Before completing the application form, applicants are asked to complete a Diversity Monitoring Form to help the Academy monitor and assess its equality, diversity and inclusion policy. The information will be treated as strictly confidential, non-attributable and only reported when collated. It is gathered, stored and used in compliance with the Academy’s Privacy Notice in line with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018. The information will only be used for statistical purposes with access restricted to staff involved in processing and monitoring the data. It will not be seen by anyone involved in any selection process. No information will be published or used in any way that identifies individuals. The Academy will retain personal information for six years.
The application form has six sections and should take approximately 4.5 hours to complete, assuming applicants have answered the questions offline and merely need to enter the information, rather than compose it. To compose the application in its entirety will take significantly longer.
Many of the questions have prescribed word limits that are designed to keep answers focused and give applicants an indication of the level of detail required.
After logging into the GMS and selecting ‘Frontiers follow-on funding’, you should be presented with the ‘Instructions’ window. Here you will see some general instructions on how to use GMS, as well as the six sections of the application form:
- Applicant, co-applicant(s) and institution details
- Details of 'original' project
- Project and challenge details
- Goals, objectives and outcomes
- Funding requested
- Statement of support and declaration
At any stage in the application process you can save your work and return to it later. You can answer the questions in any order you like, so you can freely skip some sections and return to them later. Please read the guidance provided in this document in detail, so that you know exactly what is required in each section. You should also ensure that you have all the necessary documentation to complete the application, such as a copy of your CV and supporting letters.