NEWSLETTER OF THE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT OFFICE

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Researcherissue 2 • SUMMER2010

Welcome to the second edition of the new look The Researcher. The last edition of January 2010 considered the changing times we are living through, and the messages the Department of Business innovation and skills was giving about future university expectations.

A few months later we face a potentially very different landscape. A new coalition government is in place and in David Willetts MP, a new Minister of State for Universities and science. While we wait to understand the full impact of new Government policies on universities, sir James Dyson has produced an important report commissioned by the Conservative Party, which is guiding current thinking.

The report, entitled ingenious Britain, considers the challenge universities face in both undertaking world-class investigative research and transferring the best ideas into industry. The proposals include:

• ensuring the uK maintains research excellence, including encouraging collaborations between universities.

• Changing the way we exploit new knowledge in universities, such as focussed funding and public-private collaborations, including research institutes.

The university is well placed to engage with initiatives of this type and we should look forward to the changing environment with a degree of optimism.

since the last edition of The Researcher there have been changes within RDSO to provide you with a more focussed support Office. RDSO has recently moved into 3 locations within Wessex House:

• Wessex House 3.2-3.9 contain all RDSO activities to assist new opportunity development including our RSF Pre-Award team, contract support, RD&C portfolio managers, european research support and Knowledge Transfer Account delivery.

• Wessex House 3.29 in now a dedicated Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Office, for developing new and managing existing partnerships.

• Wessex House 3.43 contains all RDSO activities for research contract and information management, including our RSF Post-Award team and Research Information Manager. All marketing and publicity is also derived from this location, including departmental communications, web site development, and events.

Full details of staff locations and contact details are on the reverse of this bulletin and our web site, www.bath.ac.uk/rdso. i would also encourage you to visit RDSO in person and understand first hand what they can do in support of your research ambitions.

if you have ideas of what other areas you would like to see covered in future editions, please get in touch with Fi Lang (Research Development Officer, RDSO). Email: F.Lang@bath.ac.uk

Changing environment for Academic Researchers Dr Rob Head, Director RDSO

Research Development& Support

Officewww.bath.ac.uk/rdso

1. Changing Environment for Academic Researchers

2. HEFCE Announce outcome of REF Consultation New Support from RDSO: Best Practice & Guidance

3. New Support cont. New European Support New Funding Support

4. Changes from RCUK: Pathways to Impact Case Study: Is Eating Breakfast Good for You?

5. KTP Case Study: Success for RDSO & Navtech Radar at the National KTP Awards

6. Successful Awards

7. Recent Events & Visits

8. Staff Contacts

Editor : Fi Lang, RDSODesign : Richard Box, IDPS

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HEFCE Announce Outcome of REF Consultation

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced the decisions it has made regarding the forthcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF) following a consultation with stakeholders in the research community. HEFCE received 534 responses to the consultation exercise which closed in December 2009.

The council confirmed that institutions will be invited to select staff whose outputs are to be assessed and that a maximum of four outputs per individual will be permitted. The use of bibliometrics and citations will be at the discretion of subject panels; panels will have to set out in their criteria whether they will use such information and, if so, how.

Although there was widespread acceptance of the principle of impact as part of the exercise, the majority of the feedback was for a reduction in the weighting of impact from 25% to as low as 10%. HEFCE is waiting for the outcomes of its impact pilots later this year, and views from the new government, before it makes any final decisions, but has currently stated that the REF will contain a ‘significant weighting’ for impact.

HEFCE are also considering the timing of the REF and the configuration of the panels. These decisions will also follow later this year. Further details of the consultation can be found at www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref.

Best Practice and Guidance Support

1. Discuss your proposal with someone from outside your academic discipline.

2. Never write your proposal as a technical document.

3. Consider all possible audiences of your proposal.

4. Prepare a draft proposal as a single page of A4 answering questions such as:

• What is the rationale and why is the project needed?

• What are the tangible benefits? Are they achievable with collaborators?

• What are the ambitions of the group/project and the objectives?

• How will the project be achieved within the timescales and with others?

5. Check that you have addressed all call requirements.

6. Ask your postdocs and/or PhD students to read the proposal and find ten reasons why your proposal shouldn’t be funded.

7. Ask someone to proof read your proposal. it is surprising how many are misspelt or poorly worded.

8. Analyse funders’ corporate plans to match some of their needs to your project and the relevant Guide for Applicants to comply with the rules.

9. Can you demonstrate that you have all the skills and experiences you need to project manage a research project. What is your track record of managing risk?

10. Reinforce your key points throughout the document in order to deliver impact and be prepared to justify everything.

Finally, think about gaining experience of the peer review process by becoming a reviewer yourself!

Further information is available through the Best Practice and Guidance webpage:

www.bath.ac.uk/rdso/staff.bho/bestpractice/index

If you have any queries regarding support for Best Practice and Guidance please contact:

Dr. Jon Hunt (Head of Research Development & Collaborations)email: J.Hunt@bath.ac.uk

RDSO has developed a Best Practice and Guidance web page to assist academic staff in applying for research funding. The web page includes Top Ten Tips for successful applications:

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New european supportDr. Ritchie Head, Research Portfolio Manager for EC Funding

Forthcoming funding calls from the Seventh Framework Programme, the European Commission’s (EC) main instrument for funding research in europe, are expected between July and september with calls spanning the 10 Thematic areas of the Cooperation programme, and some Marie Curie Training Networks. European FP7 funding is

highly competitive with average success rates of around 20%, however, some groups are much more successful than others. improving the quality of proposals that involve researchers from the university of Bath is a key step in developing a culture of FP7 success within the University. With this in mind RDSO contracted Dr Ritchie Head in March as a Research Portfolio Manager for EC funding. His experience includes; Preparation of successful proposals; european networking to stimulate collaborative R&D projects, management and delivery of FP projects; and training academics in proposal writing and project management.

He has provided the university with extensive information on likely call topics. His role now is to provide expertise and practical help to build high quality proposals and work with colleagues and partners to refine drafts. The aim is to ensure strong research programmes are complimented by excellent plans for implementation of the project and clear plans to ensure European Impact is achieved. Ritchie will be providing some general help and advice to academics interested in learning more about the FP7 funding scheme. However, his main focus is to provide in-depth help and support to academics committed to putting in good proposals. The expectation is that success rates will improve and capacity will be built and shared within the university.

Prior to working for the University Ritchie was Director of a Regional Contact Point for FP6/7 where he built a team of 5 consultants, in the first 3 years of FP7 they supported over 120 proposals. Prior to this he worked as a Research Manager at TNO in the Netherlands, an independent research organisation with a 600 million euro annual turnover. He has also worked as a researcher for a Biotech SME in Iceland, and as a Research Assistant at two UK Universities on European Commission Framework Programme projects, following his PhD.

For further information on European support please contact: Dr. Ritchie Head (Research Portfolio Manager,EC Funding). Email: rh391@bath.ac.ukTel. +44 (0)1225 38 4345

New Funding Support Over the last six months RDSO have been reviewing the current dissemination method of research funding opportunities within the university, which is carried out by our Department. This involved conducting surveys with and meeting Research Committee Chairs, as well as meeting with Faculty Research Committees. In addition, we completed a competitor analysis of other universities, to look at the provision of funding information in supporting academics when applying for research funding.

The following was agreed as a result:

1. To filter funding opportunities of £20k and above to individual academic staff via the Research Portfolio Managers in RDSO.

2. To increase the awareness and use of Research Professional, the University funding database, through dedicated seminars, guidance notes and 1:1 assistance. The seminars are broadcast demonstrations run by Research Professional and will take place on the first Tuesday of every month in 3W 4.1, the university Access Grid room. The demonstration include how to run ad hoc funding searches and create personalised email alerts that are specific to your area of research. User guides and video tutorials are now available through the Funding Opportunity page of the RDSO website, which we are in the process of redeveloping.

3. A bulletin style publication, entitled ‘Funding@Bath’ will be produced on a fortnightly basis and circulated to all academic staff, for maximising engagement with a wider academic audience. Opportunities are taken from Research Professional, the leading source of news and information for the research world.

Please see the Funding Opportunity page of the RDSO website for further information: www.bath.ac.uk/rdso/staff.bho/funding

New Support from RDSO

Broadcast demonstrations on using Research professional will take place from 10am in 3 W 4.1 on second Tuesday of every month. Please contact Fi Lang (Research Development Officer, RDSO) .

email F.Lang@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 5234

Changes from RCUK - Pathways to Impact Case Study: Is Eating Breakfast Good For You?

Research Councils UK invest around £3 billion in research and research training in the uK covering the full spectrum of academic disciplines. This has a huge impact on the wellbeing and economy of the uK.

RCUK want to encourage researchers to be actively involved in thinking about how they will achieve excellence with impact and to explore the pathways for realising such impact, not accurately predicting the impacts of work to be undertaken. To help provide greater clarification RCUK have now changed the name of ‘Impact Plans’, included within the Research Council application and assessment process, to ‘Pathways for Impact’. The information RCUK are asking for however, in response to the question: ‘What will be done to ensure that potential beneficiaries have the opportunity to engage with this research?’ has not changed.

Case Study: Is Eating Breakfast Good For You?

The Research Development and Support Office (RDSO) are able to provide guidance and advice when submitting Pathways for Impact. Dr. Alison Evans, Research Portfolio Manager for Life Sciences and Healthy Living in RDSO, worked with Dr. James Betts, school for Health, on his Pathways for Impact. The project, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), is to investigate whether daily breakfast consumption is an important component of a healthy diet. Dr. Betts said: ‘People argue this dogma that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet scientific evidence is not that strong’.

Dr. Betts will be working closely with Dr. Dylan Thompson, also in the School for Health; Prof. Geoff Holman, Biology and Biochemistry; and academics at the university of Nottingham. Their experiments will involve monitoring two groups over a six week period, one to eat no calories until 12:00 pm, the other to eat 700 calories by 11:00 am. The project will make use of recent technological advances such as dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) to distinguish between changes in fat, bone and muscle, along with continuous blood glucose monitoring to translate laboratory-based measurements into data collected under free-living conditions.

The findings will reveal whether daily ingestion of breakfast can influence weight change and related health outcomes, and moreover whether breakfast should be advocated for improved health. Potential impact of the research is in relation to public health policy, clinical practice and ultimately public health. such impact could be realised simply through raising public awareness to the widest possible audience, in particular the general public, media,

healthcare professionals and policy makers. The outcome could also prompt further research, especially for social scientists whose knowledge base is lifestyle choices.

As an early career researcher Dr. Betts was new to the application process when submitting his proposal. He states: ‘BBSRC needed more detail on impact, their guidance included many unfamiliar terms and i was unclear what they were asking for. Alison was able to provide specific information and after an hour meeting I was able to convert a Pathways for Impact. I am now more confident that I would know what to do myself’.

if you would be interested in taking part as a volunteer in Dr. James Betts’ research project please contact Dr. Judith Richardson.

email: J.D.Richardson@bath.ac.uk.

A suggested template for RCUK Impact Plans is available from the Best Practice and Guidance webpage of the RDSO website.

www.bath.ac.uk/rdso/staff.bho/bestpractice

RDSO will be running a series of RCUK Impact Plan Workshops to assist in the application process of ‘Pathways to Impact’. Workshops will be taking place on 28 June, 5 July, 12 July. Please see the following link for further information and registration:

www.bath.ac.uk/rdso/events/impactworkshops

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The University of Bath’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) team, RDSO, with Navtech Radar has won The Best KTP Building on EPSRC Funded Research Award at the 2010 Knowledge Transfer Partnership Awards, which celebrates partnerships between businesses and universities.

The aim of the partnership, funded by the engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), was to design and develop a new low cost radar sensor for security applications. The company was originally set up in 1999 to manufacture vehicle navigation sensors.

The keynote speech of the awards, held this spring at a gala event at the London Marriot Hotel, was delivered by Tim Waterstone, Chancellor of edinburgh Napier university and founder of Waterstone’s booksellers. He focused on the need for entrepreneurs to drive innovation and stimulate industry, particularly manufacturing.

He went on to say: “The successful partnerships that we see today represent a fantastic achievement during what has been a very challenging year for the business community. it is a genuine pleasure to present these awards in recognition of projects that have demonstrated a real commitment to innovation’.

The KTP with the University enabled Navtech Radar to invest in product development at a lower risk, as well as establishing a new production management suite called ‘Echo net’, developed by the Associate in conjunction with an external consultant. This software has simplified stock control, procurement and production scheduling. As Philip Avery, Director of Navtech Radar, explains: “The KTP has helped the Company to improve its product range and market position through design of lower cost products and improvements to its manufacturing capability”.

Academic lead, Dr. Robert Watson, from the Department of electronic and electrical engineering also found the partnership to be invaluable: “The KTP scheme has been the first step in an ongoing collaborative relationship with

the Company into new and exciting areas of research. Our relationship with Navtech has given us a real insight into the challenges faced by cutting edge, high tech industry, and how universities can help solve them’.

Left to right: Mr Philip Avery (Director, Navtech Radar); Dr Robert Watson (Lead academic, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath); Dr Peter Shepherd (Supporting academic, Electronic and Electrical Engineering)

KTP Associate, Anthony D’Souza, who holds a 1st class MENG degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the university of Bath, joined Navtech as a new graduate. He says: “The KTP project has provided real world experience in all aspects of a growing technology company, providing invaluable technical and management skills”.

The successful completion of the project has led to the subsequent employment of the associate, now a Director of the company, who is currently completing a PhD at the university as part of the programme.

If you would be interested in finding out more about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) please contact David Cockayne (Head of KTP).

email: J.D.Cockayne@bath.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1225 38 6535

Success for University and Navtech Radar

at the National KTP Awards

KTP Case Study

The KTP scheme has been the first step in an ongoing collaborative relationship with the Company into new and exciting areas of research.

University Pilot Sabbatical Leave Scheme

RDSO Help Initiate £1.4 Million CO2 Removal Project

The University of Bath runs a Pilot Sabbatical Leave scheme, a continuous period of release for one semester from academic duties, to advance the pursuit of scholarship and research or teaching in the university. Dr. Vasanta subramanian, from the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, was one of eleven successful academics awarded a period of sabbatical for the first round of the scheme, which commenced semester one of 2008/09. During the sabbatical Dr. subramanian acquired the expertise to develop an alternative, simpler disease model for therapeutics screening for motor neurone disease. The model uses zebrafish, a lower vertebrate as opposed to more complex systems such as mice. This model will allow therapeutics screening for motor neurone disease to be done more rapidly.

The funding enabled Dr. subramanian to spend the first 10 weeks of the sabbatical at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, in the Laboratory of Dr. Anand Chandrasekhar. Anand’s research focus is Zebrafish Motor Neuron Biology. During this time she was able to acquire the expertise in zebrafish transgenesis and zebrafish motor neurone development and behaviour, before transferring her knowledge to the university of Bath where she spent the remainder of her sabbatical setting up the techniques in her own laboratory.

she says “it was great to be awarded the sabbatical and this together with additional funding from the Wellcome Trust helped me move into a new area which i would not normally be able to do. Using the fish model has added a new dimension to my research’. She has also set up a collaboration with her sabbatical host Dr. Chandrasekhar who visited Dr. Subramanian’s laboratory last summer.

The use of lower vertebrates for research contributes to the University’s aim of the 3R’s (Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of animals in research). During the sabbatical Dr. subramanian received a three year grant from the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3R’s), the largest funder of 3R’s research in the UK, to develop Patient specific iPS cells as a disease model for Motor neuron disease. If you would like to find out more about the university of Bath’s Pilot Sabbatical Leave scheme, which offers two rounds per year, please contact: Fi Lang (Research Development Officer, RDSO).

email: F.Lang@bath.ac.uk

RDSO have been involved in initiating a successful collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol and the University of the West of England, to foster a £1.4 million project which will take carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into high value materials, including fuels.

The project, which will have significant environmental and health impact, involves developing porous materials, which are capable of absorbing CO2, and converting them into chemicals which can be used to make useful products such as car fuel or plastics. The energy supply for the CO2 conversion process will be based on sustainable power sources, such as microbial or solar cells, photovoltaic cells and panels.

As Principal Investigator Dr. Frank Marken, Reader from the Department of Chemistry, says: “Current processes rely on using separate technologies to capture and utilise CO2, which makes the process very inefficient.

By combining the absorption and catalysis processes the efficiency can be improved and the energy required to drive the CO2 reduction is minimised’.

The research collaboration, led by Bath, was orchestrated by Dr. Jon Hunt, Head of Research Development and Collaborations (RDSO) following a facilitated networking session organised in advance of the 3rd RCUK Nanotechnology Grand Challenge call focused on improving the Environment through CO2 reduction. Representatives from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Nanotechnology KTN (Knowledge Transfer Network) came to Bath to help generate big ideas for big bids. The bid was further developed in partnership with RDSO, and was one of three successfully awarded projects along with university College London (UCL) and Imperial College London.

If you would like to know how RDSO can assist in generating big ideas for big bids please contact Dr. Jon Hunt (Head of Research Development & Collaborations, RDSO). Email J.Hunt@bath.ac.uk

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Recent Events and Visits

Leverhulme Trust and Wellcome Trust event

The University of Bath hosted a Spring Funder Event on 20th May 2010 for research active staff at the University. Guest speakers were from the Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research, with an endowment of around £13 billion, and the Leverhulme Trust, which is amongst the largest all subject providers of research funding in the UK with annual funding of some £50 million.

Talks from Dr. Anne Dean (Assistant Director, Leverhulme Trust), Dr. Emma Hudson (Grants Advisor, Molecules, Genes and Cells, Wellcome Trust) and Dr Nils Fietje (Grants Advisor, Medical Humanities, Wellcome Trust) focused on Funding Opportunities and Improving Chances of Success. The Wellcome Trust also offered a series of afternoon surgery sessions for academic members of staff to meet with them on a one to one basis regarding any concerns.

Presentation slides from the Spring Funder Event are available to view through the Events Archive page of the RDSO website: www.bath.ac.uk/rdso/events/archive

if you have any suggestions for future research funding events at the University please contact Fi Lang (Research Development Officer, RDSO). Email F.Lang@bath.ac.uk

Left to right: Dr. Anne Dean, Leverhulme Trust; Dr. Nils Fietje and Dr. Emma Hudson, Wellcome Trust; Sarah Jones, Research Portfolio Manager, Global Security and Wellbeing, RDSO

Research Council VisitsBiotechnology and Biological sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

On June 4th, the University was pleased to host a visit from Prof Douglas Kell, Chief Executive of BBSRC. After hearing about university of Bath research areas of relevance to the BBSRC, Professor Kell visited facilities and people in Pharmacy and Pharmacology and Biology and Biological Sciences. He then spoke to a wider audience of academics and post-graduates in the new Graduate Centre about BBRSC direction and funding opportunities, before talking with numerous people over a buffet lunch.

Left to right: Dr. Richard Hooley, Biology & Biochemistry; Prof. Jane Millar, PVC (Research); Prof. Douglas Kell, Chief Executive of BBSRC; Dr. Rob Head, Director of RDSO

Information from BBSRC Open Day

The BBSRC also ran an Open Day for those who work with Academic members of staff, which took place at their swindon Head Office on 31st March, to discuss current points of interest.

Speakers included Alf Game, Deputy Director, Research, innovation and skills, who delivered key messages on Research Priorities, Policy Priorities and Peer Review Challenges. It was stated that BBSRC now expects HEI’s to pre-sift proposals internally to review fundable projects only.

Other speakers were Gerald O’Leary, BBSRC Head of Grants, who spoke on Pathways to Impact by highlighting the difference between impact summaries and impact plans (soon to be called Pathways to Impact), please see article on page 3. Simon Cutler, Innovation (Skills for Impact) discussed opportunities in commercialisation and Knowledge Transfer. it was declared that Follow on Funding is to be aligned across the Research Councils with the BBSRC offering Pathfinder grants, pockets of funding for proof of concept work.

There were three further talks on Post-Award administration; the new single assurance framework; and on the RCUK shared service Centre and their approach to service.

A summary of the presentations can be shared on request from Jon Hunt (Head of Research Development and Collaborations). Please email J.Hunt@bath.ac.uk.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

In January, the University hosted a visit from the EPSRC led by Lesley Thompson, Director of EPSRC Research Base. Following presentations from Prof Jane Millar, PVC Research, and Clive Hayter, Associate Director of EPSRC Research Base, a discussion took place with senior members of staff to consider the future direction of each party and explore how Bath and EPSRC could work closer together in the future.

Events & Visits

Wessex House 3.2 – 3.9

Dr. Rob Head Director, RDSOemail: R.A.Head@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 4923

Sylvia WardlePersonal Assistant to Directoremail: S.I.Wardle@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 3519

Annalisa Duff Senior Contracts Officer email: A.Duff@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 6479

Hazel WallisHead of Research Support and Funding (RSF)email: H.M.Wallis@bath.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1225 38 6822 Research Support and Funding (RSF) Pre Award

For general pre-award queries please email:pre-award@bath.ac.uk

Dr Kellie Brain Pre Award Officer (Part-time Thu-Fri) email: K.J.Brain@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 4770

Emma Dowden Pre Award Officer email: E.Dowden@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 5281

Karen GilesPre Award Officer email: K.Giles@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 6823

Fiona Pettengale (Part-Time Mon-Wed) Pre Award Officer email: F.J.Pettengale@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 4770 Research Development and Collaborations (RD&C)

For general RD&C queries please email: rdcteam@lists.bath.ac.uk

Dr Jon Hunt Head of Research Development and Collaborations email: J.Hunt@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 4497

David Allen Research Portfolio Manager (Advanced Engineering & Digital Economy) email: D.Allen@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 5479

Dr Denise Cooke KTA Project Manager email: D.Cooke@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 3622

Dr Miles Davis Research Portfolio Manager (Energy & the Environment) email: M.Davis@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 4795

Dr Alison Evans Research Portfolio Manager (Life Sciences & Healthy Living) email: A.Evans@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 3350

Dr. Ritchie Head Research Portfolio Manager (EC Funding)email: rh391@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 4345

Sarah JonesResearch Portfolio Manager (Global Security & Wellbeing)email: S.Jones3@bath.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1225 38 3445

Eloise SparkResearch Portfolio Coordinator email:E.Spark@bath.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1225 38 5235

Wessex House 3.29

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)

David Cockayne Head of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships email: J.D.Cockayne@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 386535

Clive Bailey Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Programme Manager email: C.Bailey@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 5201

Marie Morley Recruitment Manager Knowledge Transfer Partnerships email: M.M.Morley@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 6487

Jun Zhang Knowledge Transfer Partnership Finance Administrator email: J.Zhang3@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 6408

Wessex House 3.43

Research Support and Funding (RSF) Post Award

For general Post-Award queries please email: post-award@lists.bath.ac.uk

Pete HompsteadPost Award Manager email: P.R.Hompstead@bath.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1225 38 4490

David Biddle Research Accounting Assistant email: D.A.A.Biddle@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 5209

Andrea Braid Research Accounting Assistant email: A.Braid@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 4326

Rachel ButtonResearch Information Administrator email: R.M.Button@bath.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1225 38 3890

Jane Heywood Research Accounting Assistant email: J.A.J.Heywood@bath.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1225 38 5042

Sarah Lewis Research Accounting Assistant email: S.Lewis@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 4526

Alison Partridge Research Accounting Assistant email: A.M.Partridge@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 4326

Carol Reis Research Accounting Assistant email: C.Reis@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 6165

Research Information Management

Katy McKenResearch Information Manager email: K.E.McKen@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 3443

Research Development & Collaborations (RD&C)

Fi LangResearch Development Officer email: F.Lang@bath.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1225 38 5234

Heather Williams Project Officer email: H.Williams@bath.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1225 38 5128

RDSO staff Contacts

www.bath.ac.uk/rdso

Staff contact details are also available on the RDSO website: www.bath.ac.uk/rdso/about/contacts

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