Programme Committee

The Programme Committee is tasked with considering suggestions for topics from GRC participants and providing recommendations to the Governing Board, which will then endorse and announce the topic(s) for the following year. Members of the Programme Committee are at Head of Research Council (HORC) level with additional representation of the Executive Support Group and are appointed by the Governing Board. Proxies/substitutes are not permitted to sit on the Programme Committee.

Programme Committee members have a 3-year term, or the remainder of their term in office as a HORC (whichever is shorter). The Programme Committee will generally correspond virtually and meet as required by teleconference. Whenever possible (i.e. at Regional or Annual Meetings) members may organise in-person meetings.

Current members are:

• Prue Williams (Chair), Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), New Zealand
• Ahmed Alabdulkader, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia
• Mike Bright, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), United Kingdom
• Agus Haryono, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) / The Indonesian Research and Innovation Fund (IRIF), Indonesia
• Johan Kuylenstierna, Swedish Research Council (FORMAS), Sweden
• Yaya Sangaré, Fonds pour la Science, la Technologie et l'Innovation (FONSTI), Ivory Coast
• Lesego Motlatsi Thamae, Ministry Communications, Knowledge and Technology (MCKT), Botswana
• Mari Sundli Tveit, Research Council of Norway (RCN), Norway
• Orhan Aydın (ex officio), The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK), Türkiye
• Munir Edelsouki (ex officio), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia

For Terms of Reference, please contact grc@ukri.org