Research management – dere-street

I have more than a decade’s experience designing, managing and delivering research programmes, working with business, with governments, with universities, and with SMEs across Europe.

I specialise in:

Setting up large (multi-million £/€) research programmes
Commissioning research – through tenders, research calls, and SBRI type mechanisms
Research contract management, including IP and outcome management,
Developing bid management, pipeline and reporting systems, and
developing CRM systems to support bid proposals and manage delivery.

Blog posts:

The one thing you can’t get wrong when you cost a project

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Dave Fitch

A key risk of many projects is they don’t make sure they have enough staff to deliver what they promise. I’ll tell you why this is, and how you can change your approach to better manage your risks.

How much startup time do you need for research projects? You might need more than you think

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Dave Fitch

In my experience the key thing delaying the start of research projects is staff availability – whether you have access to the people you need or if you need to recruit. Remember: if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Recruiting staff can be a pretty volatile process, depending on how much experience you have of […]