Funders may request a statement or letter of support from the Vice-Chancellor or Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research to be submitted with an application for funding. In order to allow sufficient time for the review and signing off of statements, requests and draft support statements must be submitted to the Research Strategy Office (researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk) 20 (twenty) working days ahead of the sponsor's deadline. The VC or the PVC Research will reserve the right to refuse to sign off support statements which do not meet this submission deadline.
If the call doesn’t require a signature by the VC / PVC Research, normally the Head of School or Department can sign the statement.
When submitting the request to the Research Strategy Office, please:
- Review and address the funder requirements for the support statement in the draft.
- If a statement on letterhead is required, make sure that where a page limit is mandated by the funder, a one page letter contains no more than 500 words, and a two page letter no more than 850 words. This is to allow for headers and signatures.
- Fill in and submit the form (at the bottom of this page), which confirms the institutional contribution included in the bid and that it has been approved by the relevant Head of Department, Head of School and the School Finance Manager. The signatures of the holders of these posts must be included. If no financial or in-kind contributions are specified in the statement, the support form is not needed.
To request a statement, please complete the below support statement template and form and send it to the Research Strategy Office: researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk
