Application Form
(350 words max per applicant)
Making clear how this scoping project will form the basis for further study/research in the future.(150 words max)
Please describe the rationale for scoping the topic, the key issues to explore and the way you will frame/focus the study (750 words max)
Please indicate your proposed approach to scoping the topic showing what you plan to do, how you will achieve it and how you will make sense of it analytically (500 words max)
What ethical issues may arise in relation to your proposal and how might these be addressed? (200 words max)
Please set down a time plan with milestones over a 12 month period
Please specify any costs which would be associated with your research
Fund/Organisation - Amount requested - Result (or date expected)
Please list previous grants, with dates, awarded by both the SRHE and other bodies. Please indicate where publications / reports/ dissertations, etc. have resulted from the grants awarded.
Please describe any planned, immediate outcomes from your scoping study, but also how you envisage it being used as the platform for future research/study, by you and/or others (200 words max)
Please specify how your project fits with the specified research themes. (150 words max)
Please describe how your scoping study will help to form an agenda for developing the understanding of higher education (100 words max)
Please describe how your research will contribute to the work of the SRHE (100 words max)

Please note that at least one referee must be from a different institution/university to your own. For joint applications, Referee details are only required for the lead applicant. Referees should not also be applicants themselves for these awards, nor be currently serving members of SRHE Governing Council/SRHE Standing Committees.

References request forms can be submitted here with your application or e-mailed directly to srhe@srhe.ac.uk

References request forms can be submitted here with your application or e-mailed directly to srhe@srhe.ac.uk

Please attach a copy of your CV (maximum length 2 sides of A4). For joint applications, only the CV for the lead applicant needs to be provided.

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