Senior Staff Retreat

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Research and Business Development Office

• Senior Staff Retreat
• Friday 10 November 2006
• Growing the Universitys
• Research Income
• Shereen Anderson
• Deputy Director Research Support
• Andrew Fairweather-Tall
• Funding Development Manager Social Sciences
• David Crawford
• Funding Development Manager ESE and CS

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Some Statistics

• 2005/06 2004/05
• Research Income 14.1m
  14.3m
• Indirect Costs Recovered 2.6m
  2.6m
• Indirect Cost Recovery Rate 18
  18
• Applications made 309
  335
• Value of new awards 13.3m 10.3m
• Application success rate 49
  56
• Academic staff holding grants 35
  34

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Research and Business Development Office

• Senior Staff Retreat
• Friday 10 November 2006
• Growing the Universitys
• Research Income
• Shereen Anderson
• Deputy Director Research Support
• Andrew Fairweather-Tall
• Funding Development Manager Social Sciences
• David Crawford
• Funding Development Manager ESE and CS

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I dont need funding
Research and Business Development Office
All I need is an office, a library and a sharp
quill
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What are FDMs already doing?
Research and Business Development Office

• We provide a joined up framework of support for
  applicants
• We engage colleagues in research funding activity
  at all levels.
• We contribute to better centre/periphery
  communication and raise the profile of research
  funding
• We improve the overall quality of applications!

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Where are the pinch points?
Research and Business Development Office

• Building up individuals track records
• Demands on individuals time
• Matching colleagues with appropriate funding
• Thinking far enough in advance

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The Future in Social Sciences?
Research and Business Development Office

• More applications
• Departmental analysis of success and failure
• Department research plans identifying
  current/future priorities
• Development of an extended research
  culture/environment
• Enabling/building/continuing success

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Research and Business Development Office

• Senior Staff Retreat
• Friday 10 November 2006
• Growing the Universitys
• Research Income
• Shereen Anderson
• Deputy Director Research Support
• Andrew Fairweather-Tall
• Funding Development Manager Social Sciences
• David Crawford
• Funding Development Manager ESE and CS

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Formal Process for Applications
Publicise Calls, Progs, Opps etc
Research Support Team
Funding Development Managers
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Funding Sources for Research Targeted in 2006/7

• DTI Techn. Prog. (2005 - 08) 0.37bn

• Charities National Academies
• eg. Wellcome Trust 0.5bn

• Research Councils 2.8bn
• eg. EPSRC 0.5bn

• European Union
• FP7 (Budget 2007 - 13) 50bn
• inc ERC

• Industry Government Depts/Agencies

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European 7th Framework Programme 2007 - 2013
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Research Funding Main Technology Contracts
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Collaboration Opportunities

• U/G Students Summer Student placements
• 3rd year Project Ideas
• Contribute to courses

• Research PhD Student Sponsorships
• Short Term Research/Studies
• Collaborative Projects (eg. FP7)

• Seminars Lectures at both establishments
• Brainstorming sessions

• Partnerships Research Fellowships
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Sharing Intellectual Property
• Spinning out new companies

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Conclusions

• Improve the quality of funding applications by
  internal processes.
• Build up strategic centres of excellence.
• Identify suitable customers and partners from
  Industry.
• Market our research products and sell our
  unique selling points.
• Familiarise staff with the FP7 opportunities and
  look for partners.
• Use RBDO for KTPs, Intellectual Property
  issues, contracts etc

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Essex Collaboration in new Mobile Phone
Technology with Kazakhstan
The security PIN code is
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Questions for Panel Discussion

• What can we do to improve our success rates?
• Are there steps that can be taken to peer review
  applications within departments prior to
  submission?
• Are there appropriate mechanisms in place to
  ensure the knowledge acquired by experienced
  researchers is shared among those new to the
  application/research process?
• Should the University be more selective in
  deciding which applications are submitted?
• Has the Spectre of fEC frightened Industry
  away?
• How do we encourage colleagues to apply for more
  inter-disciplinary multi-funder research
  projects?
• Ideas?