title with UKRI-NSF followed by your specific project title.

UKRI-NSF:

In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application.
We may make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, so 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>
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 assessors for your application.

Summary

Create a document that includes your responses to all criteria.
The document should not be more than seven sides of A4, single spaced in 11-point Arial (or equivalent sans serif font) with margins of at least 2cm. You may include images, graphs, tables. References may be included but should not exceed one page of your document. You can have an additional page for a diagrammatic workplan.
For the Vision, 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>
</ul>
For the Approach, explain how you have designed your work 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 clear 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</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>
References may be included within this section.
Provide your response as a PDF document, see detailed guidance in the file upload guidance. In the text box simply enter &lsquo;attachment provided&rsquo;.

What are you hoping to achieve with and how will you deliver your proposed work?

Vision and Approach

Please provide 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&nbsp;</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</li>
</ul>
You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant.&nbsp;You should:
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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>ensure files are smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format</li>
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1,150 words should be used for R4RI modules (including references) 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 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. 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 &nbsp;</li>
</ul>
You should complete this section for the whole team, including UK and US researchers.
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). Complete this as a narrative. Do not format it like a CV.
References may be included within this section.
You should complete this section for the whole team, including UK and US researchers.
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>.

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

Applicant and team capability to deliver    

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 1 sides A4 per partner</li>
</ul>
Provide your response as a PDF document, see detailed guidance in the file upload guidance. In the text box simply enter &lsquo;attachment provided&rsquo;. &nbsp;Enter N/A in the text box if not applicable to your proposed work.
Ensure you have prior agreement from project partners so that, if you are offered funding, they will support your project as indicated in the contributions template.
For audit purposes, UKRI requires formal collaboration agreements to be put in place if an award is made.
Do not provide letters of support from host and project co-leads' research organisations.

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

Project partners: letters (or emails) of support 

If you will need to use a facility, follow your proposed facility&rsquo;s normal access request procedures. Ensure you have prior agreement so that if you are offered funding, they will support the use of their facility on your project.
For each requested facility you will need to provide the:
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<li>name of facility, copied and pasted from the <a class="govuk-link" href="https://ukri-tfs-prod-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Facility+Information+for+TFS.docx">facility information list </a></li>
<li>proposed usage or costs, or costs per unit where indicated on the facility information list&nbsp;</li>
<li>confirmation you have their agreement where required&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Facilities should only be named if they are on the facility information list above.
Enter N/A in the text box if not applicable to your proposed work.

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

Facilities

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&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Within this section you can also demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. You should:
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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>ensure files are smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format</li>
</ul>
</ul>

What are the ethical or 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) 

In respect of animals, plants or microbes, are you proposing to:
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<li>use genetic modification as an experimental tool, like studying gene function in a genetically modified organism</li>
<li>release genetically modified organisms</li>
<li>ultimately develop commercial and industrial genetically modified outcomes</li>
</ul>
If yes, provide the name of any required approving body and state if approval is already in place. If it is not, provide an indicative timeframe for obtaining the required approval.
Identify the organism or organisms as a plant, animal or microbe and specify the species and which of the three categories the research relates to.
Identify the genetic and biological risks resulting from the proposed research, their implications, and any mitigation you plan on taking. Assessors will want to know you have considered the risks and their implications to justify that any identified risks do not outweigh any benefits of the proposed research.
Enter N/A in the text box if not applicable to your proposed work.

Does your proposed research involve any genetic or biological risk?

Genetic and biological risk

If you are proposing research that requires using animals, download and complete the <a class="govuk-link" href="https://ukri-tfs-prod-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/AnimalResearchQuestionTemplate-BBSRC.docx">Animals Scientific Procedures Act template (DOCX, 74KB)</a>, which contains all the questions relating to research using vertebrate animals or other Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 regulated organisms.
Provide your response as a PDF document, see detailed guidance in the file upload guidance. In the text box simply enter &lsquo;attachment provided&rsquo;.
Enter N/A in the text box if not applicable to your proposed work.

Does your proposed research involve the use of vertebrate animals or other organisms covered by the Animals Scientific Procedures Act?

Research involving the use of animals

If you are proposing to conduct overseas research, it must be conducted in accordance with welfare standards consistent with those in the UK, as in <a class="govuk-link" href="https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resources/responsibility-use-animals-bioscience-research">Responsibility in the use of animals in bioscience research, page 14</a>. Ensure all named applicants in the UK and overseas are aware of this requirement.
If your application proposes animal research to be conducted overseas, you must provide a statement in the text box. Depending on the species involved, you may also need to upload a completed template for each species listed.
Statement
Provide a statement to confirm that:
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<li>all named applicants are aware of the requirements and have agreed to abide by them</li>
<li>this overseas research will be conducted in accordance with welfare standards consistent with the principles of UK legislation</li>
<li>the expectation set out in Responsibility in the use of animals in bioscience research will be applied and maintained</li>
<li>appropriate national and institutional approvals are in place.</li>
</ul>
Templates
Overseas studies proposing to use non-human primates, cats, dogs, equines or pigs will be assessed during&nbsp;<a class="govuk-link" href="https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do#services">NC3Rs review</a>&nbsp;of research applications. Provide the required information by completing the template from the question &lsquo;Research involving the use of animals&rsquo;.
For studies involving other species, select, download, and complete the relevant Word checklist or checklists from this list:
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<li><a class="govuk-link" href="https://nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Additional%20questions%20on%20the%20use%20of%20rodents%20overseas%20%286%29_0.docx">Additional questions on the use of rodents overseas (DOCX, 49.1KB)</a></li>
<li><a class="govuk-link" href="https://nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Additional%20questions%20on%20the%20use%20of%20rabbits%20overseas.docx">Additional questions on the use of rabbits overseas (DOCX, 49.2KB)</a></li>
<li><a class="govuk-link" href="https://nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Additional%20questions%20on%20the%20use%20of%20sheep%20overseas.docx">Additional questions on the use of sheep overseas (DOCX, 50.9KB)</a></li>
<li><a class="govuk-link" href="https://nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Additional%20questions%20on%20the%20use%20of%20goats%20overseas.docx">Additional questions on the use of goats overseas (DOCX, 47.3KB)</a></li>
<li><a class="govuk-link" href="https://nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Additional%20questions%20on%20the%20use%20of%20pigs%20overseas.docx">Additional questions on the use of pigs overseas (DOCX, 51.4KB)</a></li>
<li><a class="govuk-link" href="https://nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-12/Additional%20questions%20on%20the%20use%20of%20cattle%20overseas.docx">Additional questions on the use of cattle overseas (DOCX, 57.0KB)</a></li>
<li><a class="govuk-link" href="https://nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/Additional%20questions%20on%20the%20use%20of%20Xenopus%20laevis%20%26%20%20Xenopus%20tropicalis%20overseas.docx">Additional questions on the use of&nbsp;Xenopus laevis&nbsp;and&nbsp;Xenopus tropicalis&nbsp;overseas (DOCX, 57.3KB)</a></li>
</ul>
Enter N/A in the text box if not applicable to your proposed work.

Will any of the proposed animal research be conducted overseas?

Conducting research with animals overseas

If you are proposing research that requires the involvement of human subjects, provide the name of any required approving body and whether approval is already in place.
Justify the number and the diversity of the participants involved, as well as any procedures.
Provide details of any areas of substantial or moderate severity of impact.
Enter N/A in the text box if not applicable to your proposed work.

Will the project involve the use of human subjects or their personal information?

Research involving human participation

If you are proposing work that involves human tissues or biological samples, provide the name of any required approving body and whether approval is already in place.
Justify the use of human tissue or biological samples specifying the nature and quantity of the material to be used and its source.
Enter N/A in the text box if not applicable to your proposed work.

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