• Please note that the RIA will not fund retrospective activities which means that no costs may be incurred as part of your proposed project before you receive your decision letter.
  • Recipients are required to disseminate the results of the project in an appropriate manner agreed with the RIA. All such dissemination must acknowledge the assistance of the NMS, and RIA in line with ‘Guidelines for Acknowledging funding’
  • The RIA reserves the right to publish relevant details of recipients and funding including, but not necessarily limited to, the names of recipients, the amount of the funding offered and a summary of the proposed activity.
  • The RIA reserves the right to seek the full repayment of the grant if the applicant fails to comply with any of the reporting and publication requirements in these guidelines for applicants.
  • Failure to comply with any terms and conditions in these guidelines for applicants and/or any terms and conditions for recipients imposed by the Assessment committee as a condition of award, may disqualify the candidate from future funding.

Reporting Guidelines – Online Grants Report Form

Following the conclusion of your research visit, applicants are required to complete the online Grants Report Form by the date outlined in the letter of offer, together with a detailed statement of expenditure.

The reporting requirements include: a background to the proposal, all travel details, institutions visited, details of the central objectives, the research activities and outcomes, plans for and/or details of the dissemination of research achievements resulting from the trip, disclosure of financial details and a request for general feedback of the scheme.