Each council is led by an Executive Chair advised by a council of external members. Our nine councils work with their research and innovation communities and wider stakeholders to develop and implement delivery plans that contribute to delivering our strategic objectives.
Members include representatives from the academic community, business, civil and public sector. They meet regularly and report to the Executive Committee.
Arts and Humanities Research Council members
- Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair
- Zeinab Badawi
- Professor Dame Janet Beer
- Patricia Cumper
- Professor Anthony Lilley
- Dame Judith Macgregor
- Professor Fiona Macpherson
- Professor Ambreena Manji
- Dr Bridget McConnell CBE
- Professor Sue Rigby
- Professor Tom Rodden, Chief Scientific Adviser
- Professor Adrienne Scullion
- Monisha Shah, Senior Independent Member
- Dr Ayesha Siddiqi
- Professor Steven Spier
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council members
- Professor Melanie Welham, Executive Chair
- Steve Bagshaw CBE FIChemE CEng
- Professor Ewan Birney
- Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith FRS FMedSci
- Professor Gideon Henderson, Chief Scientific Adviser (Observer)
- Professor Martin Humphries
- Professor Andrew Millar
- Professor Christine Orengo FRS
- Professor Joanna Susan Price
- Professor Nigel Scrutton FRS
- Professor Malcolm Skingle
- Professor Steven Spoel
- Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu
Economic and Social Research Council members
- Professor Alison Park, Interim Executive Chair
- Professor Rachel Brooks
- Professor Jane Duckett
- Mike Emmerich
- Professor Lasana Harris
- Professor Todd Landman, Senior Independent Member
- Desirée Lopez
- Ben Page
- Professor Kimberley Scharf
- Sarah Sharples, Chief Scientific Adviser
- Professor Sir Bernard Silverman
- Professor Jackline Wahba OBE
- Sir Christopher Wormald, Civil Service Attendee
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council members
- Professor Dame Lynn Gladden DBE, Executive Chair
- Alex van Someren, Chief Scientific Advisor
- Professor Alison Etheridge OBE
- Professor Deborah Greaves OBE FREng FICE FRINA
- Professor Nick Jennings CB FREng FRS
- Professor Dame Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang DBE FREng
- Siân John MBE
- Professor Miles Padgett FRS
- Professor Martin Schröder
- Professor Mark E Smith CBE, Senior Independent Member
- Dr Joe De Sousa
- Professor Tim Whitley
- Dr Peter Williams
- Professor Andy Wright
Innovate UK Council members
- Indro Mukerjee, CEO
- Matt Clifford MBE
- Dr John Fingleton CBE, Senior Independent Member
- Isabel Fox
- Chris Ganje
- John Gibson
- Tunde Olanrewaju
- Dr Mike Short CBE, Chief Scientific Adviser
Medical Research Council members
- Professor John Iredale, Interim Executive Chair
- Professor Lucy Chappell
- Professor Kim Graham
- Dr Roger Highfield
- Dr Precious Lunga
- Richard Murley, Senior Independent Member
- Professor Jill Pell
- Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed
- Dr Andy Richards CBE
- Professor Eleanor Riley
- Dr Graham Spittle
- Professor Irene Tracey
Natural Environment Research Council members
- Professor Sir Duncan Wingham, Executive Chair
- Judith Batchelar OBE
- Professor Hannah Cloke OBE
- Dr Matthew Harwood (PhD, CEng)
- Dr Rebecca Heaton
- Professor Gideon Henderson, Chief Scientific Adviser
- Professor Sir Stephen Holgate
- Professor John-Michael Kendall FRS
- Michael Lewis
- Professor Peter Liss CBE FRS
- Clare Matterson, CBE
- Gordon McGregor
- Rashik Parmar MBE, Senior Independent Member
- Professor John Pyle CBE
Research England members
- Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Executive Chair
- Dr Richard Armour
- Kellie Beirne
- Dr Carol Bell
- Dr Phil Clare
- Dame Janet Finch
- Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan
- Professor Ian Greer FMedSci
- Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
- Bronwen Maddox
- Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad FBA
- Mike Rees
- Professor Graeme Reid
Science and Technology Facilities Council members
- Professor Mark Thomson, Executive Chair
- Professor Jonathan Butterworth
- Professor Mike Dunne
- Dame Patricia Hodgson
- Dr Angeli Möeller
- Professor Anu Ojha
- Professor Hiranya Peiris
- Professor Sheila Rowan
- Professor Andy Schofield
- Hitesh Thakrar
- Professor Pam Thomas
Last updated: 1 June 2023