Welcome to the University of Northampton’s Research Impact Magazine.

The Research Impact Magazine showcases some of the world-leading research that is being undertaken by our colleagues in the University and how our research is changing lives around the world.

In line with the University’s Strategic Plan Transforming Lives + Inspiring Change, and building on our Ashoka U Changemaker Campus, the University’s ambition is to deliver innovative research that delivers real impact to local, national and global communities.

We hope you enjoy the publication and this gives you a sense of what drives us as a 21st century Changemaker University.

Read your copy here

Due to the University of Northampton guidelines regarding COVID-19, please note the Research and Innovation Funding Support team are currently remote working. You can email or call as usual and all the team will be using Jabber so can be contacted either by the chat functionality or by phoning. 

Not sure who to contact in the team? Our RIFS email address is monitored daily and you can contact us here

Things to Know

Pure Award Management is web-based and you’ll still be able to access this from any location with an internet connection.

Log in via: https://pure.northampton.ac.uk with your normal University login details.

Funding Institutional is also a web-based tool.

Log in with your normal University details through: https://www.fundinginstitutional.com

Our RIFS site is an invaluable resource tool and covers all the services we offer. Take a look around here

We are keeping up to date with funding updates and these will be shared as and when they come in or via our Weekly News Update and Weekly Tender List.

If you require up to date information about the University’s approach to COVID-19, please read the University’s Situation Updates

We have some exciting news to share from GRANTfinder with the introduction of their new service, The Knowledge Exchange. Launched over 40 years ago, this service has been supporting clients including universities, private sector consultancies, think tanks and charities for many years.

This premium research and policy service has replaced POLICYfinder allowing you to search over 200,000 policy-related resources, including extensive coverage of reviews, research and white papers. It offers a range of policy insight tools and intelligence to aid you in your research. You can also set yourself up to receive regular member-only briefings and alerts on topical policy issues.

The Knowledge Exchange will help you to understand the wider policy context which is influencing the funding environment, and how projects relate to local, regional and national policy. Read more here

This new “bigger and better” service is available to all existing GRANTfinder users. Register here to use this service and a take a look at this handy short video if you need more guidance. Once registered, the RIFS team will approve your request to gain access to the site. We have plenty of User Guide videos to help you become familiar with the site and help create powerful searches, drop us an email for more information.

Once you’ve added all the necessary information to Gateway, you’ll be able to submit it in to the approval workflow. This system means that the key people in the approval process (your Faculty accountant and Dean) are able to view all the information you’ve provided . In some cases, you might be required to provide more information so that they are able to fully understand the ins and outs of your project. To explain how this approval workflow operates, we’ve put together a flow chart that shows you who’s making decisions and what this means for your proposal.

You can view this flowchart by clicking here.

We have some exciting news to share.

The team have been busy developing the next phase of Gateway Haplo and can now reveal this will soon be live.  Gateway Haplo Funding is our system for monitoring and reporting on the bidding activity throughout the University.

You’ll be happy to know that this next phase will deliver a number of improvements:-

• Online Justification form – no more paper forms
• Post Award section for recording project meetings, milestones and actions and storing those important documents
• Improved reporting with a range of extra functions

As the system is updated and rolled out to all staff over the next couple of weeks, these changes will take shape. A set of guidelines, including handy tips, will also be available after our launch date.

Our official launch date is the 1st August and to help staff with these changes, a drop-in session will take place on Wednesday, 14th August from 10am-12pm in the Research and Enterprise Office, Ground Floor, Senate.

Unable to make the session? Drop the RIFS team an email and we can organise a 1:1 or group session.

We’re excited to announce our upcoming workshop programme for Spring/Summer 2019, we hope you’ll be able to join us!

To find out about the sessions, including a summary of each one and information on how you can book, download the brochure.

For the Getting the Most from GRANTfinder session, we’re welcoming an external speaker from the makers of GRANTfinder, Idox. In order to make sure that the session is viable, we’ll be taking a look at the number of attendees on Monday 13th and making a decision as to whether we’ll reschedule the event to a time when more people are available. If you’re interested in that session then please book ASAP and we’ll be in touch to confirm plans.

You may have heard of, or even attended one of our development workshops. We are already planning to repeat previous events that have had good feedback but we’re aware that this isn’t comprehensive. We’d like to use your input to update our offerings, including creating new sessions. We’d also like to hear from individuals and small groups who have more specific development needs as we’d be more than happy to tailor a session to you.

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