1. RRUK-A is funded by RSSB and Network Rail A partnership between Britain’s rail industry and UK universities www.rruka.org.uk RIA Technology and Innovation Conference 29 March 2012 Collaboration and funding

2. What’s the opportunity? RRUK-A is here to bring together industry and academia to solve problems and deliver innovative solutions It works by providing the infrastructure and networks to match problem owners with solution providers Partnerships are vital, funding is important Funding comes in many shapes and sizes

3. Funding shouldn’t be the reason for coming together but …. it can help achieve shared goals by –Pump priming; getting things going –Providing some medium term certainty –De-risking investments –Cultivating innovation –Getting us closer to market –Supporting implementation Funding support

4. Short term need – specific innovation in mind Consultancy Undergraduate student project Undergraduate work placement Post-grad student project (MSc)

5. Medium term need – project/programme Industrial secondment Engineering Doctorate Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) CASE studentships

6. Medium/long term – innovative products/solutions Sponsored research programme Collaborations in response to calls. Industrial doctorate Collaborations to submit ideas to Research Councils in ‘responsive’ mode Examples include: EPSRC, with or without RSSB TSB, with or without RSSB Europe (Horizon 2020) Other opportunities include: Network Rail’s Innovation scheme TSB mechanisms

7. RRUK-A is here to help Identifying capabilities Awareness of funding opportunities Consortium building Facilitating events …… and some funding from RSSB and potentially others

8. RRUK-A is funded by RSSB and Network Rail A partnership between Britain’s rail industry and UK universities www.rruka.org.uk RIA Technology and Innovation Conference RRUK-A Networking Session

9. What RRUK-A has to offer Feedback from the last event was that you wanted to know more about what the university sector could do with you Since then RRUK-A has been established to facilitate closer working through collaboration Now is your chance to really explore the possibilities

10. What RRUK-A has to offer Produced capability statements for all members Six ‘stations’ set up for you to find out more, make connections and explore opportunities –Operations –Infrastructure –Human factors –Policy and decision making –Rolling Stock –Technical system integration and interaction