> Questions marked * MUST be completed.

## Section 1: Background

### 1. Project appraisal meeting*
> Link to the relevant [milestone](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/Hut23/milestones).

### 2. Project proposal name/working title*

### 3. Brief description*
> 300 words max. If this is an extension of an earlier REG project, provide Project Tracker link and highlight main results achieved.

### 4. Project Tracker issue link*

### 5. Principal Investigator(s)*

### 6. Earliest possible start date*

### 7. Latest possible start date*

### 8. Earliest possible end date*

### 9. Latest possible end date*

### 10. Estimated project duration (months)*

### 11. Reviewer 1*
> REG lead who conducted the scoping meeting and produced the brief.

### 12. PMU contact*
> PMU person who attended scoping meeting and completed Funding section below.

### 13. Partnerships team contact*
> Relevant partnerships person who attended scoping meeting, if project is funded through a partner grant. Use N/A if not applicable.

### 14. Reviewer 2*
> REG Senior who agreed to review the brief. Use TBD if still to be determined.

### 15. Conflict of interest*
> Mention any potential conflict of interest, and actions taken to avoid it, that should be noted when discussing the brief (e.g. the REG lead who produced the brief is a project Co-I).

## Section 2: Relevance*
> Describe how the proposal aligns with the REG project priority criteria (max 300 words for each). Refer to REG [project appraisal criteria](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/research-engineering-group/wiki/Criteria-for-project-appraisal) for further information.

### 16. Impact*

### 17. Diversity*

### 18. Pioneering*

### 19. Openness*

### 20. Alignment with Turing 2.0*

## Section 3: Staff*

### 21. What specific skills should the requested staff possess?*
> Enumerate any required skills beyond generic RSE/DS skills.

### 22. Preferred level of experience of the requested staff*
> List all that apply from the following (or _Any_ if there are no constraints):
> * Junior: 0-3 yrs post-PhD experience, or 3 yrs experience if no PhD
> * Intermediate: 3-8 yrs post PhD experience, or equivalent
> * Senior: 8+ yrs post-PhD experience, or equivalent

### 23. What does the work expected from the requested staff consist of?*

### 24. What is the expertise of the other members of the project team?*

### 25. Any specifics concerning the working place or working patterns*
> E.g. project team location; opportunity for remote collaboration; compulsory week days in the office. Enter _None_ if there are no constraints.

### 26. Estimated effort requested (in multiples of 0.5 FTE)*

### 27. How flexible is the requested FTE?*

### 28. Could the work be done jointly by REG and a delivery partner?*

## Section 4: Funding

### 29. Is funding for this project available?*
> Depending on your answer to this question, complete **either** Section 4a **or** 4b.

Yes – not 100% confirmed yet but we expect it will be confirmed before Christmas 2022

### Section 4a - Funding available
> If funding for the project is already secured, the following questions are **mandatory**.

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### 30. The funding body*
> If a research grant please provide the Research Council and award number.

Lloyd's Register Foundation via York University

### 31. If Turing funded, specify the (closest related) Turing programme*

### 32. Amount of the approved budget*

£74,236

### 33. Rate of overheads paid*

No overheads paid

### 34. Mention any funding flow-downs likely to require legal input*
> E.g. IP arrangements, restricted publication of outputs, staff employment conditions.

We are currently reviewing the contract and will update when we have more details on this.
We expect that the work will comply with Turing’s open research outputs policy.
If we decide to use a delivery partner we may need to double check the terms around consultancy.

### 35. Any other T&Cs that may affect the project but are unlikely to require legal input*
> E.g. date by which funding must be spent.

Funds must be spent by 30 September 2023. Project needs to start in January 2023.
There is flexibility in how the funding is used during this period (up to 1.0 FTE for 11 months).

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### Section 4b - Funding sought
> If funding for the project is not (fully) secured yet, the following questions are **mandatory**.

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### 36. What plans are in place for securing funding and what is the current situation?*

### 37. If a funding application is being submitted, when is the application deadline?*

### 38. When is the application outcome expected?*

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## Section 5: Supplementary Information

### 39. Project documentation, if available
> E.g. case for support if the work emerges from RCUK funding.

### 40. Additional background reading, if available
> E.g. research papers.

### 41. Any software languages, frameworks, libraries tools and platforms you expect the project to use*