Transcript The Outreach Project “Helping NW companies access fund for

The Outreach Project
“Helping NW companies access fund for R&D”
Lesley Lambert
General Engineering Research Institute
Liverpool John Moores University
5th March 2015
Introducing GERI
Formed in 2002 – amalgamating existing research groups
Dedicated Research facility
30-40 full/part time expert staff and phd students
Unique research capability
Snapshot of GERI activities
Coherent and
Electro Optics
Research
Group
• Metrology
• Image Processing
• Structure Light
• Radiotherapy
• Cancer Cell Mechanics
Advanced
Manufacturing
Technology
Research Lab.
• Minimum Quantity Lubrication
• Intelligent Strategies for
Optimisation of Grinding
• Fluid Delivery in Grinding
• High Efficiency Deep Grinding
• Vibration Assisted Grinding
• Machining of Composites
• Surface Texturing
• Cell Behaviour
• Printing
• Metamaterial manufacture
• Electronic Package Reliability
• Ultrasonic Microscopy
• X-ray Inspection
• 3D Evaluation of Next
Generation Microelectronic
Packages and Systems
Photonics in
Engineering
Electronics
and Ultrasonic
Engineering
Genesis of the Outreach
Project
• Between 2002 and 2008 GERI worked on collaborative
projects with 62 companies
• Most of these were ‘globals’
• The majority were outside the UK
• Only ‘two’ from the Northwest
“Solutions on
our doorstep”
Project aims
• ERDF funded project to provide a centralised facility to
support NW industry
• Gateway to collaborative grant funding
• Encourage take up of research and leading edge S&T
• Key objectives:
–
–
–
–
–
Encourage SMEs to participate in collaborative R&D
Build collaborations and partnerships with key stakeholders
Increase R&D funding investment in NW
Complement existing regional, national and international initiatives
Promote GERI as world class facility
What the project does…
• Facilities – making the ‘leading edge’ available
• Feasibility – preliminary investigations
• Funding – securing support for collaborative research
How we can help
Awareness raising of current opps.
Direct contact
Client enquiry / activity
1. Assess R&D requirements / Signpost
2. Highlight funding opportunities
3. Consortium building (partners)
4. Writing guidance & support
5. Proposal clinic & review
6. Pre-submission support
Proposal submission
“Helping achieve industrial R&D goals”
OUR experience…
• Currently Supported 135 companies in NW
• Strong track record for securing funding for R&D
SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED PROJECTS
Total Project Costs
Direct Funding to NW Orgs
£2,375,678
£891,405
Examples of Success
Oceanchest successfully
achieved a TSB SMART
award grant towards the
proof of concept study
worth £109,730
“GERI successfully guided us through
the complex TSB/Innovate UK
application process and introduced
us to relevant people with regards to
IP and funding support, as well as
various other aspects of support that
went beyond what we expected.”
Peter Fletcher, Operations Director
“The GERI Outreach team provide a
professional service focused on industrial
needs. We recently submitted an
application to the Technology Strategy
Board and we are delighted that this was
successfully funded. This wouldn’t have
been possible without the support from
GERI, and we look forward to working
with GERI on this project and on future
collaborations”
JP Imaging successfully secured
£175,984 from a feasibility
study funded by the TSB in April
2014
LCIH – Aims & Objectives
• ERDF funded
• Innovation in low carbon goods, processes and
services
• Collaborative partnerships on an individual basis
• Significant economic benefits to SMEs
• LJMU strengths
Overview of three themes
Low Carbon Technologies
•
Smart Building Technologies
•
Energy Management
•
Carbon Finance
•
Low Carbon Design and Planning
Environmental Management
and Clean Technologies
Renewable Energy
• Environmental Monitoring
•
Resource Efficiency
• Air Pollution Control
•
Energy from Waste and Biomass
• Waste Management
•
Sustainable Business Practices
• Water/ Waste Treatment
•
Green Deal Agenda
• Facility Management
LCIH – Project Delivery
• Company Road Mapping
• Action Planning leading to Collaborative
partnerships on an individual basis
• Knowledge Exchange
• Research and Design Events
• Demonstrators
Thank you for listening
Any questions?
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/geri
Lesley Lambert
[email protected]