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Research professional with a Master’s degree in Regulatory and Clinical Research Management and currently pursuing a Doctorate in the same field, with experience in clinical research administration, IRB/HRPP operations, regulatory compliance, and research governance within healthcare and academic settings in the UAE. Skilled in project coordination, policy development, ethics review processes, and stakeholder engagement, with a strong interest in advancing research quality, collaboration, and innovation. Passionate about contributing to the promotion of best practices while learning from and collaborating with global professionals in research project management.

I am a project manager at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), where I have spent five years coordinating large-scale international research consortia. With a background in biochemistry, I combine both scientific understanding and operational expertise to global health projects.
A highlight of my work has been serving as Coordinating Project Manager for the DRTB-HDT project — a six-year, EU-funded clinical trial on drug-resistant tuberculosis, uniting ten partner institutions across Africa, Europe, and Central Asia. This role deepened my appreciation for the richness that comes from collaboration across cultures, systems, and scientific traditions.
I am drawn to international research for exactly this reason: the opportunity to work alongside people from all corners of the world, navigate diverse professional contexts, and build the shared trust that makes ambitious science possible.

I am a research and innovation management professional with more than decade of experience in EU-funded R&I programmes, technology transfer, and strategic capacity building. Throughout my career, I have worked extensively on Horizon Europe and international collaborative projects, supporting universities, research centres, and innovation ecosystems in developing sustainable impact-oriented research and innovation strategies. My motivation for joining the International Research Managers organisation stems from my strong belief in the critical role research managers play in shaping excellent, responsible, and globally connected research environments. I am particularly interested in contributing to international knowledge exchange, strengthening collaboration across institutions and countries, and engaging with a professional community that promotes best practices in research management, innovation, and technology transfer. Through my work on large-scale initiatives such as Horizon Europe Teaming, Twinning, and MSCA projects, I have gained experience in proposal development, governance design, stakeholder engagement, complementary funding strategies, and impact planning. I have also actively contributed to strengthening institutional research capacity and integrating technology transfer and commercialisation into research infrastructures and innovation ecosystems. I hope to further develop my professional competencies and international network and also to contribute my expertise and experience to collaborative initiatives, peer learning activities, and the advancement of the research management profession globally.

Cláudia holds a Licenciatura in German/English and a Ph.D. in Multimedia in Education from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal. As a research manager with over 20 years, she has led R&D project management with a focus on European funding initiatives. Her extensive experience includes serving as a coordinating project manager for numerous EU-funded projects, such as four FP7, four Horizon 2020, four Horizon Europe, as well as two NATO SPS projects. In addition, she is the work package leader responsible for training activities in two MSCA Doctoral Networks. Alongside her RMA role, she conducts research on technology-enhanced learning at DIGIMEDIA/DECA (Universidade de Aveiro). Cláudia is an active member of several organisations including the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), ARMA, EARMA, and is a founding member and a member of the Board of the Portuguese Research Management Association.

Senior Research Project Manager at KTH, passionate about bridging science and structured project management. With a PhD in Molecular Genetics and more than 10 years of experience, I focus on enabling researchers to succeed by managing complex projects efficiently.

I started my career as a discovery science lab manager, where I spent about 10 years supporting early-stage research. In 2016, I transitioned into project management, and since then I’ve been focused on leading complex, multi-site research programs. Today, I oversee a team of program and data managers supporting portfolios centered on vaccine design and pandemic preparedness across multiple institutions.

I’m also working to build a Project Management Office (PMO) within the Department of Pediatrics at Duke to help strengthen how project management supports academic research. In addition, I serve as the Duke Project Management Community of Practice Liaison to the North Carolina chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

I am absolutely thrilled to find a group of project/program managers working in academic science with whom to network and share ideas. I look forward to learning from this group

I am a research professional with 17 years of experience in research administration, specialising in large-scale, internationally funded projects within higher education. Expertise spans both pre-award coordination and advanced post-award financial oversight. Currently in a management capacity within the Research Projects Administration Team, where I focus on operations and service expansion, providing direct line-management and mentorship to staff, setting team targets and ensuring high-quality service delivery. Proven track record in optimising administrative processes, enhancing service quality and developing key management reporting tools. Committed to fostering cross-functional collaboration and leveraging my experience to refine strategic management and achieve ambitious service outcomes.

Co-Founder and past Chair of the EARMA PAPM group; co-Lead of all the RPM surveys carried out by that group; RPM is one of my research areas: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=24802593600 . PMP certified since 2011.
I am very much interested in contributing to the knowledge base of the RPM profession.

I am an International Research Manager at INiBICA, the Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation of Cádiz, where I support clinicians and researchers in developing research ideas, building international partnerships, and preparing competitive proposals for European and international funding programmes. My work covers both pre-award and strategic project development, with a strong focus on biomedical and health research, Horizon Europe, international collaboration, and the professionalisation of research management.

I have a background in infectious diseases and virology, and I am particularly interested in strengthening research project management as a recognised profession, improving support structures for researchers, and promoting collaboration between RPM professionals across institutions and countries. Through INRPM, I would like to contribute to building practical resources, sharing good practices, and supporting a stronger international community for research project managers.

I have been working with European researchers and scientists since 2006 as an academic trainer and science manager. In 2012, I founded the Association for PhD Candidates and PhD Career Development “PolDoc”, which existed and operated in Poland until 2024.
Between 2020 and 2025, I worked in Cracow University of Technology (CUT) as international projects coordinator, in Project Support Office. In 2022, the CUT joined the European Universities Alliance STARS EU. I took the role of the project officer then, representing CUT and helping to manage the project activities, in collaboration with project officers from other consortium institutional members.
Since 2014, I have been involved with the European Commission activities, working as advisor, projects evaluator and monitoring expert. My main role is to analyze the development of PhD programs and the evolution of research careers in the European Union. I also started to work in WIDERA calls, evaluating proposals relevant to RMAs network development. For Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, I already evaluated projects of a total value exceeding 500M €.
In 2016, I founded the Academic Trainers’ School based in Cracow (Poland). My main purpose was to help researchers to use training methods in or outside the Academia, when they transmit their specific knowledge or skills to other people: colleagues in their lab or in a project, PhD candidates or students in a research institution. Working for my own company, Science Trainer (Trener Nauki), I also provided more than 3000h of trainings to researchers and RMAs, mainly on PM and on research skills present in Vitae RDF andin ResearchComp.
I am associate trainer of three international trainers’ teams based in Cambridge (Vitae), Munchen (Enihilo) and Brussels (PM2 Alliance). Working for European institutions and for individuals, I provide training services to young researchers, helping them to develop skills related to research management and career development.
I am author of the book entitled “Research projects. Management in practice”, published in August 2020 by Polish Scientific Publishers (PWN) edition house. I am also the co-author of another book, published in September 2020, where I elaborated a competence framework for experts involved in public participation processes.

I am a Master of Pharmacy and a PhD candidate at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Pharmacy, with a scientific background in neuropharmacology and translational pain research. I also hold an MSc in Project Management from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Organizational Sciences, with training focused on project planning, investment projects, multiproject management, and project management tools. Based on this interdisciplinary background, I currently serve as the coordinator of the Research and Development Hub (R&D Hub; serves as a PMO) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, while also working as a Research Assistant at the Department of Pharmacology.
In addition to my academic and research work, I am actively involved in research management, institutional development, and researcher support activities. I have completed several international courses and training programmes related to intellectual property, innovation, technology transfer, and research support, including programmes organized by the European Patent Office and workshops focused on innovation ecosystems and research valorisation.
As coordinator of the R&D Hub, I work on strengthening institutional research support capacities through activities such as mapping researchers’ professional needs, identifying funding opportunities and strategic partners, supporting proposal development, organizing researcher training activities and networking events, and building collaborations with other research support and project management offices. I am particularly interested in evidence-based approaches to research management, community needs assessment, researcher development, and strengthening connections between science, project management, and innovation ecosystems.

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I have worked in and around grants since 2011, and currently work as a Grants Advisor at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at University of Amsterdam (UvA). The focus of this role is on EU collaborative grants, with a specialisation in Horizon Europe proposals. Before joining UvA, I have five years experience as a Research Coordinator at The University of Melbourne, two years as a Grant Manager at a medical education company and five years as a Senior Consultant at Catalyze Group (a grant consultancy agency), both in Amsterdam. I also delivered consultancy services on a freelance basis to DG SANTE at the European Commission, supporting Member State representative expert groups to develop and deliver a more cohesive and united EU-wide response on multiple health programmes.

I have a particular interest in research impact and knowledge valorisation, and have experience across the breadth of pre-award. I hold a Bachelor of Social Work with Honours and a Bachelor of Social Sciences majoring in Psychology. I also have a Master of Information Management with a specialisation in Applied Research. I completed most of a PhD in sociology and psychology, and while I could not complete the last part of it due to a structural transformation at my university caused by the pandemic, I am currently writing a book based on my research findings and enjoy the balance of carrying out research of my own and supporting that of others.

I am an active member of EARMA and of its Impact Working Group, as well as a member of ARMA-NL so I can facilitate connections or enable cross-fertilisation via these two groups within Europe and the Netherlands.

I am currently the Associate Director of Research Management at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, where I lead a team of research project managers who support large-scale, complex, and high-risk research projects at the university (http://www.sfu.ca/rpm). In addition, I'm a co-founder and co-leader of Simon Fraser University's Project Management Community of Practice (http://www.sfu.ca/pmcop), which has been running for the last 6 years.

Łukasz Pieczonka is a research management professional with over a decade of experience at the intersection of EU research policy, grant management and community building. For the past two years, he was based at the PolSCA Office of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Brussels, where he tracked developments in Horizon Europe and the emerging shape of FP10, designed training and networking programmes for research managers and administrators across Europe, and helped consortia find their footing in competitive grant applications. He currently manages the IMPULSE project at Jagiellonian University Musuem Collegium Maius in Kraków, his home University, where he also built much of his early career in international research cooperation. Beyond his institutional roles, Łukasz co-founded PolARMA, the Polish Research Management and Administration Association, driven by a conviction that RMA deserves recognition as a profession in its own right. Through PolARMA, he has championed competence development, cross-sector community building, and active engagement with European networks including EARMA. He holds degrees in International Relations (Development studies) and History from the Jagiellonian University, studied Political Science at Sciences Po Lyon (France), and is a graduate of the European Academy of Diplomacy.

Mila obtained her Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Simon Fraser University and her Masters in Health Information Science from the University of Victoria. She brings her broad knowledge of the healthcare and health research system through her 20+ years of experience working in kidney care, primary care, genetic research, oral cancer and social profit management. She's passionate about good strategy and good process, conveying data and information in an accessible way for informed decision-making and harnessing the power of diverse perspectives, experiences, skills and expertise. She has managed projects locally, nationally and internationally on quality improvement, clinical trials, biobanks, health outcomes, mixed method evaluation, and patient-oriented research. Currently she leads a project management community of practice established 2.5 years ago in her organization to promote co-learning and application to their work.

As the Director of the Program Management Office (PMO) at the University of Colorado Boulder, I lead and inform strategic execution of research programs across campus. With more than 18 years of experience spanning government, industry, non-profit, and higher education in program development and management, project management, and business operations, I am passionate about connecting with the research project management community and partnering for joint development and fellowship. I focus on driving efficiencies, fostering collaboration, and ensuring compliance across complex, multidisciplinary teams ensuring the focus is on our ability to meet outcomes and impacts. I lead a team that supports research project strategy and execution while helping shape broader institutional approaches to research program management, partnering closely with university leadership, faculty, and administrators to advance project and campus goals. I also contribute actively to the broader research project management and research administration community through presentations, professional development, and community-building efforts (NCURA/SRAI/NYC RAD Series/UIDP to name a few), including as co-founder of the International Network of Research Project Managers. I am a co-PI and PM for an NSF GRANTED planning grant focused on research project management survey and data analysis to discover potential interventions in the RPM field. I also served on the EARMA PAPM core team and several groups including survey/studies, complexity tool, and global RPM certification before the PAPM was reorganized - work that I would like to continue. I am currently leading an effort, with other RPM colleagues, within SRAI to launch the first RPM certificate and within NCURA to create a new dedicated RPM theme group. I hold an EMBA and am certified as a PMP, CRA, and Prosci Change Practitioner, and am committed to strengthening communication, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement to help our RPM community research teams achieve high-performing, compliant outcomes.

I am a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and PhD in Environmental Science and Technology, with proven experience leading complex projects across IT, Food, interdisciplinary research, and healthcare-related domains. I specialise in coordinating grants and managing project lifecycles from initiation to delivery, and ensuring alignment with business and compliance objectives. With a background in the pharmaceutical industry as an EHS specialist and current experience managing technology-driven initiatives at RakFort Limited, I bring a strong mix of technical understanding, risk management, and stakeholder communication skills to deliver high-impact results.

Talia is an operations and project management specialist with over a decade of experience in research environments. A PMP-certified professional, she has led complex, multi-institutional initiatives in non-profit and clinical research environments, including with Notre Dame's first research project management department. She holds a Master's in Epidemiology from Cambridge and a BA in Biological Anthropology and Global Health from UC San Diego, and brings an international perspective shaped by living and working across five countries. She is currently based in Lisbon, Portugal.