The Team

Our independent minded team have experience of a wide range of collaborative projects and of sourcing national and international funding from grants and investments.

The Ceratium team have co-written multiple successful proposals and provide advice on all aspects of the Horizon 2020 and new Horizon Europe programmes. We work with associates and partners in The Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic and the UK.

  • Dr Ritchie Head

    Project Director
    Ritchie specialises in developing collaborative research strategies, creating and delivering high quality communication and exploitation approaches to deliver Impact, acquiring funding and running projects for academic and industrial clients.
    Before joining Ceratium he was NW Section Head at RTC North and director of a Regional FP6/7 Contact Point. Ritchie worked as a researcher and project manager for TNO, a biotechnology start-up in Iceland and as PDRA in 2 UK Universities. His work, on technology-orientated projects, involving working in a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs. This career has included managing European framework projects since 1996. He has broad experience of writing successful proposals for a range of research funding programmes including EC Framework Programmes and UK Competitions.
    Ritchie has a PhD in Aquatic Sciences (Lancaster) University and a BSc in Environmental Biology (Liverpool).
  • Christina Olsen

    Senior European Project Consultant
    Christina has worked for Ceratium since 2013, undertaking project management, proposal writing and valorisation activities for FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects, delivering training courses, proposal writing and coordinating communication activities. Christina has a thorough working knowledge of the management of projects and is proficient at building strong relationships with partner organisations and key stakeholders, managing expectations, and producing viable working solutions to overcome problems. Conscientious and diligent, Christina ensures deliverables and milestones are achieved, while practised in mitigating negative impact through effective planning and risk strategies.
    Christina has a BSc in Applied Ecology and has worked for eight years in a commercial environmental consultancy in starting in the management team and progressing to sales and marketing.
  • Dr Louisa Dever

    Managing Director
    Louisa has a PhD in Plant Biochemistry and has extensive experience of grant funded research. Her career has included research and project management in academia and the private sector. As a research scientist Louisa has worked at universities and government research institutes in the UK. Within the private sector Louisa worked as a research manager for a Biotechnology SME in the UK and Iceland. She has also worked as a researcher for both SME and large corporate agri-business.
    Louisa currently works on an H2020 plant breeding project at the University of Liverpool and is a Board member of Ceratium.

Our Associates

We work with associates in the UK, Belgium and The Netherlands. Click on the logos to find out more.

  • Yellow Research

    Based in Amsterdam, Yellow Research provides training and consultancy in the field of EU Framework Programmes, providing in-depth knowledge of ERC, Marie Curie proposals and consortium agreements. Ceratium and Yellow Research work together providing a range of complementary training to Academia and Industry on writing proposals, project management and translating project proposals into consortium agreements and R&D contracts.
  • Biotechsubsidy

    Biotechsubsidy based close to Brussels provides grant consultancy to the biotech sector for EU and national funding programmes. Ceratium and Biotechsubsidy have worked together on several projects, providing strategic thinking, proposal writing and project management for both innovative biotech SMEs and larger industry players. We have collectively developed niche expertise in rare disease projects in addition to more main stream health and biotechnology.

Innovation & Research Strategy

Innovation & Research Strategy

We bring independent thinking and insight to help clients develop and refine excellent research proposals and business plans...

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Funding

Funding

We have been successful in multiple EU and UK funding applications and can provide help and advice about the suitability of your research plans for National and European...

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Project Management

Project Management

Successful projects require a focused approach to project management. Our experienced professionals can provide management support to...

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Communication

Communication

Scientific advances influence almost all parts of society, so scientists and the research community have a duty to communicate research results...

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Exploitation & Impact

Exploitation & Impact

Demonstrating the impact of research is now critical to modern projects and forms a key criterion of proposal evaluation...

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Training

Training

Our aim is to help you understand grant funding, learn the key elements of a winning proposal and how to manage a collaborative project...

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