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 |
|---|---|---|
| ADAPT: Assessing dRTP Advancement Paths Through Hackathons | Arun Nambiyath Govindan, UCL | 01 Jan 2026 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Cohort Based Open Leadership Training and Mentoring | Oscar Seip, University of Manchester | 01 Jan 2026 - 31 May 2026 |
| 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 |
| Establishing promotion pathways for Digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs) at the University of Birmingham | Christine Stawitz, University of Birmingham | 05 Jan 2026 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Establishing an operational management community of practice for dRTP leaders | Phil Bradbury, University of Manchester | 05 Jan 2026 - 03 Apr 2026 |
| Mapping the future: Understanding the needs of dRTPs across core research facilities | Julia Schoonover, University of Manchester | 12 Jan 2026 - 11 Jan 2027 |
| DIRECT Framework Development | Adrian D'Alessandro, Imperial College London | 19 Jan 2026 - 22 Mar 2026 |
| Discovering hidden community leaders | Lyndsey Ballantyne, University of Southampton | 01 Feb 2026 - 31 Jul 2026 |
| Application of the DIRECT framework across multi-disciplinary teams | James Friel, University of Dundee | 02 Feb 2026 - 30 Oct 2026 |
| DRTP ATLAS Pilot: Advancing Technical Leadership And Skills | Andrew Phillips, University of Aberdeen | 02 Feb 2026 - 29 Jan 2027 |
| 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 - 30 Jun 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 |
| 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 - 31 Jul 2026 |