Resource Scrutiny & Allocation Process (RSAP)

Call for Resource Requests for 2026/27: Overview

The IRIS Resource Request call for requests covering the period of 1st October 2026 to 30th September 2027 is now open.

IRIS resource requests are reviewed on a yearly basis. All requests will be assessed by two independent reviewers and the resource allocation panel as a whole will make a recommendation to IRIS as to whether to accommodate a request partially or fully. IRIS will endeavour to fulfil all recommended allocations in a timely manner, subject to funding. In the meantime, existing allocations will be preserved. If additional resources are becoming available earlier than anticipated, they will be offered as soon as possible.

The required information for a resource request is in line with previous rounds, but please double check the guidance for updates and adapt your submission accordingly. Templates for submissions are available. If you do not have access to your previous application(s), please email rsap@iris.ac.uk and we will send you a copy.

Applications and any questions you may have should be submitted to the Chair (rsap@iris.ac.uk).

Note that applications for seedcorn allocations for new activities joining IRIS as Science Partners can be made at any time during the year by emailing the Science Director. However these allocations must be confirmed in the following RSAP round.

Documents to Submit

IRIS Science Partner Document: This document establishes your eligibility as an IRIS science partner. If you have submitted an IRIS Science Partner document in previous RSAP rounds, you do *not* need to submit a new version unless there has been a substantial change to the Science Programme that is supported by IRIS or the grants you listed have finished, in which case, please update your document to include the current grants. If this is your first submission (even if you were granted seed-corn funding outside the RSAP cycle) please refer to the guidance as to the format this document should take.
Resource Request: Please note the guidance. The guidance is regularly reviewed in response to feedback received.
Statement of delineation: In rare cases where two closely related science activities submit separate requests these might be asked to submit an additional document showing that there is no overlap between the requests. If such a statement for your activity is needed you will be contacted by the RSAP chair in due course. This will typically only happen after all requests for a given round have been received.
If you become aware of an exceptional change in circumstances that requires an update of your request after the submission deadline, but before the panel meeting, please alert the Chair as soon as possible and include the Resource Request Amendment Form. Do not prepare an amended request unless instructed by the Chair as, as a rule, we do not ask reviewers to review the same request twice.

Timeline

Date
October 16^th 2025	RSAP call opens
November 13^th 2025	RSAP call closes
December 8^th 2025	Feedback to submitters given
December 22^nd 2025	Final deadline to submit requests
January 9^th 2026	Proposals go out to reviewers
February 12^th 2026	Deadline for reviews
Late Feb/Early March 2026	RSAP meets (zoom)
March 2026 IRIS-DB	Recommendations presented to IRIS DB
April 2026	Recommendations send to submitters
October 1^st 2026 (latest)	Resources available to submitters

Resource Request Documents

Documents for RSAP 2026/2027.

The IRIS Accounting portal.