Funded Projects
The DisCouRSE Flexible Fund supports community-led projects aligned with our goals, enabling aspiring leaders to trial approaches to enhancing skills and career opportunities within their local contexts, build new connections through joint initiatives, and strategically assess options for future investment and activity. All projects that have been awarded funding so far are listed here, and updates will be added as they progress.
| Project title | Overall lead | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Insights in Immersive dRTP Leadership: Technician Experience Through Data Collection and Analysis | Adrian K. T. Ng, University of Bristol | 01 Jan 2026 - 31 Aug 2026 |
| Recognising and rewarding training activity in dRTP roles and departments | Samantha Ahern, UCL | 01 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| Responsible AI-Assisted Technical Leadership (RATL) | Kamilla Kopec-Harding, University of Birmingham | 01 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| Building Connected Technical Networks: A Framework for Digital Communities | Liam Berrisford, University of Exeter | 01 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| Mapping the future: Understanding the needs of dRTPs across core research facilities | Julia Schoonover, University of Manchester | 12 Jan 2026 - 11 Jan 2027 |
| Application of the DIRECT framework across multi-disciplinary teams | James Friel, University of Dundee | 02 Feb 2026 - 30 Oct 2026 |
| SpatiaLondon Network | Alessandra Vigilante, King's College London | 02 Feb 2026 - 30 Jan 2027 |
| Understanding Project Management Tool Effectiveness in Diverse dRTP Contexts | Daniel Brady, University of Sheffield | 01 Mar 2026 - 31 Aug 2026 |
| Novel event organisation for InRA dRTPs | Iain Souttar, University of Warwick | 01 Mar 2026 - 01 Oct 2026 |
| Mapping and evaluating dRTP’s contributions to computing skills pedagogies in HE | Carlos Cámara-Menoyo, University of Warwick | 01 Mar 2026 - 31 Oct 2026 |
| Developing dRTP Leaders with Melodramatick: Audience Engagement Pilots with Cultural-Sector Partners | William Haese-Hill, University of Glasgow | 01 Mar 2026 - 30 Nov 2026 |
| PeerLadder | Saskia Lawson-Tovey, University of Manchester/ELIXIR-UK | 01 Mar 2026 - 01 Mar 2027 |
| DRTP ATLAS Pilot: Advancing Technical Leadership And Skills | Andrew Phillips, University of Aberdeen | 01 Mar 2026 - 01 Mar 2027 |
| Train to Transform: UKDS training for (Data) Librarians | Beate Lichtwardt, UKDS/UKDA, University of Essex | 01 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Agile Leadership Training for Digital Research Technical Professionals: An Integrated Pilot | Adina Rahim, University of Manchester | 16 Apr 2026 - 15 Nov 2026 |
| DIRECT Web Development II | Adrian D'Alessandro, Imperial College London | 01 Sep 2026 - 07 Dec 2026 |
| Bioinformatics Core Leaders UK (BCLUK): Enabling Leadership, Mentorship, and Funding Pathways for RTPs | Richard Stark, University of Warwick | 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| Digital PRISMs Digital Research Conference | Chris Langridge, UCL | 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| Empowering and Supporting Operational Leaders by Expanding the Community of Practice | Phil Bradbury, University of Manchester | 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 |
| Visualisation of RTP Skill Data | Sam Bland, University of York | 01 Sep 2026 - 15 Sep 2027 |
| Debugging Digital Research Technical Leadership | Robin Henderson, My Consultants Ltd | 01 Sep 2026 - 01 Oct 2027 |
| Embedding and Expanding Open Leadership for Research Communities | Oscar Seip, The University of Manchester - Software Sustainability Institute | 01 Oct 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 |
| Project ERIS: Evaluating RSE Impact and Scope | Romain Thomas, The University of Sheffield | 01 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 |
| Building a Community of Research Community Leaders | Lyndsey Ballantyne, University of Southampton | 01 Nov 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 |
| From Community to Careers: Strengthening a Network of Research Data Scientists | Rachael Stickland, University of Birmingham | 01 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 2027 |
| Digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs) Leadership Programme | Will Allen, Advance HE | 02 Nov 2026 - 30 Jul 2027 |
| Crick Data Challenge 2026: An Interdisciplinary Hackathon for dRTP Collaboration in Biomedical Research | Sara Salgueiro Torres, Francis Crick Institute | 06 Nov 2026 - 13 Nov 2026 |
| From Pilot to Product: A Reusable National Training Package for Agile Leadership in Digital Research Technical Professionals | Adina Rahim, University of Manchester | 01 Dec 2026 - 31 May 2027 |
| Developing dRTP Leadership for Reliable AI-Driven Autonomous Laboratories | Oliver Castell, Cardiff University | 01 Dec 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 |
| Digital Methods Network: Co-developing Research Tools through Technical Imagination and Engineering | Janna Joceli Omena, King's College London | 01 Dec 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 |