PATT travel claim for competitively awarded observation time

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Other. Open with no closing date. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/patt-travel-claim-for-competitively-awarded-observation-time/

Claim back travel and subsistence costs when visiting an astronomy telescope. The visit must be for competitively awarded science observation time.

You must be a UK-based researcher at an eligible UK institution. You can only claim your own costs.

You must not already hold or have access to a travel grant from the Panel for the Allocation of Telescope Time (PATT).

To make a claim, your trip must be approved in advance. You cannot claim for historic trips that weren’t approved in advance.

We will cover 100% of the full economic cost.

What we're looking for You must be travelling for competitively awarded science observation time. Your presence at the facility must be essential to the observing programme.

Your observing facility must be a telescope that’s either:

- in direct receipt of STFC funds, for example, e-MERLIN, ING and Liverpool Telescope

- approved by PATT.

Review the list of PATT approved telescopes

If your observing facility is not approved, please email us to request approval.

Costs covered

You can claim for travel and subsistence costs.

We consider costs related to data collection, collation or reduction in exceptional circumstances. If you wish to claim for these, please email us to request approval before you submit your claim.

We will cover 100% of the full economic cost.

We administer the funds as non-employee expenses.

If your group’s combined claims exceed £7,500 in a year, it should apply for a PATT travel grant. The closing date for PATT applications will be each October.

Who can apply To submit a claim, you must:

- be based in the UK

- be a permanent staff member or academic at an eligible UK institution

- have been awarded observation time.

You must not already hold or have access to a travel grant from PATT.