Infrastructure is the engine of the research ecosystem
In an era of increasing research complexity, the creation, management, and optimisation of research infrastructure is critical to organisational success. Effective infrastructure underpins research excellence by ensuring data integrity, operational efficiency, and strategic alignment with institutional and funding priorities.
We are a custom advisory firm
We provide a highly specialised advisory service for individuals and institutions to develop and strengthen their research infrastructure ecosystem. Through evidence-based assessment, strategic planning, and implementation support, we can help you build resilient, efficient, and high-performing research infrastructures that maximise impact and sustainability.
Our Journey
Research Engine was born from decades spent building, leading, and transforming some of the world’s most ambitious research environments. From directing the creation of a new national-scale RDI ecosystems, to reshaping the research institutes into a thriving cross-disciplinary hub, to driving strategic research leadership at universities. We have worked at the intersection of science, infrastructure, governance, and policy.
Across these roles, a consistent theme emerged: organisations everywhere face the same challenge—translating scientific ambition into research environments that truly enable excellence. After advising governments, funding bodies, universities, and major research institutions, it became clear that there was a need for an independent, expert partner capable of bridging strategy, science, and delivery. Our custom advisory firm was formed to meet that need: to help others design, build, and sustain research infrastructures that are visionary in concept, rigorous in execution, and transformative in impact.
