Costing policies
The following should not be requested as part of the application and will be automatically provided where appropriate by the Alliance:
Contingency/flexible funding allowance
The Alliance will not provide funds for the following:
- Inflation or cost-of-living increases (however, the Alliance will undertake a rolling review of Fellows' salaries to ensure that they remain competitive).
- Charge-out costs for major facilities; departmental technical and administrative services.
- Indirect costs, including general administration costs such as personnel, finance, library, and some departmental services.
- Indemnity insurance (insurance cover against claims made by subjects or patients associated with a research programme).
- Redundancy costs for research staff.
- Waste disposal costs
- Radiation protection costs
- Customs duty on equipment (unless usual exemptions for equipment used on medical research do not apply).
