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Signatories

Please note: NIHR ACAF and DCAF signatories have now changed. Academic and Clinical Heads of Department are now signatories.

Please see below for further information.

All research funding applications and related agreements require Institutional Authorisation by appropriate individuals/teams prior to their submission to the funder (head of department/ clinical division and relevant finance authority).

Finance authorisation needs to come from the organisation submitting the application. For up to date list of UCL authorisation, please refer to the UCL Research Services website.

UCL GOS ICH: Jon Burt
GOSH: Kevin Samuel

All applications with GOSH involvement (patients, facilities, staff) need to be authorised by the head of the clinical division (not the specialty lead). This will generally be the divisional director; however, they can be deputised by the general manager.

For GOSH led applications the PI will be responsible for obtaining required authorisations and contact details of all head of department approvals notifying R&D office.

For ICH led applications your application will be authorised through Worktribe. The process is outlined on UCL Research & Innovation Services webpage.

GOSH Clinical Division heads

Please check GOSH intranet pages for most up to date information

Brain

Chief of Service: Martin Tisdall

Deputy CoS: Robert Robinson

Body, Bones and Mind

Chief of Service: Sian Pincott

Deputy CoS: Carly Vassar

Operations & Images

Chief of Service: Eithne Polke

Deputy CoS: Tim Liversedge

Sight & Sound

Chief of Service: Liz Jackson

Deputy CoS: Chris Jephson

Blood, Cells & Cancer

Chief of Service: Clarissa Pilkington

Deputy CoS: Anupama Rao

Heart & Lung

Chief of Service: Daniel Lutman

Deputy CoS: Rob Yates/Simon Hannam

International & Private Patients

Chief of Service: Melanie Hiorns

Medicines, Therapies & Tests

Chief of Service:

ICH departmental and section heads

Please note that if the PI is the section head they cannot authorise their own application. These applications will need to be authorised by their Head of Department or UCL GOS ICH’s Deputy Director (Research). Find the latest list of Heads of Departments on UCL GOS ICH webpages.

Developmental Biology and Cancer Department

Head of DBC - Professor J.P. Martinez-Barbera

Developmental Biology of Birth Defects [DD] - Professor Nick Greene

Cancer [DC] - Dr Owen Williams

Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine [DS] - Professor Jane Sowden

Developmental Neurosciences Department

Head of DN - Professor Torsten Baldeweg

Deputy Head of DN - Professor Manju Kurian

Clinical Neurosciences [NC] - Professor Frederique Liegeois

Molecular Neurosciences [NM] - Amy McTague & Giovanni Baranello

Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychiatry [NP] - Professor Michelle De Haan

Developmental Imaging and Biophysics [NI] - Professor Christopher Clark

Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department

Head of GGM - Professor Paul Gissen

Molecular Basis of Rare Diseases [GR] - Professor John Achermann

Genome Biology and Precision Medicine [GG] - Professor Sergi Castellano

Cilia Disorders [GC] - Dr Hannah Mitchison

Inborn Errors of Metabolism [GI] - Professor Sara Mole

Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Department

Head of III - Professor Despina Eleftheriou

Immunobiology [II] - Professor David Goldblatt

Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology [IR] - Professor Paul Brogan

Molecular and Cellular Immunology [IC] - Professor Persis Amrolia

Respiratory, Critical Care and Anaesthesia [IA] - Professor Christopher O'Callaghan

Population, Policy and Practice Department

Head of PPP - Professor Jugnoo Rahi

Clinical Epidemiology, Nutrition and Biostatistics [PE] - Professor Mario Cortina Borja

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Palliative Care and Paediatrics [PP] - Dr Lee Hudson

Life Course Epidemiology and Biostatistics [PL] - Dr Leah Li

Organisational approvals by funder

Most funders require applications to be submitted using their online systems. To use those, applicants will need to register their accounts. Some systems require organisational approval for the account, so please register as early as possible to avoid delays in account setup.

Most frequent contact details requested are outlined below.

UCL-led applications - please refer to UCL RIS website for most up to date information

Finance administrative officer - Claire Bensusan (or UCL research administration) - researchadministration@ucl.ac.uk

GOSH-led applications

Finance officer/authority - Kevin Samuel - Kevin.Samuel@gosh.nhs.uk

Please note:

There have been changes to the NIHR ACAF and DCAF signatories.

Applicants are required to register their projects in the usual way with R&D.
Applications must be discussed with the relevant Clinical and Academic Heads of Department.
The Clinical and Academic Heads of Departments will be the ones who sign off the completed application and submission.

Any questions please contact the Grants Advice team - grants.advice@gosh.nhs.uk

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for GOSH led submissions

Please note that NIHR applications must be submitted at least 4 working days before the grant application deadline to allow time for authorisation.

Applications require two different approval sources: Participants (participating sites, Co-Is, supervisors, etc.) and signatories (institutional approvals).

Required signatories most often are: (i) Head of Department or Senior/Chief Manager who will confirm that host institution is supportive of the application and commits to support the work if awarded AND (ii) Host Organisation Administrative Authority or Finance Officer (see below)

Required participants from host or participating organisation can be: research contracts officer, sponsor, NHS partner facilities, as appropriate.

GOSH research support participant: Dr Peter Coleman Peter.Coleman@gosh.nhs.uk

GOSH host organisation authorised signatory: Dr Peter Coleman Peter.Coleman@gosh.nhs.uk

GOSH administrative authority or finance officer: Kevin Samuel Kevin.Samuel@gosh.nhs.uk

GOSH research contract officer: Dr Vanshree Patel Vanshree.Patel@gosh.nhs.uk

Sponsor (GOSH) - Dr Vanshree Patel Vanshree.Patel@gosh.nhs.uk

NHS and Partner Facilities Participant: Kevin Samuel Kevin.Samuel@gosh.nhs.uk

Administrative contact details (for funder queries and to be informed of grant outcomes)

This can be PI/Co-I/anyone in PI's administrative team or Ms Ellen Brennan Research.Registration@gosh.nhs.uk

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for UCL led submissions

Please note that NIHR applications must be submitted at least 4 working days before the grant application deadline to allow time for authorisation.

Applications require two different approval sources: Participants (participating sites, Co-Is, supervisors, etc.) and signatories (institutional approvals).

Required participants from host or participating organisation can be: research contracts officer, sponsor, NHS partner facilities, as appropriate.

UCL host organisation authorised signatory: Claire Bensusan researchadministration@ucl.ac.uk

UCL administrative authority: Claire Bensusan researchadministration@ucl.ac.uk

UCL finance officer: Claire Bensusan researchadministration@ucl.ac.uk

UCL research contract officer: Karen Sergiou researchservices@ucl.ac.uk

Where activity is taking place at GOSH:

Sponsor (GOSH) - Dr Vanshree Patel Vanshree.Patel@gosh.nhs.uk

NHS and Partner Facilities Participant: Kevin Samuel Kevin.Samuel@gosh.nhs.uk

Je-S (Research councils, UKRI, MRC, BBSRC etc.)

Organisations must have a registered account with Je-S submission system. Applicants (all named investigators, PIs, Co-Is, named researchers) will also need to create their own accounts in order to be named on the application and submit through the system.

For GOSH-led application, please select Great Ormond Street Hospital in organisations list.

For ICH-led, please select University College London

Please refer to Je-S guide to learn more about how to use the system.