Before joining DPIR Francesca worked for Oxford’s Department of Materials managing a flagship DESNZ/UKRI-funded project. In this role she set up and managed a £7.5m funding scheme to enable academics and students to access labs across the UK, as well as conducting web development, funder liaison and reporting, and financial/contractual management. Prior to this, Francesca worked for ten years as a Commissioning Editor in academic and educational publishing at OUP and Taylor & Francis, supporting academics to develop book proposals and successful publications.