SFI Research Centres Phase 2 Submission Checklist

Progress Report / Max. Pages / Completed
Summary of Achievements / 10
Progress against Original Objectives / 5
Research Centre Leadership Team / 10
Governance and Management / 5
Support from Host Research Body and Other Participating Research Bodies / 5
Research Programme (exclusive of references and reports on US-Ireland and Spokes awards) / 40
References / No page limit
Commercialisation Plan / 10
Industry Cost Share (exclusive of testimonials - no limit to number of testimonials included) / 10
Industry Testimonials / No page limit
Funding Diversification / 10
Impact / 10
Education and Public Engagement / 5
Communications / 5
Appendix (A): US-Ireland Centre-to-Centre Programme (per project including list of publications) / 10 per project
Appendix (B): Spokes Programme (per project including list of publications) / 10 per project
Proposal / Max. Pages / Completed
Research Centre Executive Summary / 5
Research Centre Leadership Team / 10
Governance and Management / 5
Support from the Host Research Bodies / 5
Strategy / 5
Research Programme (exclusive of references) / 30
References / No page limit
Business Plan / 15
SFI Budget Request and Justification / 10 including Budget Tables in Appendix A
Commercialisation Plan / 10
Impact Statement / 15
Industry Partners – Case Studies (1-page maximum per case study) / Not specified but only case studies should be provided. See FAQ 4w
KPIs / 5 including KPI Table in Appendix B
Education and Public Engagement / 5
Communications / 5
Research Bodies Letters of Support (from all Research Bodies involved in the proposal) / Not specified
Appendix A: Budget Tables to be used in Section 8. SFI Budget Request and Justification / N/A
Appendix B: KPI Table to be used in Section 12. KPI / N/A
SESAME Submission / Completed
Lead and co-Applicants’ CVs completed using new template in Appendix 2 of call document
Lead Applicant required fields completed
Lead Applicant CV uploaded to application page
All co-Applicants registered on SESAME and added to the application page
Lead and co-Applicants’ ORCID IDs linked in Research Profiles
Co-Applicants’ required fields completed
Co-Applicants’ CVs uploaded to application page
Lead and Co-Applicants’ Research Funding section completed on application page
All documents for upload as PDF files
Funded Investigators, industry partners and collaborators added to Collaborator section on application page
Progress Report and Phase 2 Proposal uploaded to application page (in PDF)
Reviewed and approved by Research Office in advance of 14th June 2017 submission to SFI

Strict deadline for submission to SFI through the SESAME system no later than 13:00 on 14th June 2017.