The Open Research Fellowship Programme at The University of Manchester
12 Jan 2026
Introducing the 2025/26 Fellows
The Office for Open Research is pleased to announce our newly appointed Fellows 2025/26 as part of the Open Research Fellowship Programme at The University of Manchester.
What Is the Open Research Fellowship Programme?
The Fellowship Programme is funded via the University's Research Culture and Environment Framework and is part of the University's commitment to enhancing Research Culture. This initiative seeks to champion open and reproducible research practices and contribute to a more diverse and inclusive community at our University. The Programme offers financial support covering salary costs, this year for one day a week for up to 7 months, allowing Fellows to focus on their own Open Research interests.
Goals and Benefits: The Fellowship Programme aims to cultivate a new generation of Open Research champions at the University. Fellows become part of a network of champions and contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and best practices in Open Research within their disciplines and across the University.
Introducing the 2025/2026 Open Research Fellows and their projects:
- Ashma Krishan, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health: Improving the usefulness and impact of research Pre-REGistration (IMPREG).
- Danna Gifford, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health: Building capacity for open research with large-scale microbial genomics data.
- Guilherme Fians, Faculty of Humanities: Recognising wiki contributions as co-produced research outputs: A toolkit for open scholarship.
- Phil Reed, Faculty of Science and Engineering: Continuing digital research technical professional (dRTP) career development at Manchester, nationally and beyond.
- Ramiro Bravo, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health: Enhancing Collaboration in Research Projects and Data Management.
- Zewen Lu, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health: INSPECT-JR: A tool to check trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials in journal reviewing process.
- Zuzanna Zagrodzka, Faculty of Science and Engineering: Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) as Catalysts for Open Research.
Open Research at The University of Manchester
Last year, Professor Duncan Ivison (President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Manchester) was in conversation with Swara Patel (PhD student, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute) and Dr Cathal Rogers (Research Culture and Assessment Manager, The University of Manchester) regarding Open Research at The University of Manchester. This video highlights how Open Research reflects our values as an institution, enhances the impact of our research and the importance of programmes such as the Open Research Fellows to progress Open Research at The University of Manchester.
Stay Updated: We’ll share news and updates from our Open Research Fellows as they progress their projects. Subscribe to the Open Research Digest and check out our Open Research News and Events blog to stay updated. If you have any questions, please email us at openresearch@manchester.ac.uk.