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Grace GottliebÌý

Grace Gottlieb is Head of Research Policy and leads on policy development and advocacy of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s positions. Since joining ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº in 2017, her work has focussed on areas including the financial sustainability of research, the regional distribution of R&D funding, transparency and reproducibility in research, and the intersection between research policy and research culture. In 2020 she was seconded to the Russell Group to lead a project on research culture.

Before joining ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, Grace worked at the Medical Research Council and, prior to that, in health policy at the Royal College of Surgeons.

She has a BA in Natural Sciences, specialising in genetics, from the University of Cambridge.

E: g.gottlieb@ucl.ac.uk

Graeme Reid

Professor Graeme ReidÌýis Chair of Science and Research Policy atÌý¹û¶³Ó°Ôº. He spent most of his career at the interface between science and government, working in the Business Department, the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury before moving to ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº in 2014.

In preparation for Brexit, Graeme and Sir Adrian Smith advised the UK Science Minister on frameworks for international collaboration in R&D. Government published their report in 2019. Graeme advised the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee during their extensive inquiries into Brexit and, more recently, industrial strategy. ÌýHe led research policy reviews for the Scottish Funding Council, Welsh Government and Universities Wales.

He is on the Board of the National Physical Laboratory and Chair of NPL’s Science and Technology Advisory Council.Ìý He is strategic advisor to the National Centre for Universities and Business.Ìý Previous appointments include chair of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, trustee of the Association of Medical Research Charities and member of the Council of CERN.

Graeme began his career at the National Engineering Laboratory. He has a BSc in Physics and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer.

E:Ìýgraeme.reid@ucl.ac.uk

Sarah Chaytor

Sarah Chaytor is ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s Director of Research Strategy & Policy.ÌýShe joined the Office of the Vice-Provost (Research) in 2009 and established ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Public Policy in 2012. Her current role includesÌýoverseeing the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Public Policy programme and building ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s capacity to engage with public policy, as well as advising the Vice-ProvostÌýon research strategy and other aspects of his portfolio, leading ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s research policy work, and managing strategic projects. She is a co-investigator and Co-Chair of the Project Delivery Group for the £10 million Ìýproject.

Prior to joining ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, Sarah worked as a research fellow at the Russell Group, leading work related to research funding and policy. She previously held research policy roles at the Wellcome Trust and Universities UK, and before that worked as a parliamentary researcher and for a think tank.ÌýShe was a co-founder ofÌý, the Universities Policy Engagement Network, and is co-chair of the UPEN Futures Working Group.

Sarah has a MA in Issues in Modern Culture from ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford.Ìý

E:Ìýs.chaytor@ucl.ac.uk