Research
Information for Postdoctoral and Faculty researchers in MPS
- Funding - Opportunity seeking
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- 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
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- External Funding Deadlines calendar
- How to apply for research funding (MPS procedures)
- REF
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- 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
- Research Integrity, Ethics and Policy
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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
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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
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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:
Projects with commercial impact potential, KE or industrial collaboration:
http://geoniumchip.org/projects/
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/discus/case-studies
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/iqt/research/business/technology.html
http://itcm-sussex.com/?page_id=333
http://itcm-sussex.com/?page_id=335
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/epic/research/integrated_photonics
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/epic/research/terahertz
https://www.sussexquantum.com/3d-printed-atom-trapping
https://www.sussexquantum.com/magnetic-microscopy
https://www.sussexquantum.com/quantum-gases-on-atom-chips
- Recruiting Researchers/Visitors to MPS
- Staff Training, Development & Progression
- Research Events
- Resources & Equipment
- Research Groups and Committees
- Useful contacts
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- The Director of Research & Knowledge Exchange is Professor Andrea Banfi.
- Mrs Gisela Hafezparast is the Research Development Manager for MPS. Contact Gisela Hafezparast on research_support@sussex.ac.uk .
- 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 mps-pgrsupport@sussex.ac.uk, or alternatively, the Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Cara Gathern.
- List of Postdoctoral researchers within the school (Contact the REC on mpsresearchsupport@sussex.ac.uk)
- Human Resources contacts: HR Advisor for MPS is Rose Pringle. HR Admin support can be contacted at hradmin.mps@sussex.ac.uk
- For general enquiries to the MPS research support team, use mpsresearchsupport@sussex.ac.uk
- 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.