Contracting with us
Who to contact in Research and Knowledge Exchange Contracts
The Stables
University of York
York
YO10 5DD
rkec@york.ac.uk
The Research and Knowledge Exchange Contracts Team (RKEC) draft, negotiate and review all contracts with research funders, companies and other partners related to the university's research portfolio.
Below are some documents you may find useful:
- Departments can use the CDA Guidance Oct21 (PDF
, 101kb) document and the RKEC Locked NDA template 2025 (MS Word 
, 28kb) template to manage their own confidentiality agreements. - Please see our Worktribe Status Guide (PDF , 81kb) for information on how Worktribe provides up-to-date information on where your contract is up to.
- Please see our guidance on how to create Worktribe requestsInstructing the Research and Knowledge Exchange Contracts Team (PDF , 177kb).
- Please see our guidance explaining the university's general positions for research and knowledge exchange contracts and the justifications around them. Research and Knowledge Exchange contracts (PDF , 96kb) and a further piece of guidance targeted at postgraduate studentships Studentship FAQ sheet - Final VERSION 9 April 2026 (PDF , 180kb).
- For general enquiries, please use rkec@york.ac.uk to contact the team.
Contacts
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 Michael Gwinnett Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange Contracts michael.gwinnett@york.ac.uk |
Management of the RKEC team Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Computer Science, Research and Enterprise, the SEIY and the subsidiary Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC). |
 Michael Barber Contracts and Sponsorship Manager michael.barber@york.ac.uk +44(0)1904 328693 |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Biology (excluding Centre for Novel Agricultural Products), Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and also for subsidiaries York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) and PCMIS Health Technologies Ltd. |
 Emma Turner Senior Contracts Officer e.turner@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Health Sciences, Psychology (including YNiC), also for subsidiaries York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) and PCMIS Health Technologies Ltd. |
 Mollie Cushing Senior Contracts Officer mollie.cushing@york.ac.uk |
On maternity leave from December 2025 - returning August 2026. |
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+44(0)1904 328674 |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Faculty of Social Sciences (including Centre for Health Economics (CHE), and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD). |
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+44 (0)1904 325581 |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Geography and Environment (excluding the SEIY) and Arts and Humanities. |
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+44(0)1904 326574 |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Chemistry, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP). |
 Caroline McDermott Senior Contracts Officer caroline.mcdermott@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of research-related contracts for the following departments: Electronic Engineering, Physics and Mathematics. |
.jpg) Luka Vrkic Contracts Assistant luka.vrkic@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of NDAs (non-template), Amendments and contracts under templates/frameworks (including PICs). |
 Charlotte King Contracts Assistant charlotte.king@york.ac.uk |
Drafting and review of NDAs (non-template), Amendments and contracts under templates/frameworks (including PICs). |
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Administrative support in relation to research and non-research contracts. |
Victoria Pipe Contracts Administrator vicky.pipe@york.ac.uk |
Administrative support in relation to research and non-research contracts. |
Helen Widd Contracts Administrator helen.widd@york.ac.uk |
Administrative support in relation to research and non-research contracts. |