Professor Kate Robson Brown is Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact at University College Dublin.

Dipti leads the team in UCD Research and supports the development and implementation of the Research Strategy, working with the VPRII and Research, Innovation and Impact Group (RIIG) of the University.

Xuefang supports UCD Research-led projects and internal funding calls. She manages HR operations, financial management and facility operations at UCD Research.

Karen provides support to the Vice President for Research, Innovation & Impact and the Director of Research. The PA to VPRII also provides secretariat support for UCD Research committees including the University Management Team sub group, the Research and Innovation Impact Group (RIIG).

Caitríona looks after UCD Research led events and conferences. She works closely with the General Manager on UCD Research projects, providing key administrative support.

Peter works with leaders across the university to advance the implementation of the 'Shaping the Future' strategy and achieve UCD's strategic objectives in research and innovation.

David is responsible for designing and implementing initiatives that connect UCD's researchers with national and international policymakers.

Jill is responsible for developing UCD’s portfolio of research policies, and  establishing and operating the necessary governance schemes for major research programmes.

Allison supports UCD researchers in complying with UCD's Export Control policy.

Colleen manages the implementation of the UCD Research Culture Initiative and is responsible for coordinating its programme of activities, events and communications.

Paula processes submissions for ethics review, manages the UCD research ethics approvals system and co-ordinates the work of the Research Ethics Committees.

Saswati supports the All-Island Research Excellence Network (AIREN) to scale its activities, broaden institutional membership and collaborate with other all-island and national networks.

Maciek leads the Grant Registration & Mobilisation and Contracts & Finance Teams and manages mobilisation service transformation initiatives.

Rafaela oversees the day-to-say operations of Grant Registration Team and supports the set up and initial mobilisation of large and strategic grants, including SFI Research Centres, SFI Strategic Partnership Programmes, and EI Technology Centres and Innovation Hubs.

Bernard supports the set up and mobilisation of grants funding health sciences, medical, and clinical studies.

Stephen is responsible for the Colleges of Engineering and Architecture, Arts and Humanities, and Business.

Magdalena is responsible for the College of Science.

Lisa is responsible for Schools of Medicine; Public Health, Physiotherapy, and Sports Sciences; Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems.

Maiia is responsible for Schools of Agriculture & Food Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, and the College of Social Sciences & Law.

Sarah provides specialised financial support and advice to the Colleges of Health and Agricultural Sciences, Business, and Arts and Humanities.

Paula provides specialised financial support and advice to the Colleges of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, and Social Sciences and Law.

Carol provides specialised financial support regarding internally funded, state-funded, and international studentship awards.  Carol is also responsible for the financial review of cost extensions.

Máire provides specialised knowledge and support for advanced research funding programmes, with a particular focus on ERC, SFI Research Professorship and President of Ireland Future Research Leaders programmes.

Margherita provides specialised support for advanced PI-led research funding programmes, with a particular focus on the ERC in Physical Science and Engineering and on the Royal Society University Research Fellowship.

Chantal provides specialised support for advanced research funding programmes, with a particular focus on the ERC Life Sciences.

Patricia offers specialist support in the preparation of proposals for national and international programs, by preparing budget templates, reviewing and approving the budget and accompanying justifications prior to the submission of the proposal.

Claire leads the team supporting proposal submissions for national and international programmes. The Proposal Support Team is the first point of contact for UCD researchers applying for research funding. The team provides a wide range of supports for the research project funding lifecycle including provision of research funding information, management of the funding call calendar, online help packs, proposal feedback, compliance check and review to final submission and full endorsement by UCD Research.   

David is the Senior Research Officer overseeing the design and leading on the roll-out of pre-award research development programmes. David manages designs and submission for national and international programmes including Research Ireland, Wellcome Trust, SEAI and GSI, Enterprise Ireland and HEA calls.  

Meadhbh designs and provides support for preparation and submission of  funding applications to national (including Research Ireland, EI, HRB, EPA, SEAI), EU MSCA PF and international funding agencies, charities and foundations.

Ann works on Postgraduate and Postdoctoral IRC (Research Ireland) calls, including the Government of Ireland calls, the Enterprise Partnership calls and Employment Based calls. She provides support for Ukrainian supplemental calls under Research Ireland and the HRB. Ann also manages the UCD Research Bulletin which is issued on a fortnightly basis. 

Aine leads the Research Programmes team, offering comprehensive pre-award proposal support for National, International, and EU funding opportunities. She also oversees the Grant Registration & Mobilisation and Contracts & Finance teams, ensuring the setup and initial mobilisation of research grants.

Liana focuses on the implementation of the UCD Horizon Europe strategy and provides advice for Horizon Europe applications in the areas of Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5), and Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6).

Tina provides specialised proposal support for Horizon Europe in the areas of Health (Cluster 1), Mission Cancer, EU4Health, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie collaborative calls (Doctoral Networks, Staff Exchange and COFUND), and COST Actions.

Maryia provides specialised proposal support for Horizon Europe in the areas of Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society (Cluster 2), Civil Security for Society (Cluster 3), Digital, Industry and Space (Cluster 4), Widening Participation and ERA calls, and the EIC Pathfinder calls.

Colm leads the Research Partners team, which provides strategic support for UCD's major research themes. Colm is also the first point of contact for major proposals that are outside of these major research themes.

The ICT partner works with senior academics to identify, develop and implement strategic initiatives and major proposals under the 'Transforming Through Digital Technology' theme.

Loraine works with senior academics to identify, develop and implement strategic initiatives and major proposals under the 'Building a Healthy World' theme.

Justin works with senior academics to identify, develop and implement strategic initiatives and major proposals under the 'Empowering Humanity' theme.

Sinéad works with senior academics to identify, develop and implement strategic and major proposals under the 'Creating a Sustainable Global Society' theme.

Lisa works with large research programmes across UCD to develop a Project Management Community of Practice.

Ciaran leads the knowledge transfer team responsible for identifying, protecting and commercialising intellectual property (IP) either through licensing and/or new venture creation, negotiating IP terms in agreements and supporting research proposals.

Stephen is responsible for managing the identification, protection and commercialisation of University College Dublin research outputs within the environment area.

Hugh is responsible for the identification, protection and commercialisation of UCD research outputs within the physical sciences research areas.

Tony is a Case Manager for Technology Transfer and is responsible for managing the identification, protection and commercialisation of UCD research outputs within the ICT research area.

Stacey is responsible for the identification, protection and commercialisation of UCD research outputs within the agriculture, food and veterinary research areas.

Ena is responsible for the identification, protection and commercialisation of UCD research outputs within the life and medical sciences research area

John provides administrative support to the knowledge transfer team and assists in the financial management of NovaUCD.

Helen has responsibility for managing the incubator at NovaUCD, the centre at NexusUCD, and the financial management at UCD Innovation.

Santiago supports the client companies based at NovaUCD and NexusUCD and he is responsible for the management of the physical facilities of both of these centres.

Liam leads the Research Analytics and Impact team.

Caroline develops strategy and delivers a wide range of communications and activities to support research, and to engage internal and external stakeholders.  

Emma supports the delivery of strategic communications initiatives to profile research in University College Dublin, to a range of national and international audiences.

Michael is responsible for supporting research information systems, and developing analytics and reporting on research activity.

Emma is responsible for developing and implementing a range of activities to support and embed Engaged Research and Public and Patient Involvement in research.

Simon is responsible for the development and funding of new knowledge intensive ventures.

Caroline is responsible for providing and supporting a variety of innovation related education programmes and initiatives across the University which also includes outreach to second-level education.

Micéal is responsible for communicating UCD’s innovation objectives, activities and achievements to internal and external stakeholders using a variety of communication channels.

Michelle is responsible for the development and delivery of strategic engagement initiatives across multiple stakeholder groups.

Elizabeth is responsible for developing a professional and commercial managed consultancy service to facilitate access and support engagement between business, industry and UCD. This includes facilitating and supporting UCD academics and professional staff to engage in consultancy with external clients.

Marian works with academics and external clients, and supports the development of professional consultancy services at UCD.