Financial reporting, invoicing & auditing 

You should be keeping track of expenditure on the project, monitoring this closely and updating your budget tracker once a month. This allows you to keep track of the budget against certain deliverables as well as keep an overall view of the project. All expenditure that you make must be costed into the budget at the start of a project and any changes must be authorised by the funder.  It is your responsibility to invoice a partner/funder or nominate an individual responsible for this.

Good practice in collaborative research 

There are some good practices that apply to all collaborative research projects whether it be a small scale two partner project or a large collaboration on a multi-million pound project. 

Travel 

All grant expenses for travel are subject to the University’s travel policy. All travel expenses must be documented as per University’s guidance. Information on procurement travel can be found on the staff intranet pages.  

Research impact planning 

If you want your research to make an impact, you need an impact plan. Identifying the potential impact of your research can help with planning and prioritising knowledge exchange, public engagement and dissemination activities, to ensure you can both reach and prove the impacts you seek.