دورية أكاديمية
Online survey exploring researcher experiences of research funding processes in the UK: the effort and burden of applying for funding and fulfilling reporting requirements
| العنوان: | Online survey exploring researcher experiences of research funding processes in the UK: the effort and burden of applying for funding and fulfilling reporting requirements |
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| المؤلفون: | Fackrell, Kathryn, Church, Hazel, Crane, Ksenia, Recio-Saucedo, Alejandra, Blatch-Jones, Amanda, Meadmore, Katie |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton |
| الوصف: | Objective: To explore researchers’ experiences of funding processes, the effort and burden involved in applying for funding, obtaining funding, and/or fulfilling reporting requirements with a UK health and social care research funder. Design/Setting: A cross-sectional online survey study with open (free-text) and closed questions (August-November 2021). Participants: Researchers with experience of applying for/obtaining funding and/or experience of fulfilling reporting requirements for UK health and social care research funded between January 2018 to July 2021. Results: The survey was completed by 182 researchers, of which 176 had experience with applying for/obtaining funding, and 143 experience with fulfilling reporting requirements during the timeframe. The majority of the 176 respondents (58%) completed between 7-13 key processes in order to submit an application and 69% felt that it was critically important to undertake these key processes. Respondents (n=143) reported submitting an average of 17 reports as part of research monitoring to a range of organisations (e.g., funders, Higher Education Institutions). However, only 33% of respondents felt it was critically important to provide the requested reporting information to the different organisations. Thematic analysis of free-text questions on application and reporting identified themes relating to process inefficiencies including streamlining and alignment of systems, lack of understanding of processes including a need for improved communication and feedback from organisations with clear explanations about what information is needed, when and why, the support required by respondents and the time, effort and impact on workload and well-being. Conclusions: Through this study we were able to identify funding processes that are considered by some to be effortful, but necessary, as well as those that were perceived as unnecessary, complex and repetitive, and may waste some researchers time and effort and impact on wellbeing. Possible solutions to increase ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/490407/1/e079581.full.pdfTest; Fackrell, Kathryn, Church, Hazel, Crane, Ksenia, Recio-Saucedo, Alejandra, Blatch-Jones, Amanda and Meadmore, Katie (2024) Online survey exploring researcher experiences of research funding processes in the UK: the effort and burden of applying for funding and fulfilling reporting requirements. BMJ Open, 14 (3), [e079581]. (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079581 ). |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079581Test https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/490407Test/ https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/490407/1/e079581.full.pdfTest |
| حقوق: | cc_by_nc_4 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.C4D38852 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |