Vice-Provost's Advisory Group for Research
VPAGR Dates 2020/21
All meetings take place from 09.30 - 11.30
Wednesday 2 September 2020
Thursday 8 October 2020
Wednesday 18 November 2020
Wednesday 16 December 2020
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Wednesday 10 February 2021
Wednesday 10 March 2021
Wednesday 14 April 2021
Wednesday 12 May 2021
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Wednesday 14 July 2021
Terms of Reference
Advise the Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise) on:
- All matters relating to the development and subsequent implementation of the College’s Research Strategy 2015-2019
- Responses to external consultations relating to research and research training
- Opportunities to communicate and promote the profile of research and its impacts at Imperial
- Implementation of the College's research data management and open access policies, College's compliance with external funder mandates, and related scholarly communications initiatives
- Opportunities to engage in research partnerships
- Best practice from across the sector that can inform enhancement within College
- Strategic funding opportunities and priorities
- Stakeholder relationships including those with the research councils and other funders, with learned societies and with government.
Receive and consider reports from:
- Faculty Research Committees
- Graduate School
- Library Services
- Others as appropriate to the membership.
Core Membership:
- Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise), Professor Nick Jennings - Chair
- Head of Funding Strategy, Research Office, Dr Angela Kingman - Secretary
- Vice-Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering, Professor Mary Ryan
- Research Strategy Manager (or equivalent), Faculty of Engineering, Ms Jane Williams
- Vice-Dean (Research), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Professor Paul French
- Research Strategy Manager (or equivalent), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dr Sophie Armstrong-Brown
- Vice-Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine, Professor Martin Wilkins
- Director of Research Strategy, Faculty of Medicine, Dr Des Walsh
- Associate Dean of Faculty and Research, Business School, Professor Franklin Allen
- Research Strategy Manager (or equivalent), Business School, Dr David Wilson
- Head of International Relations Office, Mr Michael McTernan
- Director, Research Office, Mrs Lynne Cox
- Director, Library Services, Mrs Chris Banks
- Director, Enterprise, Dr Simon Hepworth
- Director, Graduate School, Professor Yun Xu
- Director, Strategic Planning, Dr Malcolm Edwards
- Minute Secretary, Research Office, Miss Emily Roche
Ad-Hoc members by invitation:
- Head of International Office
- Head of Research Communications
- Head of Scholarly Communications Management
- Head of Postdoc Development Centre
- Faculty Deans (Deans will always be invited to attend meetings when visits from funding bodies or other important external stakeholders are taking place).
The Vice-Provost's Advisory Group for Research will meet on a monthly basis between September and July. It is supported by the Funding Strategy team in the Research Office.