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Research and Innovation

The directorate’s work supports SFC’s research funding to universities, with its main grant being the Research Excellence Grant. The directorate is also responsible for SFC’s work in innovation where its investments create partnerships between academics and businesses. They include Scotland’s Innovation Centres and Interface, an SFC-funded organisation that matches businesses’ need for innovation with relevant academic expertise.

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The directorate works closely with UK Research and Innovation, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and other UK funding councils.

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Unless specified, the standard email address format for SFC staff is first initial+surname@sfc.ac.uk.

Helen Cross (register of interests), Director of Research and Innovation, 0131 313 6500.

Director's office

  • Anne Marie Elliot, PA to the Director, 0131 313 6623, amelliot@sfc.ac.uk.

Research and Innovation

  • Cat Ball, Assistant Director, 0131 313 6660.
  • Gary Bannon, Assistant Director, 0131 313 6518.
  • Morag Campbell, Assistant Director, 0131 313 6530.
  • Fiona Bates, Senior Policy Officer, Knowledge Exchange & Innovation, 0131 313 6609.
  • Joey Chopra, Senior Policy Officer, 0131 313 6641.
  • Lauren Knight, Senior Policy Officer, 0131 313 6500.
  • Charlotte Matheson, Senior Policy Officer, Research, 0131 313 6650.
  • Hazel McGraw, Senior Policy Analysis Officer, 0131 313 6657.
  • Julia Mitchell, Senior Policy Analysis Officer, 0131 313 6617.
  • Victoria Borthwick, Policy Officer, 0131 313 6500.
  • Jennifer Jamieson, Policy Officer, 0131 313 6621.
  • Oliver Wright, Policy Officer, 0131 313 6638.

Strategic activities

  • Morag Campbell, Assistant Director, 0131 313 6530.

Environmental Sustainability

  • Hazel Dalgard, Senior Policy Analysis Officer, Capital and Climate Change, Finance Directorate, 0131 313 6500.