Reporting

Milestone review meetings

The project team will be expected to have milestone review meetings, coinciding with project milestones.  These meetings will be attended by the project lead/team, Business Development Executive, the MRC IAA programme lead, Prof Scott Webster and/or MRC IAA programme manager, Dr Andrew McBride.  At these milestone review meetings the project team will be expected to disclose data supporting milestone progression in addition to spending totals to date. The MRC IAA programme lead/manager will confirm milestone progression. 

Early termination of a project

The MRC IAA programme team reserve the right to terminate projects that have not made sufficient progress, have failed or are judged unlikely to achieve milestones.   The decision to terminate a project will only be taken following a full discussion between the project team, the Business Development Executive and MRC IAA programme lead/manager.  In the event of a project being terminated early there is an expectation that unspent funds will be returned to the MRC IAA fund for reallocation in a timely fashion.   

Final review meeting

Within 1 month of the project concluding the project lead/team will be expected to have a final review meeting attended by the Business Development Executive, MRC IAA programme lead and/or MRC IAA programme manager. The project team will be expected to disclose data supporting the project outcomes in addition to spending totals. Shortly thereafter the project lead is expected to submit a final report summarising the data supporting milestone achievement and project outcomes.

Annual reporting

The MRC IAA programme team expect you to provide project updates when requested, and provide outcome data annually for 5 years after the award has completed.  This reporting process is essential to supporting the leverage of MRC IAA funding in future years from the MRC. Failure to provide timely reports will result in you being disqualified from submitting applications to future programmes.  You may also be expected to contribute to a MRC IAA symposium to present project outcome/status.  It is essential that over this reporting period that the IAA management team is informed of any pivotal discussion points regarding project progression, termination, deal and significant grant applications e.g. Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme (DPFS).