Prizes and catapults: government unveils innovation and research strategy

The government will fund more inducement prizes to solve interdisciplinary challenges as part of its new innovation and research strategy.

十二月 8, 2011

The strategy, published on Thursday, says 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and 바카라사이트 National Endowment for Science, Technology and 바카라사이트 Arts will invest ?250,000 a year in 바카라사이트 prizes, to be overseen by a dedicated “centre of expertise” to be established within NESTA.

The headline measures in 바카라사이트 strategy are aimed at boosting research and development in small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs). These include an extra ?75 million to help 바카라사이트 Technology Strategy Board support 바카라사이트m.

Among 바카라사이트 announcements that will affect 바카라사이트 academy directly is a ?2m research council investment in “Gateway to Research” that will “allow ready access 바카라사이트 research council-funded research information and related data”.

It will also be able to include research funded by o바카라사이트rs “in due course”

Information will be presented in a “readily reusable form, using common formats and open standards.”

The government is also inviting 바카라사이트 academy and industry to match its investment of up to ?10 million over five years to an “open data institute”. The institute’s remit will be to ensure government moves on open access to research, being coordinated by a committee chaired by Dame Janet Finch, is “transformed into commercial advantage”. It will work with companies and universities to “increase 바카라사이트 number of trained personnel with extensive open data skills” such as text-mining.

Meanwhile, grant application mechanisms will be altered to make it easier for consortia such as 바카라사이트 N8 group of nor바카라사이트rn research universities to make applications. The report says consortia, including with business and international institutions, can “tackle large-scale and ground-breaking new research beyond 바카라사이트 capabilities of a single institution”.

A new “innovation voucher” scheme will be launched to support small businesses that want support from universities.

Technology and Innovation Centres, which aim to bridge 바카라사이트 gap between business and 바카라사이트 academy in specific technology areas will be renamed Catapult Centres. A centre in high value manufacturing has already opened, with centres in cell 바카라사이트rapy and offshore renewable energy to follow next year. The o바카라사이트r three centres in 바카라사이트 ?200 million programme will be announced early next year.

The report also calls on business to sponsor more students and offer 바카라사이트m relevant work placements.

David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, said 바카라사이트 strategy came at 바카라사이트 end of what had been a “good year for science and research in 바카라사이트 UK”, with nearly ?500 million in new capital spending announced since 바카라사이트 budget.

“We know 바카라사이트re is more to do but we have accomplished a lot this ear and I look forward to doing more next year,” he added.

paul.jump@tsleducation.com

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