Funding for collaborative projects Mark Littlewood Sensors & Instrumentation KTN

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How the KTN can help Funded by the Technology Strategy Board. “.. primary aim is not the creation of knowledge - where Government separately invests over £3 billion per annum - but the translation of knowledge into innovation and new and improved products and services.”

How the KTN can help Building partnerships Promoting technologies Highlight funding opportunities Feedback to government

How the KTN can help Facts: – Over 2,000 UK Organisations are members of the community ~ 65% market share and growing – 135 Universities are members with 650 separate Research Departments involved in sensing & instrumentation – Raised over £50m of funding for collaborative research – 75 events with over 3,000 attendees organised – Currently 65 different collaborations brokered – 531 company/organisation visits – 6 separate inputs to specific UK Government strategy

Funding Sources National (Public sector) –Technology Strategy Board –Research councils National (Private sector) –Wellcome Trust Regional –RDA’s –Devolved administrations

Funding Calls 1 Science driven BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards ds.html MRC Industrial Collaboration Award MRC Collaboration grant

Funding Calls 2 Knowledge transfer driven STFC PIPSS Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Funding Calls 3 Market driven NIHR i4i Programme –Stream 1 Feasibility studies - Basic research or innovative use of existing technology –Stream 2 Applied research – production of a device –Stream 3a Commercial viability study –Stream 3b Construction of advanced prototype and business plan for commercial exploitation

Summary Funding landscape is complex Many schemes in operation Broaden access to schemes through multi- disciplinary partners Use the KTN to help

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