Research support

We can help you to cost and submit your application, draft and negotiate research contracts and agreements, and support your post-award financial management.

We can help you with

Costing and submission of applications

  • Budget advice and development
  • Submission through electronic portals
  • Coordinating budget development with partners

Drafting and negotiating research contracts and agreements

This comprises Grant / Collaboration /Studentship / Data sharing agreements, NDAs, MTAs, Sub-contracts, Contract extensions and variations

  • First point of contact for formal action with funders or partners
  • Gaining internal authorised signature
  • Reviewing T&Cs against University policy
  • Due diligence of partners and collaborators
  • Grant transfers in and out of the University

For more on this topic, please visit the Legal Services staff webpages.

Award start up

  • Establishment of budget codes
  • Ensuring ethical approval
  • Transposing project and delivery plans into University systems
  • Signposting of relevant processes and procedures for personnel recruitment

Further help and information

Meet the team

Sidrah Khan

Head of Research and Innovation Operations

Irfan Aslam

Irfan Aslam

Post Award Team Leader

Kristin Beattie

Pronouns: She/her

Grant Support Officer

Dean Bowes

Pronouns: He/him

Research and Innovation Contracts Manager

Tom Foreman

Post Award Project Officer

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James Goodall

Pronouns: He/him

Grant Support Officer

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Peter Hammersley

Pronouns: He/him

Post Award Project Officer

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Susan Harris

Pronouns: She/her

Grant Support Associate

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Billie Hutchinson

Pronouns: She/her

Post Award Project Officer

SBE, ABCE, SDCA, London, Science and SSSH

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Rachael Hyams

Pronouns: She/her

Research and Innovation Support Officer

STEER

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Megan Icke

Pronouns: She/her

Post Award Project Officer

Nicola Icke

Nicola Icke

Pronouns: She/her

Post Award Manager

Kuseme Iseh

Kuseme Iseh

Pronouns: She/her

Research and Innovation Contracts Manager

Jasmin Khan

Pronouns: She/her

Research and Innovation Contracts Manager

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Jayshree Lakhman

Pronouns: She/her

Grant Support Officer

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Lynda Langford

Pronouns: She/her

Post Award Project Officer

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Mattie Lewis

Worktribe Project Business Lead

All Schools

Hongjuan Ma

Pronouns: She/her

Research and Innovation Contracts Officer

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Alpa Mistry

Pronouns: She/her

Grant Support Associate

Gavin Morris

Dr Gavin Morris

Pronouns: He/him

Research Development Associate

STEM

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Rebecca Offiler-Russell

Grant Support Officer

Julio Ortiz-Diaz

Pronouns: He/him

Grant Support Officer

Emily Penny

Pronouns: She/her

Grant Support Officer

Hasna Rahman

Pronouns: She/her

Grant Support Officer

Chloe Raybould

Chloe Raybould

Pronouns: She/her

Post Award Project Officer

Nida Rouf

Pronouns: She/her

Research and Innovation Contracts Manager

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Denise Smith

Pronouns: She/her

Research Support Manager (UK Aid)

UK Aid Programmes and STEER

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Lizi Wheater

Pronouns: She/her

Senior Research and Innovation Contracts Manager

Reba Yasmin

Pronouns: She/her

Post Award Project Officer