What is included in category R2 Internally funded research i.e. University of Sheffield funded?
We need to record separately the time spent on research, whether identified as a specific project or not, where there is no external sponsor. In some departments this forms a high proportion of the total time spent on research. The resources for this work essentially derive from use of paid time and University equipment, consumables and other resources. Where relatively small amounts of external support are involved (eg a few hundred pounds) compared with the total costs of the research, count it as own-funded (R2). Internally funded research includes any speculative research, for example to investigate novel ideas or to assess their potential before preparing a grant or contract bid to a sponsor. By its nature some own-funded research work may simply abort and does not lead to publications or external project bids. However, own-funded research is an important academic activity. Note that for such work to be included in categories R2 to R9 the work must have an output, for example an i
