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Post Award Handbook

1. Roles and Responsibilities

Key Users


  • Departmental & Finance Administrators
  • Research Finance
  • Principal Investigators

At a glance

This section outlines the key roles involved in post-award management and explains how responsibilities are shared across teams. It is intended to help everyone understand who does what, support smooth collaboration, and ensure accountability across the project lifecycle. It also aims to provide a standard and solid foundation for a new starter responsible for post award finance through a refreshed induction and training pack.

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Contents:

Research projects move through several stages during the post-award lifecycle. Responsibility for these stages is shared between Research Finance, departments, and other stakeholders involved in delivering the project.

This section outlines the key roles involved in post-award management and where responsibility for different activities sits from a Research Finance perspective. While some tasks may be delivered differently across departments, overall responsibility for each stage remains the same.

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