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The Research services team will provide support:

• identifying and promoting new research funding opportunities
• research capacity and culture building
• leading institutional support for Research Integrity and Ethics development
• assisting with research proposal development and funding strategies
• targeted support for major, large interdisciplinary proposals and strategically important research grant proposals
• managing institutional level peer review, demand management, and institutional led proposals
• costing, pricing research proposals and workflow approvals
• liaising with Research Finance to facilitate the research project administrative lifecycle from pre-award to post-award.
• advising on policy and financial matters relating to research grant applications
• managing PURE and producing management information on proposals and awards
• global challenges strategy development and support
• Research Support Fund (RSF)

The Research Contracts team will provide support: 

• negotiating and agreeing research contracts and grants on behalf of the College
• research project risk management
• facilitating project set-up for major awards
• providing expert advice and support on intellectual property (IP) matters and management of the College’s patent portfolio
• pre-award management of the University consultancy scheme

The Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise team will:

• Support the Schools and development of the industry engagement for the Colleges four Catalyst Research and Knowledge Exchange Hubs
• Create an eco-system for commercial activities by supporting academic capacity to engage with industry – to generate income opportunities – building on our global reputation for research and commercialisation
• Work with Academic colleagues to identify partners who can take the lead on commercialising our research outputs (IP) through industry licencing
• Work with academic colleagues and existing industry partners to identify, stimulate and establish new collaborative research opportunities
• Develop commercial opportunities for technical services and facilities – SuperFab, Earth Science, Biological Science
• Support the College consultancy processes

The REF Support team will provide support:

• provide strategic advice and support to help secure the best possible performance for Royal Holloway
• day-to-day organisation and direction for the planning, oversight and management of arrangements for REF 2021
• collection and preparation of narrative and data components
• systems and processes to manage and validate data
• liaising with academic UoA REF leads on assessment and production of policy papers, briefings and reports
• to oversee specific projects arising from discussions at the University’s REF Steering group
• co-ordination of the REF Operations Group