Challenges to Export and Innovation Funding Opportunities for Industry to engage with Universities: Dr John Jeffrey 18 th Feb 2009, Grosvenor Hilton, Edinburgh

Agenda Contacting the right people –Interface ( The Knowledge Connection for Business) Funding Opportunities –Small EPIS SOA TTOM’s like equivalents eg First Step Awards (GU) –Medium EPSRC CASE Studentships Knowledge Transfer Partnerships EU Eurostar for SME’s SMART:Scotland –Large Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Carbon Trust EU Framework 7 ITI’s, ETI

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Funding opportunities: Small Edinburgh Pre-Incubation Scheme (EPIS) –UoE/SE initiative –Encourage new entrepreneurs to develop their knowledge- led business ideas to a stage ready for exploitation –Up to 12 months long, working with identified academic host –EPIS repayable loan of £10k to the entrepreneur & £5k to the host institution – –EPIS programme manager

Funding Opportunities: Small contd Consultancy type funding up to £5k –Scottish Optoelectronics Association had TTOM’s (Tech Transfer in Opto & Micro electronics) –Integrated Products Manufacturing KTN have SPARK awards –various SEEKIT ( Scottish Executive Expertise Knowledge & Innovation Transfer ) projects have similar funding schemes eg Scottish Environmental Technology Network –First Step Awards run by University of Glasgow Innovation Network,

Funding Opportunities: Medium ERSRC CASE Studentships –Company contribution approx £22,000 over 3.5 years –Central Pool competition, 40 PhD studentships a year, deadline 7 th May, SME’s favoured –Scottish Enterprise (Agent for Scotland) 3 PhD studentships last year, – KTN’s PhD studentships allocated to them, approx 3 per KTN

Funding Opportunities: Medium Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (TSB) –Collaborative partnership between company and identified academic partner, driven by the company –Can be from 6mths up to 3 years in length –SME’s contribution approx 1/3 rd of the cost of the project, approx £18-£20k per year –KTP Associate(s) employed by the academic partner but works approx 90% of time at company Potential recruitment of KTP person into company at end of project – East of Scotland KTP Centre,

Funding Opportunities: Medium Industry Fellowships – The Royal Society –Promotes collaboration between researches in academia and industry Academics to carry out basic or applied research in an industrial environment Industrial scientists to contact research in academic institutions –2 years full time or 4 years part-time, Salary covered plus £1.5k per year research expenses –Next closing date 12 th March 2009 – Institute for System Level Integration Engineering Doctorate Centre –Partnership of the electronics industry and UoE, UoG, HWU & UoS –High calibre graduates/working engineers sponsored on a 4 year programme –Student sponsored by industrial partner Majority of time spent on site working with sponsoring company working as an integral member of the sponsor’s team –

Funding Opportunities: Medium EC Eurostar projects for SME’s –No priority areas –Around 1.5 million Euros per project, up to 50% of total eligible costs –50% of project’s core activity by SME’s –Maximum duration of 3 years –By collaborative project, EC expects at least two participants from two different Eurostar countries to participate –Luca Polizzi,

Funding Opportunities: Medium SMART:Scotland (Scottish Government) –Consolidating Smart, SPUR and SPURPLUS schemes –Projects to be innovative and have technical risk –Technical & feasibility studies can receive up to 75% of the total cost, maximum of £70k, from 6mths up to 18mths –Development of pre-production prototype, then up to 35% of eligible costs, maximum of £600k, from 6mths up to 36mths –Must be an SME ( less than 250 employees, annual turnover less than 50 million Euros) –Wendy Hanson,

Funding Opportunities: Large Technology Strategy Board (TSB) –New Collaborative R & D competitions covering a number of technology areas:- –KTN’s acting as the eyes and ears for forming such technology projects High Value Manufacturing Photonics: Next generation optical internet access –Industry led but encouraged to engage with university partners Builds on existing links between academic and business research and SME’s especially welcome –Can fund up to £5million per project, up to 3 years period EoI calls close for HVM & Photonics 26/02/2009 –

Funding Opportunities: Large European Framework 7 Projects –10 Priority themes ICT, 9 billion Euros Energy, 2.3 billion Nanotechnology (including Photonics), 3.5 billion –Creation of European Technology Platforms (ETP’s) which drive the content of each call and implement a Strategic Research Agenda –Enterprise Europe Scotland can assist in finding European partners –

Funding Opportunities: Large Carbon Trust – Applied Research programme –Supports R & D collaboration with potential to reduce UK CO2 emissions –Open to UK businesses and research institutions –Typically funds up to £250k –40% match funding is required –Must demonstrate:- Genuine innovation and potential to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions Builds on previous work in the area Clear step forward towards commercialisation Good value for money –But for Scottish businesses/organisations for 2008/2009 financial year now fully committed –

Funding Opportunities: Large Intermediate Technologies Institutes (ITI’s) –to identify and commercialise valuable technology- based intellectual assets across three global market sectors: Life Sciences Techmedia Energy –Aims bridge the gap between publicly-funded early stage research and privately-backed commercial development –Specific calls for tender bids –

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