Summary
Richard Batty is a Senior Research Consultant with 13 years’ experience advising research and innovation funders, specialising in mental health strategy and funding design. He leads evidence-driven landscaping, gap analysis and programme design work that translates research insights into practical funding mechanisms, from venture builders to global prizes. His projects span digital mental health translation, lived-experience inclusion, and policy mapping on online harms, and he has worked directly with funders such as Wellcome, UKRI and Nesta. Richard combines an Oxford Human Sciences background with earlier hands-on software development experience, giving him a rare mix of technical fluency and research strategy expertise. He is known for building strong relationships with senior scientists, technologists and people with lived experience to co-design realistic interventions. Outside typical consultancy outputs, he has a track record of coaching teams and shaping organisational proposals that win multi-million pound programmes.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Human Sciences, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Human Sciences at University of Oxford