Research Support Services (RSS) is responsible for providing academic staff with a range of support for their research – in particular in relation to external research funding.  We provide support for the development and funding of major strategic themes, College-based research proposal development, dedicated support for accessing EU and International funding, as well as a range of key post-award support services: research finance, research contracts, ethics approval, and Sponsor oversight of clinical trials.

The Director of Research Support Services is Dr Ian Lyne.
Email: i.r.lyne@bham.ac.uk
PA: Lesley Hewitt: l.a.hewitt@bham.ac.uk and tel: 0121 414 3859

RSS covers the following areas:

• Research Development (And see below for College Research Support Teams)

• EU and International Funding

• Due Diligence for Research with Global Partners

• Research Grant Set-Up & Support

• Research Support Group (Research Contracts, Governance & Ethics, Research Finance).

• Engagement with the Alan Turing Institute
  
  
• Post Award Research Support Improvement Programme 

Support within your college 

Support for other aspects of research is provided by a range of other Professional Services:

• HR and Recruitment

• Procurement

• Training and Development for researchers

• Research data management and Open Access publication

• Impact

• Reporting and Researchfish

• Research Excellence Framework (REF)

• Research Communications and Briefings

See also the University’s external webpages on its research: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/index.aspx

Also in 'RSS'

• Research Development
• European and International Research Support
• Research Grant Set-Up and Support
• Research Support Group
• UoB Enterprise Ltd
• The Alan Turing Institute
• Due Diligence for Research with Global Partners
• Service Standards