Research Funding Team

We work with other teams in Wellcome to deliver our funding schemes.

The Research Funding team:

  • manages the grant application and award processes for all our funding activities
  • manages Wellcome's grant application systems
  • provides advice to applicants on how to apply for grants, our funding policies, and our procedures
  • manages peer review and our funding committees
  • supports award holders throughout their grant.

Our staff have expertise across science, public engagement and medical humanities, as well as administration, business processes, systems and policy.

Meet the team 

  • Alyson Fox

    Director of Research Funding

    Wellcome

    Alyson Fox joined Wellcome in November 2010. She has responsibility for the management and governance of our grant funding and review processes.

  • John Rautenbach

    Operations Manager

  • Angela Rookes

    Committee Logistics Officer

Directed Funding and Planning

  • Sinead Lane

    Associate Director, Directed Funding and Planning

  • Kiri Tan

    Senior Manager, Directed Activities

  • Ben Harrison

    Senior Manager, Directed Activities

  • Frankie Parody

    Funding Manager, Directed Activities

  • Nabeela Chowdhury

    Funding Manager, Directed Activities

  • Jenny Okoye

    Funding Manager, Directed Activities

  • Isabel Maw

    Funding Manager, Directed Activities

  • Pavitra Goel

    Funding Manager

  • Jonathan Wilkinson

    Funding Manager, Directed Activities

  • Jonathan Threlfall

    Funding Manager

Funding Management

  • Lorraine Monteiro

    Associate Director, Funding Management

  • Zoe Broomfield

    Senior Manager, Funding Management

  • Vicky Marlow

    Senior Manager, Funding Management

  • Helen Thompson

    Senior Manager, Funding Management

  • Sophie Hutchison-Burns

    Senior Manager, Funding Management

  • Sheilagh Molloy

    Senior Manager, Funding Management

  • Kat McCurrie

    Senior Manager, Funding Management

  • Katherine Moynihan

    Funding Manager

  • Anna Myat

    Funding Manager

  • Georgia Carter-Daggett

    Funding Manager

  • Sharmila Sandhya

    Funding Manager

  • Lucy Clulow

    Funding Manager

  • Edward Barton

    Funding Manager

  • Greg West

    Funding Manager

  • Anna Statham

    Funding Manager

  • Katie Jones

    Funding Manager

  • Max Kirby

    Funding Manager

  • Rachael Fowler

    Funding Manager

  • Tom Cheung

    Funding Manager

  • Sharon James

    Funding Manager

  • Jaime Townend

    Funding Manager

  • Emily Barrett

    Funding Manager

  • Imke Ensinck

    Funding Manager

  • Lauren Maggs-Pocock

    Funding Manager

  • Iksha Limbu

    Funding Manager

  • Rose Gordon-Orr

    Funding Manager

  • Grace Redhead

    Funding Manager

  • Zana Chaka

    Funding Manager

  • Emmanuel Moro

    Funding Manager

  • Rosie Brooks

    Funding Manager

  • Gurneet Dhanoa

    Funding Manager

  • Tembi Huna

    Funding Manager

  • Jacqueline McDonald

    Funding Manager

  • Lisa Scarfe

    Funding Manager

  • Shradha Maharjan

    Funding Manager

  • Nicola Cattini

    Funding Manager

  • Rebecca Grayson

    Funding Manager

  • Ruth Haley

    Funding Manager

  • Megan Zelenka

    Funding Manager

  • Michaela Joseph

    Funding Manager

Funding Operations & Governance

  • Anne Taylor

    Associate Director, Funding Operations & Governance

  • Sanja Vlaisavljevic

    Funding Policies Manager

  • Mike Niedzwiecki

    Funding Information Manager

  • Nina Frentrop

    Funding and Relationships Platform Strategic Lead

  • Margaret Hurley

    Funding Policies Adviser

  • Oliver Ship

    Funding Policies Adviser

  • James Lovell

    Salesforce System Administrator

  • Nick Ward

    Delivery Manager

  • Annie Sanderson

    Salesforce System Administrator

  • Helen Stanton

    Funding Policies Advisor

  • Kerry Garfitt

    Senior Funding Policies Adviser

  • Colin Dempsey

    Senior Funding Policies Adviser

  • Sue Russell

    Senior Funding Policy Adviser

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