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Grant Writing
Grant Writing
Engagement & Impact
Engagement & Impact
With a strong background in archaeology and heritage, extensive project management experience, and a proven track record supporting successful grant writing I combine expert knowledge with strategic insight to make your proposal stand out. My experience with major funders like the ERC, alongside technical expertise in archaeological methods such as 3D scanning and non-invasive surveys, means I can help you create interdisciplinary and robust applications. I offer personalised support tailored to Humanities researchers at every stage—from concept development and proposal writing to budgeting and reviewer-style feedback.
Drawing on direct experience of REF2021 impact work and a long-standing commitment to public engagement, I help researchers turn academic expertise into clear, purposeful and evidence-based impact plans for REF 2029. My work brings together teaching resource development, school engagement, workshop design and impact data collection. I offer tailored support for colleagues in archaeology, ancient history and classics, from refining initial impact ideas and identifying suitable audiences to creating resources, planning activities and gathering evidence that demonstrates reach, significance and value.
Why me?
Why me?
I help academics turn strong research ideas into clear, fundable proposals and meaningful engagement projects. With experience in research writing, bid preparation, stakeholder liaison, teaching resources, workshops and impact data collection, I can support both the intellectual framing and practical delivery of grant applications and REF 2029 Engagement and Impact work.
Below are some examples of projects I have supported in the UK.
Research Project
Research Project
My role
My role
What colleagues say
What colleagues say
Bid Preparation
ERC Advanced Grant application (2025)
PI: Professor of Archaeology, Newcastle University (UK).
Outcome: selected for interview, waiting for final outcome.
Revision of the research proposal, research questions and methodologies; co-design of the project’s methodology and timeline; liaising with stakeholders and planning costs.
'Thea brings intellectual clarity, strategic thinking and excellent organisational skills to bid preparation, combining rigorous academic judgement with the ability to refine complex ideas, and strengthen proposals into coherent, persuasive and feasible applications'.
(Professor of Archaeology, Newcastle University)
(Professor of Archaeology, Newcastle University)
Impact Project Assistant (REF2021)
School of Arts, Media and Culture, Newcastle University
Faculty funded project Expanded Interiors (2019).
Design and creation of Teaching and Learning resources for primary and secondary schools. Design and delivery of workshops for Primary schools in the UK (Withley Bay) and Italy (Herculaneum).
Bid Preparation
ERC Advanced Grant application (2018)
PI: Professor Ian Haynes, Newcastle University (UK).
Outcome: Funded (Project Rome Transformed, Grant No.: 835271)
Research and drafting of the long research proposal (B2 Document); co-design of the project’s methodology and timeline; identifying and liaising with stakeholders; support in planning costs.
'It was a pleasure to work with Thea Ravasi on the preparation of my successful ERC Advanced Grant application. Thea was efficient, insightful and made an otherwise stressful and demanding challenge much more manageable' .
(I. P. Haynes, Professor of Archaeology, Newcastle University)
(I. P. Haynes, Professor of Archaeology, Newcastle University)
Impact Project Assistant (REF2021)
School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University.
Faculty funded project Expanding Impact for the Gertrude Bell Exhibition (2016-2017).
The project aimed at generating further impact, by enhancing educational achievement and promoting lifelong learning among visitors at the Extraordinary Gertrude Bell exhibition at Kirkleatham Museum, in Redcar (UK). My role was to set up the Kirkleatham Museum Junior Board project, to organise workshops with teachers, and to create teaching and learning resources for primary schools.
Impact Project Assistant (REF2021)
School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University.
Faculty funded project The extraordinary Gertrude Bell impact project (2016)
My role was to design and deliver an impact strategy for the Extraordinary Gertrude Bell exhibition project (Great North Museum, Newcastle).
Outreach
School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University.
Teaching and Learning Resources Classics EPQ at Newcastle (2017)
My role was to design the website (100%), design the themes (100%) and research and write content of the website (85%).
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