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Who to contact in RGO

Research Grants Operations (RGO) is responsible for the administration of all externally funded research grants, including funder compliance and financial reporting. Colleagues in RGO provide a service to academic departments, with funder-specific expertise, they check grant applications including due diligence, formally accept new awards and set them up in the University systems, and provide post-award management, including audit.

RGO Service Definition (MS Word , 25kb)

Members of staff specialise in specific funders so for most queries you should contact the appropriate Grant Co-ordinator. Details of the latest portfolios can be found in this document;

RGO Team portfolio summary (PDF , 92kb)

For general enquiries please email research-grants@york.ac.uk or call 01904 324416.

Contact	Responsibilities
Emma Montgomery emma.montgomery@york.ac.uk	Head of Research Grants Operations University signatory for contracts and grants Processes, training and information on the University’s Research Grant portfolio
Pete Broadley pete.broadley@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday - Friday 8:30am to 2:15pm	Administrative support

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Team

Contact	Responsibilities
Sasha Oakden sasha.oakden@york.ac.uk	Team Leader UK Health NETSCC (CTU) GHRF - IMPACT PRU - EEPRU & ESHCRU ARC
Anya Millington anya.millington@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Wednesday - Friday	UK Charities (Arts & Humanities) UK Government UK Health UK Industry
Bob Brown bob.brown@york.ac.uk	RCUK
David Lauder david.lauder@york.ac.uk	EC and International
Lisa Lack lisa.lack@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday, Wednesday - Thursday
Nicola Vickers nicola.vickers@york.ac.uk	RCUK Royal Society (Arts & Humanities) British Academy UK Charity Wellcome Trust
Victoria Lister victoria.lister@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Tuesday - Thursday	Social Sciences UK Charities Royal Society

Life and Health Sciences Team

Contact	Responsibilities
Simon Johnson simon.johnson@york.ac.uk	Team Leader UK Health PRU - LSHTM
Ailsa Conlan ailsa.conlan@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday	UK Health NETSCC (HTA) GHRF - DIADEM NIHR 3 Schools NIHR SSCR
Claire Sykes claire.sykes@york.ac.uk	UK Charity Biology, CNAP, Health Sciences, HYMS
Dawn Simmonds dawn.machnik@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday	RCUK, Royal Society and British Academy 'Simple' projects only
Ed Davies edward.davies@york.ac.uk	EC, EU Other, Other Overseas Biology, CNAP, Psychology RCUK, Royal Society and British Academy Biology
Hayley Stocks hayley.stocks@york.ac.uk	EC, EU Other, Other Overseas Health Sciences, HYMS, CRD, CHE, SPSW RCUK, Royal Society and British Academy Health Sciences, HYMS, CRD, CHE, SPSW
Jacob Stickland jacob.stickland@york.ac.uk	UK Government UK Industry UK Charity Psychology, CHE, CRD, SPSW
Joanne Milner joanne.milner@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday	UK Health NIHR-CCF (PGfAR, Other), NETSCC (EME and PHR, TARS, Cochrane, Other), NIHR Academy, GHRF - GHE2 and ASTRA
Maria Adlam maria.adlam@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday	RCUK, Royal Society and British Academy CNAP, Psychology
Martin Barlow martin.barlow@york.ac.uk	UK Health NETSCC (HS&DR) NIHR-CCF (RfPB) Other Health Bodies & NHS PRP GHRF - IMPACT Centre

Physical Sciences Team

Contact	Responsibilities
Gemma Moy gemma.moy@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday - Tuesday, Thursday - Friday	Team Leader
Chris Barber chris.barber@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday AM	Chemistry (incl. YSBL) - EC, EU Other, Other Overseas Maths - EC, EU Other, Other Overseas Environment (incl. SEIY) - EC only
Ed Brown edward.brown@york.ac.uk	Computer Science - EC, EU Other, Other Overseas, UK Govt (excl. UKAEA), UK Industry, UK Health, UK Other Environment (incl. SEIY) - EU Other, Other Overseas, Innovate
Kay Hodgson kay.hodgson@york.ac.uk	All PS departments: UKAEA Chemistry - YSBL only: UKRI, UK Charities (excluding Royal Society, British Academy and Leverhulme) Chemistry: Innovate Computer Science: UKRI, Innovate, UK Charities (excluding Royal Society, British Academy and Leverhulme)
Jacqui Sbragia jacqui.sbragia@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Tuesday - Friday	Electronics - EC, EU, Overseas Other, UKRI, Innovate, UK Charities (excluding Royal Society, British Academy and Leverhulme), UK Other Maths - UKRI, Innovate, Wellcome, UK Charities (excluding Royal Society, British Academy and Leverhulme) Physics - EC, EU Other, Other Overseas
Jo Saunders jo.saunders@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Monday - Friday 09:00 - 3:00	Environment (incl. SEIY) - UKRI, Wellcome, UK Charities (excluding Royal Society, British Academy and Leverhulme) SEIY only - UK Govt (excl. UKAEA), UK Industry, UK Health, UK Other
Rachel Adamson rachel.adamson@york.ac.uk	Chemistry - UKRI (Except YSBL’s BBSRC, STFC and EPSRC which sit with Kay Hodgson), Wellcome, UK Other
Sarah Ventress-Woolford sarah.woolford@york.ac.uk Work Pattern: Tuesday - Thursday	Chemistry (incl. YSBL) - UK Govt (excl. UKAEA), UK Industry, UK Health Electronics - UK Govt (excl. UKAEA), UK Industry, UK Health Environment (excl. SEIY) - UK Govt (excl. UKAEA), UK Industry, UK Health Maths - UK Govt (excl. UKAEA), UK Industry, UK Other, UK Health Physics - UK Govt (excl. UKAEA), UK Industry, UK Health
Tina Ingleby tina.ingleby@york.ac.uk	All Physical Sciences departments - Leverhulme, Royal Society and British Academy
Vici Armitage vici.armitage@york.ac.uk	Physics - UKRI, Innovate, Wellcome, UK Charities (excluding Royal Society, British Academy and Leverhulme), UK Other