Kirsty Grainger Director, 69色情片 and Impact Services
Responsible for leading the University鈥檚 69色情片 and Impact Services, helping position the University for future success in a competitive environment.
Contact details
Kirsty Grainger, Director, 69色情片 and Impact Services (RIS) kg909@bath.ac.uk
Role
As Director of RIS, Kirsty is responsible for the following services:
- grant submissions, acceptance and finance
- large and strategic grants
- research project management
- industrial partnerships
- research commercialisation
- research and commercialisation contracts
- research impact
Career
Kirsty has spent 20 years working in strategy and funding roles in the research and innovation sector. Prior to joining the University of Bath, this was within UKRI, where she was the Head of Strategy: Careers and Culture, and the inaugural Director of UKRI鈥檚 flagship Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) scheme.
Before this Kirsty worked in a number of different roles at the 69色情片 Councils, including as a Senior Policy Manager at the Economic and Social 69色情片 Council (ESRC), and as the Associate Director: 69色情片 and HR Directorates at the Natural Environment 69色情片 Council (NERC). She has also worked as a Senior 69色情片 Policy Advisor at the University of Oxford.
As well as a wealth of experience in the research policy and funding environment, Kirsty is widely regarded as a mentor and sponsor. She has a passion for delivering positive research culture and was instrumental in securing a 10% increase to doctoral student stipends, and in the harmonisation of doctoral funding policy and practice at UKRI.
Kirsty Grainger was Acting Director of 69色情片 and Impact Services (RIS) from January to August 2024.