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Research

Information for Postdoctoral and Faculty researchers in MPS

Funding - Opportunity seeking

• Sussex STFC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) (taking STFC funded ideas towards commercialisation)
• HEIF funding (Funding for business engagement and impact)
• Sussex Research Development Fund (develops activities enabling substantive external research proposals).
• Sussex Research Opportunities Fund (provides funds to stimulate new interdisciplinary projects).
• Find funding opportunities (A range of sources and information on the Research Development Team webpages).

Funding - How to apply

• External Funding Deadlines calendar
• How to apply for research funding (MPS procedures)

REF

• REF Pages
• MPS REF 2021 planning and progress
• MPS - Publications recording policy
• Open Access requirements (Library pages)
• School Research Reports
• Code of Practice (for internal use only)

Publishing and Reporting

How to get an ORCID / enter your ORCID

How to add data to ResearchFish

Research Integrity, Ethics and Policy

Ethical Review

University’s requirements for researchers who may require access to web resources that might attract attention in the context of Prevent (anti-radicalisation and anti-terrorism) responsibilities.

Process for accessing specific University IT resources to enable security sensitive research

Accessing ITS resource for sensitive research - application form

Strategy 

For the Department of Mathematics Research Strategy, please click here.

For the Department of Physics & Astronomy Research Strategy, please click here.

For the School of Mathematics & Physical Sciences Research Strategy, please click here

For information on the Sussex 2025 Strategic Framework, please click here.  

Impact and Innovation

See the University's Research webpages for Policies, Funding, IP, Impact etc.

Within MPS there are many successful cases of Impact & Innovation, please see the links below.

Two spin-outs:

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Projects with commercial impact potential, KE or industrial collaboration:

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https://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/epic/research/terahertz

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https://www.sussexquantum.com/magnetic-microscopy

https://www.sussexquantum.com/quantum-gases-on-atom-chips

https://www.sussexquantum.com/optical-atomic-magnetometry

https://www.sussex.ac.uk/materials-physics/site/gallery

Recruiting Researchers/Visitors to MPS

• Recruiting a Research Fellow
• Planning the induction of new Research Fellows
• PI's: How to support your Research Staff
• Postdoctoral Researcher's webpage
• Bringing a Visitor to MPS 

Staff Training, Development & Progression

• Set up your Sussex online Researcher profile
• Appraisals & Personal Research Plans
• SEPnet/GRADnet calendar of events in MPS
• Browse Researcher Development Courses

Research Events

• Planning a Research Event in MPS

Resources & Equipment

• Research Data Management & policy
• MPS Research Computing
• In-kind Research Contribution
• The SEPnet Kit - facilities available at the SEPnet universities
• Equipment & facilities at UK HE institutions

Research Groups and Committees

• Research Groups in Mathematics
• Research Groups in Physics & Astronomy
• Physics & Astronomy Research Strategy Group
• Mathematics Research Committee

Useful contacts

• The Director of Research & Knowledge Exchange is Professor Andrea Banfi.
• Mrs Gisela Hafezparast is the Research Development Manager for MPS.  Contact Gisela Hafezparast on [email protected] .
• Mrs Sorina Tudor is the Research Finance Officer for MPS in the Research Office.
• Local administrative support within MPS is provided by the Research Support Team - Research & Enterprise Coordinator Sinead Rance.  For PhD research enquiries, please contact [email protected], or alternatively, the Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Cara Gathern.
• List of Postdoctoral researchers within the school (Contact the REC on [email protected])
• Human Resources contacts: HR Advisor for MPS is Rose Pringle.  HR Admin support can be contacted at [email protected]
• For general enquiries to the MPS research support team, use [email protected]
• Support for the wider research community at Sussex is supplied by the Doctoral School and the Research & Enterprise Division. 
• The facilities of the Sussex Research Hive are available to all researchers.