Research Management Money, People and Policy Lita Denny Head of Research Support Service University of Manchester

The University Manchester Context – 4 Faculties, 20 Schools and 19 Research Institutes. – Research Grants and Contract (RGC) income of £196m per year. – 39,732 students of which 3541 are Post graduate Research. – 10,712 staff including 3714 Academic and 1800 Research Associates. – Live RGC projects around 4000 at any one time. – We average around 2000 applications for research funding a year.

Money The Funding challenge – Reduction and Concentration – Greater competition – Compliance and complexity

Influence Influence is key – Working with funders to ensure processes are efficient – Making the profession heard when “rules” are in danger of becoming unworkable – Being a respected voice within your intuition – Supporting policy and strategy development

People Research is all about people and research management is all about making their lives easier. – Agile – Innovative – Freedom to follow the academic mission – Expert individuals – High level of frontline influence – Accessible to researchers and treated as a partnership

Collaboration Greater strength in collaboration. – Between Universities – Between Funders – Across Professional Associations Examples: N8 Asset Collaboration Project themes/asset-collaboration/ themes/asset-collaboration/ Project Snowball