EU Funding – Contacts
The EU Team is the centralised focal point for support with EU Funding. We can provide support across the whole project lifecycle from opportunity to final report:
- Identifying an opportunity
- Breaking down calls to highlight key messages for a successful bid (“Topic translation”)
- Information and proposal-writing events (standard and bespoke)
- Proposal review
- Successful examples
- Custom tools and documents for proposal preparation
- Award mobilisation (Grant Preparation process)
- Legal/admin and financial management of awarded grants
We are also involved in ensuring internal processes match sponsor requirements and we sit on a number of expert or advisory committees in the HE sector for EU R&I policy. Team members are listed below:
EU Team Contacts
Pre-Award:
Ben Williams
Head of European Funding
Email: B.A.Williams@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: 0113 34 34934
- Overall responsibility for Pre-and Post-Award EU funding issues
- Lead for ERC proposals
- Brexit and EU R+I policy
- Implementation of EU funding and partnership strategies
- External representation for HE policy in R+I funding
Su Laithwaite
European Funding Administrator
Email: S.A.Laithwaite@leeds.ac.uk
- First point of contact for EU Team
- Promotion of Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Performance and statistics
- Support for EU systems and processes
- Grant preparation support
- Links with international funding opportunities
Anna Harrold
European Research Development Officer
Email: A.L.Harrold@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: 0113 34 35332
- Pre-award support for European funding proposals
- Hands-on and project management support, intelligence from previous rounds
- Proposal read-through and editing service, especially for Marie-Sklodowska-Curie and Collaborative research applications
- Delivery of training and information sessions on range of EU funding calls
- Communications and engagement with external EU networks (CrowdHelix) and internal R&ID community
- Pre-Award lead for the following faculty: ENV & FSS
Cigdem Tasci Tochniti
European Research Development Officer
Email: c.tascitochniti@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: 0113 34 31732
- Pre-award support for European funding proposals
- Hands-on and project management support, intelligence from previous rounds
- Proposal read-through and editing service, especially for Marie-Sklodowska-Curie and Collaborative research applications
- Delivery of training and information sessions on range of EU funding calls
- Horizon Europe communications and participation
- Pre-Award Lead for the following faculties: FEPS (ENG & MAPS), LUBS
Sophia Verhaeghe
European Research Development Officer
Email: S.verhaeghe@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: 0113 34 37332
- Pre-award support for European funding proposals
- Hands-on and project management support, intelligence from previous rounds
- Proposal read-through and editing service, especially for Marie-Sklodowska-Curie and Collaborative research applications
- Delivery of training and information sessions on range of EU funding calls
- Pre-Award Lead for the following faculties: AHC, FBS, FMH
Post-Award:
Keri Dunning
Senior EU Post Award Research Administrator
Email: K.L.Dunning@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: 0113 34 37388
- Supervises EU post award team
- Responsible for setting and updating internal processes and training
- Compliance of University systems with EC funding rules
- Lead on European Commission audits
- Additional support with reporting/partner kick off meetings for University led bids
- Provides training for academic/support staff
- External representation for post-award issues affecting the HE sector
- Post-Award Lead for queries relating to the following faculties: EPS (ENG), ENV, LUBS
Martika Cawley
EU Post Award Research Officer
Email: M.Cawley1@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: 0113 34 37690
- Contractual and financial management of EU research grants
- Expertise in regulations and procedures
- Audit setup and maintenance
- Monitoring of income and expenditure
- Liaison with European Commission for financial and administrative procedures
- Post-Award Lead for queries relating to the following faculties: AHC, EPS (MAPS), FSS, FBS, FMH