Cluster teams

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• Full staff list
• Cluster Teams and Department Leads
• Research Directors

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.

Environment, Science and Economy Facing Cluster

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

Humanities and Social Sciences Facing Cluster

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

Health and Life Sciences Facing Cluster

For all day-to-day enquiries contact: HLS-ResearchCluster@exeter.ac.uk

Cluster Lead (and point of escalation): Roz Harrison – R.D.Harrison@exeter.ac.uk

Faculty Finance lead: Tina Sale: T.L.Sale@exeter.ac.uk

Department Leads

Funder support

Cornwall Research Cluster

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

EU and International

For all day-to-day enquiries contact: euresearch@exeter.ac.uk. Research Development raseu@exeter.ac.uk 

For RD queries please contact the Cluster Lead of the appropriate cluster above

Cluster Lead (and point of escalation RF): Kevin Sales – k.m.sales@exeter.ac.uk

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:

• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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.