Research Support

Are you working on a research or innovation project? Or are you thinking about starting one? This page helps you move your project from idea to completion.

Here you will find:

• Information for every phase of your R&I activity
• Clear agreements and expectations
• Practical templates and tools

Whether you are a PI, manager, or part of a support team, you can quickly see what is expected of you and where to find support. All information is structured around the Research & Innovation Project Cycle, making it easy to navigate to the phase that matches your activity. Note: Although the process is presented as a series of sequential steps, in practice, phases can run in parallel and inform one another.

1. Positioning: At our entrepreneurial university, being active in research includes strategic positioning and starting with the potential impact of your research in mind. This includes building and engaging in relevant networks, contributing to research and funders’ agendas, and proactively creating opportunities at both the individual and institutional levels.
2. Preparing: This phase focuses on defining research and impact goals, identifying suitable funding, developing a strong proposal and formalising project agreements. It also covers topics including budgeting, ethical considerations, data management, and project management.
3. Performing: This phase entails conducting the research and scanning for opportunities to translate the results into products and services for society. Sound project administration, financial control, collaboration, and secure data and software management are essential.
4. Publishing: Project closure centres on communicating and disseminating results, with attention to open access, copyright, data publication and, where relevant, patents and knowledge transfer to society.
5. Preserving: The preservation phase includes evaluation, financial debriefing, and archiving of outputs, as well as embedding sustainability and knowledge exploitation. Unsuccessful proposals can be reviewed and strengthened before re-entering the preparation phase.