It's important to take the time to thoroughly plan your research. If you don't, there's a risk it could fail, wasting your funding and your time and effort.
Here you can find out how to:
- plan, draft and write a proposal.
- identify financial and strategic risks before submitting a proposal
- protect your research with intellectual property and copyright contracts
- make sure your research is carried out with integrity and that it meets our ethical guidelines
- store and manage your data
- recruit and manage your team
Many research projects will involve other partners external to the University. To help you identify partners and types of funding correctly as you plan your proposal, definitions for commonly used terms is available at the end of this page.
If you are a researcher from the Schools of Arts and Humanities / Humanities and Social Sciences and are planning to apply for research funding, resources are also available on their website to help you with your application https://www.ahssresearch.group.cam.ac.uk/.
Definitions of Commonly Used Terms for Funders and Collaborators
Definitions of Commonly Used Terms for Funders and Collaborators
Third Party Engagement Definitions (605.22 KB)