Brigid Feeny

Assistant Director, Research Funding, Sustainability & Reform at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

I am a career civil servant and I have worked on science, research and innovation policy for over a decade.  

I lead on university research funding and related policies, the strategic sustainability of university research and on the delivery of the government response to the Bureaucracy Review.  I also led the development of the R&D People and Culture Strategy, published in 2021, as part of a wider role on research talent, STEM, public engagement and EDI.  

I'm originally from Birkenhead but North London is my adopted home.  In my spare time, I like to practice Kung Fu and Tai Chi.