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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Research Funding and Strategic Initiatives
 

Information for award holders and departments

 

Financial arrangements

  • Awards are available immediately;
  • Awards must be spent within a month of the project end date;
  • The funds will be transferred to your department by the School Finance Advisor – please ask the department accounts team to notify us of the dedicated Cost Centre where funds should be transferred to, by emailing Michael.dunn@admin.cam.ac.uk
  • The source of funds for the award will be ALBN;
  • Expenditure may only be incurred through a host Faculty or Department;
  • All expenditure should be coded directly to the Cost Centre provided by the host department;
  • Award holders should not make direct payments for services under any circumstances;
  • Any overspend will be the responsibility of the Faculty or Department concerned;
  • Any unspent award will be journalled back to the Scheme at the end of the academic year.

 

Changes to awards

  • CHRG awards are strictly cash-limited and no follow-on funding is available.
  • No-cost extensions are normally granted only on the basis of unavoidable delay such as a change in personnel or other circumstances outside the control of the researcher. 
  • Repurposing of funds may be possible, depending on the circumstances, and must be approved in advance by submitting a change request.
  • Changes to awards must be requested online.

Submit Change Request

 

Completion

  • Expenditure must be completed within one month of the project end date.
  • Any underspend will be transferred back to the Scheme at the end of the academic year.
  • Any overspend will be the responsibility of the host Faculty or Department.

 

Reporting requirements

  • As a condition of the award, each awardee will be asked to submit a brief report (using the template provided) on the outcomes of the project and the extent to which the specific aims/outputs have been achieved, along with a statement of expenditure. 
  • Reports are due within thirty days of the project end-date.  
  • Failure to submit a report may result in the funds being recalled. 
  • Final reports should be on the template provided and submitted online

Final report template

Submit Final Report

 

If you have any queries, please contact the CHRG Administration at grantsAHSS@admin.cam.ac.uk