Transcript Business Relations - University of Manchester

NWDA / ERDF Funding
•Who am I?
•ERDF - What is it?
•NWDA - What is it?
•Why does it matter?
•What do you (and your School academics) need
to know about it?
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Jacqui Grant
B10 Sackville St Building
Ext 63126
[email protected]
• Based in EPS Faculty Finance but working on
ERDF for whole university.
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• European Regional Development Fund
• Northwest Regional Development Agency
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Advancing the Manchester 2015 Agenda
Goal 1 RESEARCH
STRATEGIES FOR RESEARCH
3. To broaden the range of research funding sources, especially by
placing greater emphasis on European funding and funding from
industry sources.
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Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Operational Priorities 2009-10
Research
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Broaden the Faculty’s research funding portfolio
Key Milestones / Actions
Increase the proportion of awards from non-research council sources,
targeting EU and industrial funding;
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The NWDA is planning to start calling for ERDF bids in the areas
Developing High Value New Enterprise
Exploiting the Science and R&D Base of the Region: Higher Education Specific Schemes
Encouraging Innovation to Improve Productivity in all Companies: Knowledge to Innovate
Encouraging Innovation to Improve Productivity in all Companies: other Advice Services
They need new industry start ups and are favouring New Industry New Jobs in:
Low Carbon Industrial Strategy
Ultra Low Carbon Vehicles
Digital Britain
Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals
Advanced Manufacturing including aerospace, composite materials, industrial biotechnology
sector, plastic electronics
Professional and Financial Services
Engineering Construction
Industrial Opportunities in and Ageing Society
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What do you (and your School academics) need
to know about it?
That, dear colleagues, you will have to come
along to find out...
{Or look at the slides which will be posted after the event}
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EPRSC Knowledge Transfer
Account (KTA)
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Background EPSRC KTA
• University of Manchester awarded the
largest KTA Award of £8.3m
• Started in October 2009
• 4 funding calls to date
• Ends 30 September 2012
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KTA Support Mechanisms
• Secondment Scheme
– exploitation secondments
– exploration secondments
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Concept Development and Feasibility Studies
Knowledge Transfer Fellows scheme
Knowledege Transfer Partnerships
Development of Licensable Technology
Continuing Professional Development
Joint horizon- scanning and scenario-modelling
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Overview of KTA support mechanisms
• Concept Development and Feasibility Studies - the
development of early evaluation prototypes or
‘demonstrators’, by initial trials in a particular field, or by
‘scoping exercises’ (KTA awards up to £30k)
• Secondment Scheme • exploitation secondments focused directly on the
development of specific research outputs;
• exploration secondments which enable companies to
explore the opportunities offered by particular research
areas, or academics to explore the application possibilities
for their research.
(KTA awards up to £60k)
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• Knowledge Transfer Fellows scheme –This scheme
will underwrite the employment of full time ‘KT Fellows’ to
respond to demand for short term application projects from a
range of companies
• Knowledege Transfer Partnerships - The delivery of
new knowledge/technology into the company partner, to
develop new or enhanced product, process, way of working.
• Development of Licensable Technology funding
available to support the identification of fields of application,
and/or the early stage development of licensable
technologies, managed through UMIP Ltd
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• Continuing Professional Development
• Horizon Scanning and Scenario Modelling
– Facilitated events
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R or P Codes?!!
• KTA Call background
• Frascati definition of research
• R Codes :
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Concept and Feasibility
Exploitation Secondments
KT Fellows
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
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• P Codes
– Exploration Secondments
– Horizon Scanning
– CPD
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KTA
Process
Flowchart
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KTA Flowchart
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Pre Award
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Research Manager costs KTA application
RMS input
– KTA-R for research
– KTA-NR for non-research
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KTA Application
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KTA Application Process
• www.manchester.ac.uk/kta - application forms
and guidance notes
• Initial assessment by KTA team
• KT Schemes Panel
• Key points:
– Non specialist audience
– Liaise with KTA team
– KTA awards up to 80% Total Project Costs
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• Application submission:
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KTA application form
Research Proposal Approval Form
pFACT costing report
Submit to Rupa Sharma by 12noon on deadline day
• KTPs:
– Two stage process
– Expression of interest
– Full application
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Post Award
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KTA awarded or rejected
KTA Grant Offer Letter
Research Managers updates RMS
KTA Office notified of finance code
Contract negotiation
Financial management of project
Project reporting
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KTA Team
• Miranda McCormick – Head of KTA Team (Schools of
Maths, Chemistry and Faculty of Life Sciences)
• Mark Godber – Business Development Manager
(Schools of CEAS, MACE, Computer Science and Faculty of
Medical and Human Sciences)
• Cecilia Barr – Business Development Manager (Schools
of Physics & Astronomy, SEAES, Materials, E&EE, Faculty of
Humanities)
• Rupa Sharma – Project Administration Officer
• Connie Funke-Dooley – Administrative Assistant
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Future calls
• Call 5 - 16 July 2010 – 12 noon
• 2010/11 calls to be announced
• KTP applications on-going
KTA Project Administration Officer
Rupa Sharma
Tel: 0161 306 6812
[email protected]
B48 Sackville Building
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