Finance Business Systems
Research Support - Costing and Pricing
Introduction
- As one of its main functions FBS is responsible for providing support and
financial appraisal with regard to research proposals. The team charged with
that task consists of 3 members of staff:-
- Angel Lai – ext. 83826 Angel.Lai@uwe.ac.uk
- Salma Saeed – ext. 82597 Salma.Saeed@uwe.ac.uk
- Sam Gardiner – ext. 82442 Samuel.Gardiner@uwe.ac.uk
- Sam Brown - ext. 82041 Sam2.Brown@uwe.ac.uk
- Angel Lai – ext. 83826 Angel.Lai@uwe.ac.uk
- Kim Probert - ext. 82045 Kim.Probert@uwe.ac.uk
(It should be noted that financial support and appraisal for teaching and learning proposals is not provided by Finance Business Systems).
- FBS is also responsible for developing and consolidating TRAC to cover the
full economic cost (fEC) at project level (TRAC). This function is being
developed by:-
- Ian Dufty – ext. 83765
Ian.Dufty@uwe.ac.uk
- Ian Dufty – ext. 83765
Ian.Dufty@uwe.ac.uk
- Ian is also the Head of Financial Business Systems.
The major functions associated with the Support and financial appraisal of research proposals are:-
- to provide academic/researchers with
UWE financial guidelines advice
- to provide academic/researchers with
sponsors funding guidelines advice
- to provide academic/research with appropriate
costing advice that conforms
to sponsors funding guidelines
- to provide academic/researchers with appropriate
pricing advice
- to review financial offers made by sponsors to ensure that the level of
funding offered is acceptable
- to receive and review PA proposals in relation to their financial merits
prior to the approval by the relevant designated authority under the Financial
Regulations.
- to provide training for faculties and services on fEC and TRAC

