Latest research and knowledge exchange news at Bournemouth University
Further to the blog post advising this call was soon to be announced – applications are invited for the latest round of HEIF funding. This call is now open.
All the information can be found here.
This includes:
Both the application form and the FAQs contain a lot of information relevant to the call in addition to a number of useful links that will help when completing your application form.
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This competion is open to the best business–led ideas or concepts that can be drawn from any technology, engineering or industrial area, including Innovate UK’s four priority sectors for growth.
Projects may focus on:
•market research;
•technical feasibility;
•industrial research;
This call opens on 6 June.
For more information including dates and deadlines and competion scope click here .
If you are interested in submitting to any of the above calls you must contact your RKEO Funding Development Officer with adequate notice before the deadline.
For more funding opportunities that are most relevant to you, you can set up your own personalised alerts on Research Professional. If you need help setting these up, just ask your School’s/Faculty’s Funding Development Officer in RKEO or view the recent blog post here.
If thinking of applying, why not add notification of your interest on Research Professional’s record of the bid so that BU colleagues can see your intention to bid and contact you to collaborate.
Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF): money available to support your business engagement and knowledge exchange ideas – call to open soon
HEFCE provide funding for knowledge exchange – Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) to support and develop a broad range of knowledge-based interactions between universities and colleges and the wider world, which result in economic and social benefit to the UK. The current round of funding is referred to is HEIF 5+1+1 and runs until 31st July 2017.
BU has a proven track record with this funding stream and our success continues. Currently there are 13 live projects funded from HEIF 5+1. Examples of current projects can be found on the project pages on the BU research website and include:
Interim funding has been made available to run from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017. This is known as HEIF 5+1+1. (Funds cannot be carried over.)
A call will open soon and circulated internally inviting colleagues to bid for funds to run a 12 month HEIF 5+1+1 project. (These innovative projects can be new or build on existing activity that may strengthen and/or facilitate future funding applications.)
These projects will need to reflect our interim strategy sent to HEFCE (as below):
“BU will continue to invest in innovation themes with a strong focus on network creation, with a particular focus on digital and creative industries, health and wellbeing, and regional development. The additional year of funding will enable BU to continue to develop our existing area in addition to investment to develop new innovations. This will allow BU to create innovations in key areas, whilst developing closer links with regional initiatives to enhance local development opportunities, working with the Dorset LEP and other organisations. We will also consider the use of HEIF funds to invest in effective mechanisms for engaging with business/industry. Our core strategy of investing in sector-specific themes with a strong focus on network creation remains; what has changed in light of emerging opportunities is the nature of the themes in which we will invest and the mechanisms through which we will engage with the region.”
Themes could include but are not exclusive to:
Interdisciplinary working will need to be evident in successful proposals. Project boards including academics and external organisations will also need to be identified as part of the proposal.
If you are considering an application for HEIF funding you may find it helpful to speak to the current HEIF project leads (HEIF 5+1: 01/08/15 – 31/07/16) to identify how best to develop your proposal and consider existing HEIF project activity where relevant. More information is listed below:
| PI | PI email | PI ext | Title of proposal |
| Adrian Newton | anewton@bournemouth.ac.uk | 65670 | Development of a toolkit for modelling natural capital |
| Alison McConnell | amcconnell@bournemouth.ac.uk | 62313 | Final stage development and validation of a mobile device App to reduce blood pressure |
| Genoveva Esteban | gesteban@bournemouth.ac.uk | 68936 | The Dorset Coast Digital Archive (DCDA) |
| Heather Hartwell | hhartwell@bournemouth.ac.uk | 61712 | FoodSMART (proof of concept) |
| Hongnian Yu | yuh@bournemouth.ac.uk | 66150 | Sensor-Integrated Urometer for measuring real-time urine output |
| Jian Chang | jchang@bournemouth.ac.uk | 61881 | Virtual Prototyping of New Lifeboat Launching System with Unmanned Vehicles to Enhance Safety |
| Kathy Hodder | khodder@bournemouth.ac.uk | 66784 | Enhancing Urban Green Space for Pollinators – Decision Making Hub |
| Kevin McGhee | kmcghee@bournemouth.ac.uk | 68189 | Psychiatric Genetic Counselling for Healthcare Professionals (PGC4HP): First UK pilot study, regional knowledge exchange and global impact. |
| Mark Brisbane | mbrisbane@bournemouth.ac.uk | 65166 | Building Roman Britain: Innovative investigations of Roman building material and knowledge exchange through museum interpretation and learning. |
| Richard Stillman | rstillman@bournemouth.ac.uk | 66782 | Simply communicating complex research to inform environmental decision-making |
| Sarah Bate | sbate@bournemouth.ac.uk | 61918 | Superior Face Recognition: Generating Knowledge Exchange with the Police Force |
| Stephen Jukes | sjukes@bournemouth.ac.uk | 65630 | Hazardous environment training for journalists: a mobile training platform |
| Wen Tang | wtang@bournemouth.ac.uk | 62498 | “PLUS” Knowledge Exchange Partnership Building with Regional Police Forces on Developing New Police Training Methodologies Using Role-playing Games Technology |
Keep an eye out on the staff intranet, research blog and other staff communication channels for updates as deadlines will be short. For more information on HEIF and other knowledge exchange opportunities, please contact Jayne Codling Knowledge Exchange Adviser (RKEO).
It’s been a busy month for BU’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team (based in Melbury House, if you’d like to come and see us), with many of us out and about supporting events across the university. Below is a small selection of our activities. If you’d like to find out more about our team and how we can support your research, do get in touch.
Impact
This week, we’ve been busy supporting our Impact Champions to run a series of events to support the development of research impact, ranging from working with the media to influencing policy. It’s been great to see so many of you taking part and we hope you’ve found them useful. If you’d like to find out more about how to develop your research impact, please do ask anyone in RKEO for an impact mini guide or view the full toolkit on the staff intranet.
Festival of Learning
There’s only a month to go until the Festival of Learning returns to BU (25 – 29 June). We’ll be repeating last year’s very successful family day to kick off the Festival on Saturday, where National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Alastair Humphries, will be sharing tales of his adventures.
We have a great range of events, with something to appeal to every interest, so do have a look at the website and sign up.
Student engagement
Our final 14:Live of this academic year saw BU students and staff debating whether we should remain in or leave the European Union (EU). The lively debate was hosted by BU’s Dr Dan Jackson, whose research covers media, communication and politics. The debate saw two teams of students debate the merits of staying in or leaving the EU, covering topics such as economics, politics and the environment. The final vote was overwhelming in favour of staying in the EU.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Our ever-popular URA scheme has seen 42 BU students recruited to work with academics on research projects during the spring. They are currently finishing their placements and the full-time summer cohort will soon begin.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Since the beginning of April, there have been a number of changes to processes within Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. For example; there is a new online application form, no need for an expression of interest form and Associate employment budget rates have changed. For further information, please contact Rachel Clarke, Knowledge Exchange Adviser (KTP).
The recent May KTP submission deadline saw an application go in from the Faculty of Media and Communication.
Higher Education Innovation Funding
A number of events relating to our HEIF projects have taken place this month including Rewilding Dorset and FoodBiz.
June and July will see a number of psychiatric genetic counselling workshops taking place. For more information or to book on, click here.
Genna West – Knowledge Exchange and Impact Manager
Rachel Bowen – Research Communications Manager
Rachel Clarke – Knowledge Exchange Adviser (KTP)
Jayne Codling – Knowledge Exchange Adviser
Naomi Kay – Public Engagement Officer
Charlene Steele – Project Co-Ordinator (Student Project Bank)
Katie Breadmore – Public Engagement Event’s Organiser
Oliver Cooke – Student Engagement Coordinator
Speaker: Professor Paul Nesbitt-Larking (Huron University College, Canada)
Discussant: Professor Jonathan Parker (Bournemouth University)
Date: Today (Monday 23rd May 2016)
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Location: KG03, Kimmeridge House
Booking is not required.
Abstract: The stories we tell about our political lives, our personal political narratives, are the outcomes of our encounters with the master narratives of our time and place.
As we encounter significant others, enter into dialogue, and engage in social practice, we construct and reconstruct accounts of ourselves in political relationship with others.
In so doing, we give shape to our political identities. In the light of narrative research data, the paper is an exploration of encounters between personal and master narratives as they relate to three core elements of ideology: The cognitive construction of the political world (perspective); the affective orientation to the political world (pride); and imaginative deconstructions and reconstructions of the political world (possibility).
About the speaker:
Paul Nesbitt-Larking is Professor of Political Science at Huron University College in Canada and Visiting Professor, School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK. A scholar in political identities, citizenship, multiculturalism, and political communications, his recent publications include The Political Psychology of Globalization: Muslims in the West (Oxford University Press, 2011) and the Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) as well as numerous academic articles and chapters. He is currently Past President of the International Society of Political Psychology.
For futher information on this event please contact: mfathi@bournemouth.ac.uk
Parking information: Please note that there is no parking available on campus, please refer to the “how to get to BU” section to plan your journey.
I have just returned from a 2 week Erasmus professional staff mobility to Bremen University’s “International Staff Week” and special admin training with the local coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Fusion Project which we host at Bournemouth and where I work as a Project Administrator. It was an enjoyable and successful experience. It was an unusual type of mobility, which has been supported by the FIF Erasmus Fund throughout.
University of Bremen is similar to BU. It is a new University, but unlike Bournemouth University, it was built from scratch in the 1970s with a number of faculties and departments not unlike those at Bournemouth University today. Together with the newly built academic facilities a center for Technology and Innovation was established. Through this center a number of German and international industrial, tech and high tech companies and start-ups set up business which have grown over the decades.
Today this industrial environment provides practicums, placements and acts as source of third party funding and in research collaborations of which many involve international research guests. Bremen is a small university, thus needs to use its expertise as one of the most success German universities to finance their work via third party funding and international collaborations.
With 20 000 students (slightly more than BU) and an equivalent percentage of science and international students as Bournemouth University, Bremen follows a strategy of internationalisation and globalization not dissimilar to BU 2020. Administrating new collaborations are at the heart of many administrative arrangements and skill developments at university level. The International Office follows a “special care” professional development program annually, “The International Staff Week” for Erasmus and International services staff organised by Barbara Hasenmüller, its Deputy Director and Coordinator for EU-Higher Education Programs.
The International Staff week is also open for colleagues and guests from Erasmus partner Universities across Europe. Language issues were not a problem. Whenever a challenge occurred, a colleague who spoke the language was called and assisted in the generally warm and interesting exchange of practice and discussions of job related issues. This enabled a comfortable atmosphere for all participants.
I was invited to join this year’s ‘International Staff Week’ by Dr Ingrid Rügge who is the local coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Fusion project which BU hosts at the University of Bremen. I benefited greatly from many work shadowing sessions, presentations, meetings, structured discussions with other involved colleagues and best practice exchange relevant to my role, which among others included:
During this time and the intensive Fusion project week that followed I was based at Dr. Ingrid Rügge’s office and provided with a desk to work for my job as project admin at BU.
Ingrid and a Technician fitting the Bhutanese souvenir of “The four friends” which has similar symbolic valors like Bremen’s Town Musicians
She had just completed a staff mobility of the Erasmus Mundus Fusion Project herself to Bhutan’s Royal University, also a Fusion consortium partner. (For information about Dr. Rügge at her Research Cluster “Log Dynamics” please click for an overview of their activities http://www.logdynamics.de).
The multidisciplinary research cluster of 4 Applied Science departments host the Erasmus Mundus Fusion projects at University of Bremen and are active in collaborative projects with a number of Universities from the projects I am involved in.
Every day meetings were arranged with colleagues I was familiar with from email contact. There were also colleagues in wider EM Fusion activities and the directors’ office who indicated their interest in further cooperation with BU.
In “Log Dynamics” I finally met four of the current Erasmus Mundus grantees in person, who I only knew from data during the application process and who are now studying computer sciences, electronics and KTI projects during their mobility. We discussed features of their student experience, how they think they will benefit and what they would like to modify or suggestions they had in preparation of a wider project evaluation effort.
Dr. Rügge suggested an ongoing link strengthen the work of both Erasmus Mundus Fusion project partners in Bremen and Bournemouth and for the benefit of the involved project consortium.
Photo credit: Rehling, DH
As previously indicated the entire mobility was financed by FIF Erasmus and Internationals fund for which I would like to thank the colleagues who supported me during the application process.
Enquries to Karin Ermert kermert@bournemouth.ac.uk
Last week we announced the imminent launch of the Research and Knowledge Exchange (RKE) development framework (see here if you missed the post). Here we provide a bit more information about how the framework will be organised.
The framework will be divided into pathways. These are a series of sessions, combining some face-to-face delivery with online materials, which are linked by a topic. Some of the sessions will be targeted towards those with less experience in engaging with research and knowledge exchange, whilst others will be useful for academics with a wide range of experience. You may wish to sign up for the sessions on an entire pathway, come along to the first event to explore whether that pathway is right for you, or simply join in with a small number of sessions such as the bid writing retreats.
An overview of the pathways confirmed to date is provided below: we’ll be adding more pathways and confirming events over the next few weeks.
Research Council funding
Indicative Content: introduction to the UK Research Councils, working with stakeholders, pathways to impact statements, approaching the Case for Support and writing the Justification for Resources.
Funding from the Academies
Indicative Content: Introduction to the British Academy and the Royal Society, working with stakeholders and Bid Writing Retreats.
Funding from Major Charities
Indicative Content: Introduction to Wellcome and Leverhulme Trusts, working with stakeholders, hints and tips for applications to charities and Bid Writing Retreats.
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
Indicative Content: Introduction to funding schemes, applying to NIHR calls and Patient and Public Involvement (PPI).
Pre-Award at BU
Indicative Content: Getting started, financial and legal considerations, BU processes, using Research Professional to locate funding.
Building a Team
Indicative Content: Working with stakeholders, networking, team building, Sandpits and Interdisciplinary Research.
Working with Business
Indicative Content: Introductions to knowledge exchange and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) and IP and commercialisation
Returning to Academia after a break
Indicative Content: Specific funding opportunities for those retuning to academia and building resilience in research and knowledge exchange
Planning for and communicating research
Indicative content: Engaging with policymakers, public engagement, social media for impact and digital communication
EU Funding
Indicative Content: Introduction to Horizon 2020 and other EU funding schemes, some key principles to consider, IPR for EU projects, and call-specific Bid Writing Retreats.
International Funding
Indicative Content: Introduction to selected international funding schemes
A new webpage has been created for the framework through Organisational Development and up-to-date information can be found at staffintranet.bournemouth.ac.uk/RKEDevelopmentFramework/. We will also be continuing to provide information through the University blogs.
Bokani Tshidzu
Join us on Friday 27 May at 12.00 to find out how to evidence impact from research in a session by Bokani Tshidzu, Chief Operating Officer of impact consultancy Vertigo Ventures.
The session will outline the types of impact evidence that researchers can collect and online tools that can be used to gather this data. Attendees have an opportunity to consider the stakeholders involved in their research and find out how best to collect evidence of impact from different groups. There will also be a chance to find out more about the types of high-scoring evidence that was used in each panel during the last REF.
The session will take place in Kimmeridge House (KG03) Talbot campus from 12.00 – 14.00. Light refreshments will be provided but please feel free to bring your lunch along.
This session forms part of a series of research impact seminars and workshops, organised by RKEO to explore the various pathways to achieving societal and economic impact. Within the series, attendees will explore methods for effectively engaging a variety of research users throughout the research process, and develop new ways to plan, deliver and evidence impact.
View the other events in the series or email Genna West for further information.
Innovate UK have recently announced new changes across their KTP programme.
“So what’s new in KTP?” (if you’re new to this acronym, an explanation can be found here)
I’m glad you asked.
The aim of these changes are to increase the speed of the KTP process to get projects started quicker and to simplify the process of KTP.
If you have any questions about these changes or KTP in general, please contact Rachel Clarke, KE Adviser (KTP) on (01202 9)61347 or email clarker@bournemouth.ac.uk
Join us on Friday 27 May at 14.30 for a series of lightening talks from BU academics, to find out how their research is making a difference.
The short talks will highlight some key impact case studies that were submitted to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014 and others that are currently in development. This is an excellent opportunity to hear about a wide range of inspiring research from across BU, presenting key insights into all stages of the impact pathway.
Speakers will include;
The session will take place in Kimmeridge House (KG03) Talbot campus from 14.30 – 15.30, with networking and refreshments until 16.00.
This session forms part of a series of research impact seminars and workshops, organised by RKEO to explore the various pathways to achieving societal and economic impact. Within the series, attendees will explore methods for effectively engaging a variety of research users throughout the research process, and develop new ways to plan, deliver and evidence impact.
View the other events in the series or email Genna West for further information.
27th June 2016 14:00-16:00
Talbot Campus
In the week that sees the publication of the White Paper and the Queen’s speech, issues of widening participation and education equity seem even more topical than ever.
BU’s programme of Fair Access Research seeks to create a culture of widening participation through working and learning together.
As part of BU’s Festival of Learning, our Fair Access Researchers will be facilitating a workshop exploring educational disadvantage in the region.
Bournemouth, Poole and surrounding region face significant challenges when it comes to supporting those most in need to access and succeed in education. These challenges are being tackled by dedicated experts working hard to support disadvantaged learners to engage in a variety of education settings.
The event will be held on Monday 27 June 2016 between 14:00-16:00 in the new FUSION BUILDING, TALBOT CAMPUS.
We are inviting experts working in the field of education and equality to come together and share experiences and skills to find sustainable solutions to the region’s major education challenges.
We want grassroots solutions to grassroots challenges facing the region. This approach will enable targeted and tailored responses that work with the unique challenges of education and social justice in a diverse rural and coastal region.
In this innovative two-hour workshop, we will work together to find sustainable solutions to the question:
“What are the challenges and opportunities for disadvantaged students to access education in the region?”
This workshop is about active participation by all those involved and collectively developing grassroots solutions. By taking part, you will be helping to build a community to turn challenges and barriers into opportunities and bridges.
We want you to be involved and to shape how our responses! So, please share with your colleagues and networks so that we can have a broad range of participants. We are particularly interested in learning from the expertise and experiences of:
It is through working together and learning with each other that we can help make regional education opportunities more accessible and more sustainable.
To book a place, click here.
To express an interest in participating in the workshop or find out more about the session or BU’s unique Fair Access Research project email Julie Atherton on athertonj@bournemouth.ac.uk
Bournemouth University welcomed Mr Peter Huang, Deputy Director of the EU-China Industrial Technology Transfer Centre, when he visited on 5th May 2016.
Mr Huang, a BU alumnus, presented the future EUCITTC vision for engagement with international universities, including those in the UK.
Central to this vision is the development of an international technology canal for transporting R&D, innovation, technology, funds and opportunities for cross-boundary cooperation; opening a new pattern for technology achievements transferring and transforming and facilitating the combination of technology and economy. Meanwhile, by cooperating with many partners, EUCITTC is planning and formulating the system for the technology cooperation between the EU and China, so as to break through the bottleneck of international technology exchange and cooperation.
Find out more about the EUCITTC services and their structure.
Informing government policy was the most commonly cited impact in REF 2014. Join us on Wednesday 25 May or Thursday 26 May to find out how government policy is developed, and explore the ways in which policy can be influenced and informed by research.
In bitesize hour-long seminars, Jane Forster (Policy Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor) and Emma Bambury-Whitton (Policy and Public Affairs Officer) will explore successful routes to impact through policy engagement. From giving evidence at Select Committee inquiries and creating policy briefing papers, to engaging in direct correspondence with MPs and Peers, this session will give practical tips and examples of how research filters into policy discussions.
The session will also outline the opportunities and resources available within BU and externally to support academic and support staff to engage decision-makers with research.
The session will take place on Wednesday 25 May in Kimmeridge House (KG03) Talbot campus from 13.30 – 14.30 and will be repeated on Thursday 26 May at 12.30 – 13.30 in the Executive Business Centre (EB708) Lansdowne campus. Please feel free to bring your lunch along to the sessions.
This session forms part of a series of research impact seminars and workshops, organised by RKEO to explore the various pathways to achieving societal and economic impact. Within the series, attendees will explore methods for effectively engaging a variety of research users throughout the research process, and develop new ways to plan, deliver and evidence impact.
View the other events in the series or email Genna West for further information.
Speaker: Professor Paul Nesbitt-Larking (Huron University College, Canada)
Discussant: Professor Jonathan Parker (Bournemouth University)
Date: Monday 23rd May 2016
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Location: KG03, Kimmeridge House
Book your place via:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspective-pride-and-possibility-narratives-of-the-political-self-tickets-25057649103
Abstract: The stories we tell about our political lives, our personal political narratives, are the outcomes of our encounters with the master narratives of our time and place.
As we encounter significant others, enter into dialogue, and engage in social practice, we construct and reconstruct accounts of ourselves in political relationship with others.
In so doing, we give shape to our political identities. In the light of narrative research data, the paper is an exploration of encounters between personal and master narratives as they relate to three core elements of ideology: The cognitive construction of the political world (perspective); the affective orientation to the political world (pride); and imaginative deconstructions and reconstructions of the political world (possibility).
About the speaker:
Paul Nesbitt-Larking is Professor of Political Science at Huron University College in Canada and Visiting Professor, School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK. A scholar in political identities, citizenship, multiculturalism, and political communications, his recent publications include The Political Psychology of Globalization: Muslims in the West (Oxford University Press, 2011) and the Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) as well as numerous academic articles and chapters. He is currently Past President of the International Society of Political Psychology.
For futher information on this event please contact: mfathi@bournemouth.ac.uk
Parking information: Please note that there is no parking available on campus, please refer to the “how to get to BU” section to plan your journey.
Join us on Tuesday 24 May and Thursday 26 May to find out how researchers can reach a wider audience and effectively use the media to increase the impact of their research.
The PR Team here at BU will take you through traditional and social media channels that can be used to communicate your research findings to both the general public and more specialised audiences. You will receive tips on how to work effectively with the media and find out how BU can support this process.
Dr Sarah Bate will then talk you through her experiences of engaging with the media, presenting a key impact case study that has extensively used the media to generate and evidence impact.
The session will take place on Tuesday 24 May in the Executive Business Centre (EB306) Lansdowne campus from 12.30 – 14.00, and will be repeated on Thursday 26 May in Kimmeridge House (KG03) Talbot campus from 13.30 – 15.00.
This session forms part of a series of research impact seminars and workshops, organised by RKEO to explore the various pathways to achieving societal and economic impact. Within the series, attendees will explore methods for effectively engaging a variety of research users throughout the research process, and develop new ways to plan, deliver and evidence impact.
View the other events in the series or email Genna West for further information.
Join us on Monday 23rd May at 12.30pm as Dr Steve Cross discusses “What’s in it for me? Impact that makes a difference outside academia and supports your career.”
Dr Steve Cross
Dr Steve Cross has spent eight years supporting university researchers to engage with communities outside academia to help their research have impact. He was Head of Public Engagement at UCL for seven of those years, and understands that it can be difficult to balance research and teaching commitments alongside developing the skills and networks needed to support your research impact. His talk will be ripe with examples of collaboration between academics and communities which have led to benefits to the non-academic world as well as improving research careers.
Steve is a Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Fellow and a public engagement and communication consultant, trainer and strategist.
The session will take place in the Shelley Lecture Theatre, Poole House, Talbot campus from 12.30 – 14.00. Steve will talk for around an hour, and there will be 30 minutes at the end for questions and further discussion. Please do bring your lunch along.
This session forms part of a series of research impact seminars and workshops, organised by RKEO to explore the various pathways to achieving societal and economic impact. Within the series, attendees will explore methods for effectively engaging a variety of research users throughout the research process, and develop new ways to plan, deliver and evidence impact.
View the other events in the series or email Genna West for further information.
We are delighted to announce that the Research and Knowledge Exchange (RKE) development framework will launch in October 2016!
The RKE development framework will offer a new range of opportunities for BU academics to develop their skills, knowledge and capabilities in relation to research and knowledge exchange.
Consultation with academic colleagues has been key to its development, to ensure that the opportunities to be made available match their needs and wishes. We have created an agile and flexible Framework which we trust will appeal to colleagues undertaking research and knowledge exchange activities across the University.
Look out for more information coming each week on the research blog.
Projects need to focus on identified technical or commercial challenges. Innovate UK will fund projects that aim to lead to increased UK SME productivity, competitiveness and growth.
Projects need to be led by a business and must involve at least one SME. They can be carried out by an SME working alone or in collaboration with other organisations. Projects with costs of £100,000 or more must involve working with other partners
Innovate UK are looking for projects which focus on any of the technical feasibility, industrial research or experimental development research categories.
Projects should last between 6 months and 3 years. They should range from total costs of £50,000 to £2 million.
If you are interested in submitting to any of the above calls you must contact your RKEO Funding Development Officer with adequate notice before the deadline.
For more funding opportunities that are most relevant to you, you can set up your own personalised alerts on Research Professional. If you need help setting these up, just ask your School’s/Faculty’s Funding Development Officer in RKEO or view the recent blog post here.
If thinking of applying, why not add notification of your interest on Research Professional’s record of the bid so that BU colleagues can see your intention to bid and contact you to collaborate.
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