Cluster teams
Our Cluster Teams are Research Development and Management and Research Finance specialists who provide research development and management support and advice to academics. They do this across the research project lifecycle from idea to impact, supporting both the research development and financial elements. This includes identifying funding opportunities, coordinating bid development and costings, and supporting live projects and post project activities.
For all notifications of plans to apply for grant applications, including very early stage ideas, please add these to the Worktribe as a new research idea. Guidance on Adding Research Projects Ideas to Worktribe is available here.
For all day-to-day enquiries contact: ESE-ResearchCluster@exeter.ac.uk
Cluster Lead (and point of escalation): Helen Bell h.e.bell@exeter.ac.uk
Faculty Finance lead: Alex Strong: A.J.Strong@exeter.ac.uk / Ruth Banyard T.R.Banyard@exeter.ac.uk
Department Leads
| Department | Department Lead |
|---|---|
| Computer Sciences | Emma Roberts |
| Engineering | |
| Geography | Suzannah Laver (maternity leave) Charlotte Vickers (maternity cover from July 23) |
| Mathematics and Statistics | Emma Roberts |
| Physics and Astronomy | Daniel Chiswell |
| University of Exeter Business School (UEBS) | Natalie Stone |
| Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDSAI) | Emma Roberts |
| Global Systems Institute (GSI) | Suzannah Laver |
Specialist funder expertise and FAN support
| Funder | Funder Advisory Network (FAN) Support |
|---|---|
| EPSRC | |
| NERC (Exeter) | Suzannah Laver |
| Royal Academy | Julie Mason |
| STFC | Daniel Chiswell |
For all day-to-day enquiries contact: HASS-ResearchCluster@exeter.ac.uk
Cluster Lead (and point of escalation): Kevin Sales - kms212@exeter.ac.uk
Faculty Finance lead: Aki Iskander – A.Iskander@exeter.ac.uk
Department Leads
| Department | Department Lead |
|---|---|
| Archaeology and History | Claire Keyte |
| Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology | Claire Keyte |
| Communications, Drama and Film | Pam Gurney |
| English and Creative Writing | Pam Gurney |
| Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies | Mandy Paull |
| Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies | Mandy Paull |
| Law School | Mandy Paull |
| Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy and Anthropology | Pam Gurney |
| School of Education | Kevin Sales |
| Societies and Cultures Institute (SCI) | Kevin Sales |
Specialist funder expertise and FAN support
| Funder | Funder Advisory Network (FAN) Support |
|---|---|
| AHRC | Claire Keyte |
| British Academy | Pam Gurney |
| ESRC | Kevin Sales |
| Wellcome Trust (Medical Humanities) | Claire Keyte |
For all day-to-day enquiries contact: HLS-ResearchCluster@exeter.ac.uk
Cluster Lead (and point of escalation): Lucy Carpenter – C.L.Carpenter@exeter.ac.uk
Faculty Finance lead: Tina Sale: T.L.Sale@exeter.ac.uk
Department Leads
| Department | Department Lead |
|---|---|
| Biosciences | |
| Clinical and Biomedical Sciences | Lucy Carpenter |
| Health and Care Professions | Stephanie Fletcher |
| Health and Community Sciences | Karolina Jaworek |
| Psychology | Stephanie Fletcher |
| Public Health and Sports Sciences | Ray Perrins |
| Centre for Medical Mycology (CMM) | |
| Living Systems Institute (LSI)/ Centre for Medical Mycology (CMM) |
Specialist funder expertise and FAN support
| Funder | Funder Advisory Network (FAN) Support |
|---|---|
| BBSRC | |
| MRC | Vicki Dunn |
| NIHR | Karolina Jaworek and Ray Perrins |
| Wellcome Trust | Lucy Carpenter |
For all day-to-day enquiries contact: Cornwall-ResearchCluster@exeter.ac.uk
Cluster Lead (and point of escalation): Jen Siggs – j.m.siggs@exeter.ac.uk
Department Leads
| Discipline | Discipline Lead |
|---|---|
| Ecology and Conservation | Jane Rowe |
| Earth and Environmental Sciences | Hannah Mackintosh |
| Engineering (Cornwall) | Jane Rowe |
| HASS Penryn | Jen Siggs |
| Management (Cornwall) | David Scott |
| European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) | Hannah Mackintosh |
| Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) | Sarah Ashton |
Specialist funder expertise and FAN support
| Funder | Funder Advisory Network (FAN) Support |
|---|---|
| NERC (shared with ESE) | |
| Leverhulme Trust | Hannah Mackintosh |
For all day-to-day enquiries contact: EU-Int-ResearchCluster@exeter.ac.uk
Cluster Lead (and point of escalation): Enda Clarke – e.clarke@exeter.ac.uk
Specialist funder expertise and FAN support
| Funder | Funder Advisory Network (FAN) Support |
|---|---|
| EU | Enda Clarke |
| GCRF | Enda Clarke |
| NIH | Enda Clarke |
There are five cluster teams who each have enhanced funder expertise (see above). Three are faculty facing (ESE, HLS and HASS Clusters) and support Exeter-based academics within those faculties, one provides specific support for Cornwall-based academics (Cornwall cluster) and we have one cluster that specialises in specific support grants for EU and major international funding bodies across all areas (EU & International Cluster)
Clusters also contain specific faculty/ funder facing roles and responsibilities:
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Cluster Leads: Cluster leads lead the funder clusters and are the point of escalation for project based concerns, For faculty-facing clusters, the cluster lead works with the APVC-R&I to strategically manage the project portfolio
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Faculty Finance Leads: Each faculty-facing cluster has a faculty finance lead who supports the head of finance in each faculty with financial planning associated with the research portfolio
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Department/ Institute Leads: All departments and University Research Institutes have a named Research Development contact who works with the DoRIs/ Institute Manager to support the strategic development of their research portfolio
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Funder Expertise: Funder clusters have responsibility for having the strategic expertise and understanding of the University’s profile with specific major funders. Whilst individual bids are supported appropriately across all our clusters (depending on PI homing) the support for the Funder Advisory Networks (FANS) and for specific understanding of the funder sits with specific clusters.