The Great Minds initiative enables researcher to have focused research leave from their substantive role in order to develop and submit a research or knowledge exchange grant, or produce an outstanding output. Awards of up to £10,000, and exceptionally up to £15,000, are offered to buy out time.
The initiative is open to all staff with a contractual obligation to undertake research and who have at least one year’s continuous service with the University of Brighton. Awards are made on the basis of merit and are awarded by a university panel of research experts.
Not only do these projects add value to each successful applicant's existing contribution to research and/or knowledge exchange within the University, they also result in outcomes that contribute to the University’s research and knowledge exchange ambitions.