David Murphy

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European Marine Research Knowledge Transfer and
Uptake of Results
David Murphy Manager
EUROCEAN Steering Committee Lisbon, 9th November
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• Who are we?
• AquaTT is an international foundation supporting
  the European Marine sector by providing project
  management and services
• Mission Statement
• To bridge the knowledge gap between the dynamic
  RTD environments and the progressive commercial
  sectors

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Our Profile

• AquaTTs strengths
• Excellence in proposal writing
• Experienced and motivated team
• Experience in all aspects of a Project Lifecycle
• High rate of success in competitive EC funding
  calls
• (2009 to date 100 written by AquaTT (3), 83
  as a partner, 5/6 projects)

• AquaTTs core activities are
• Project management
• Facilitation
• Communication and Dissemination
• Education and Training
• Technology Transfer

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Overview

• Type of funding scheme Coordination and Support
  actions (supporting)
• Work programme topics addressed ENV.2009.5.1.0.2
  Knowledge transfer and uptake of EU-research
  results
• Funded 2nd out of 15 applications under this
  call
• Partners AquaTT EUROCEAN
• Budget 950,000
• Duration 24m

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Justification

• The European Union (EU) 6th Framework Programme
  (2000-2006) funded 458 marine research projects
  worth more than 848 million in grant-aid
• 124 marine research projects (grant-aid 297
  million) funded under the FP7 (2007 2013) to
  date.
• Although research effort is significant, not all
  of the new knowledge has had the expected impact,
  perhaps because of the well-known obstacles
  impeding knowledge transfer between research
  institutions and third parties
• Improving knowledge transfer between research
  institutions and industry across Europe (Com
  (2007) 182 final).

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KM Challenge

• cultural differences between the business and
  science communities
• lack of incentives
• legal barriers
• fragmented markets for knowledge and technology
• Ref Improving knowledge transfer between
  research institutions and industry across Europe
  embracing open innovation Implementing the
  Lisbon agenda (COM (2007) 182 final).

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KM Challenge

• Researchers have little motivation or incentive
  to transfer knowledge but devote time and effort
  to publishing scientific papers or searching for
  new research grants which are recognised and
  rewarded in the current system and are key
  elements in career progression.
• Some argue that it is not a researchers core
  business and they may not have the network or
  skills for such activities and instead
  specialists should take up this role.
• It could also be argued that it is not cost
  effective or efficient to have individual
  projects disseminating but rather centralise the
  activity and have a clearing house for knowledge?

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Why MarineTT

• No one has yet completed and documented an
  analysis of final results in order to identify
  the value and potential of the knowledge
  generated.
• There is currently a gap in the system. No single
  organisation or group is currently mandated to do
  this exercise at the European level.

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Knowledge Transfer

• A) Knowledge transfer that can be customised and
  then distributed using existing or newly
  developed innovative dissemination tools
• B) Knowledge transfer in collaboration with
  multipliers (e.g. associations, IRCs, development
  agencies, regional business bodies)

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Innovative Approach

• A change of focus from the promotion of research
  projects per se to singling out research outputs
  those end-users can adopt and/or exploit.
• The clustering and impartial assessment of
  knowledge potential
• The incorporation of sustainability factors in
  judging the benefit of knowledge exploitation to
  society (to ensure that economic growth does not
  result in environmental degradation)
• Analysis of the potential impact of transferring
  knowledge
• Measuring the impact of any knowledge
  transferred

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Methodology Highlights

• The MarineTT knowledge management system
• Extensive consultation with stakeholders, i.e.,
  RTD performers and potential end-users
• The customisation of research outputs in formats
  suitable for end-users
• The MarineTT innovative delivery mechanisms
• The MarineTT integral impact measurement system
  which utilises indicators capable of measuring
  the uptake and the impact of any exploitation of
  results.

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Results

• The knowledge and exploitable results will be
  packaged and disseminated
• to facilitate and accelerate the commercial
  application of research results (industry)
• to inform and direct further research (the
  research community)
• to support evidence-based policy making (policy
  makers)
• provide accurate scientific knowledge to
  organisations with a mandate to communicate
  environmental messages to the public
  (Communicators e.g. NGOs, Governments).

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Contact us

• For more information please contact us
• Address 40 Lower Leeson St., Dublin 2, Ireland
• Email david_at_aquatt.ie
• Website www.aquatt.ie
• Tel [phone]

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The outputs from research projects will be
plotted in a matrix
High Cost / Low Benefit A High Cost / High Benefit B
Low Cost / Low Benefit C Low Cost / High Benefit D
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The Solution

• The MarineTT project will
• Strengthen identification, monitoring, and
  evaluation systems and capacities so that
  research outcomes can first be classified as
  data, information or knowledge
• Ensure that research outcomes in the form of
  exploitable results can be effectively
  transferred to end-users
• Cross-thematic approach with a focus on the
  marine environment and the implications on the
  marine environment of
• - biodiversity
• - climate change
• - heritage urban development
• - earth observation

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Work Packages

• WP 1 Project management internal
  communication Lead AquaTT
• Organistation and management of resources
• Facilitation of communication
• WP 2 Information management Lead EurOcean
• Collection and management of information
• Improve accessibility to end users
• Involvement of stakeholders
• Organisation and control of the structure,
  processing and delivery of information
• WP 3 Knowledge analysis Lead AquaTT
• Refinement and trial of a knowledge analysis
  matrix
• Measurement of knowledge in terms of a
  cost-benefit analysis

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Work Packages

• WP 4 Consultation with RTD performers
  stakeholders Lead AquaTT
• Appreciation for the knowledge already available
• Identification of needs in terms of research,
  knowledge transfer and policy
• Confirmation and/or refinement of the knowledge
  analysis (WP3)
• WP 5 Knowledge transfer Lead AquaTT
• Transfer of marine research outputs
• Customisation of information and knowledge
• Development and use of the latest tools,
  resources and communication channels
• Measurement of the impact of the uptake of
  knowledge
• WP 6 Project promotion Lead EurOcean
• Dissemination and promotion of the project i.e.
  its objectives, activities, partners, major
  events.