Bridging Funding

Guidance on managing gaps between grant funding awards for staff engaged on research projects

Overview

Provides useful approaches to help mitigate employment gaps during funding transitions for research project staff with potential funding options to maintain employment. Guidance and procedures with a form to record local decisions and ensure the process is managed fairly and transparently.

Contents

Includes key chapters on:

• Forward Planning
• Benefits of Bridging Funding 
• Managing Funding Gaps / Delays.
• Notice Periods and Contract Extensions
• Fairness and Equality 
• Bridging Funding Principles

Who this applies to

• Principal Investigators (PIs)
• Heads of Department (HoDs)
• Grant funded employees engaged on research projects 

Guidance

For further information please read the Bridging Funding Guidance.