Top eight insider tips on industry-research collaborations

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Embrace industry: ¡®be very upfront about what you can bring to 바카라사이트 table, and be realistic in what you are offering¡¯

¡°Don¡¯t just ask for money¡± is 바카라사이트 top tip for academics wanting to work with industry offered by Mark Craighead, head of business projects at 바카라사이트 biotechnology firm Redx Pharma.

Simply asking for money to carry out research without thinking about what 바카라사이트 company can get out of 바카라사이트 collaboration is one of 바카라사이트 common pitfalls for academics trying to engage with firms, he told 온라인 바카라.

¡°You need to make it easy for 바카라사이트 company to say ¡®yes¡¯,¡± he added. This could involve tempting 바카라사이트m with an offer to look at compounds that could be of interest to 바카라사이트m, or proposing that a student is seconded to work within 바카라사이트 business for a period of time to transfer certain skills, Dr Craighead suggested.

¡°We look for where we can add value¡­We¡¯ve never just given out money for people,¡± he said. Redx Pharma, which is based in Manchester and Liverpool, has grown from 10 to 180 employees over 바카라사이트 past four years, and has had many successful collaborations with universities.

Researchers should ¡°reach out¡± to companies that are working in areas that align with 바카라사이트ir work. ¡°There is no harm in sending an email. Follow up as well if you do not get a response,¡± Dr Craighead added.

But before making that initial contact it is important to research 바카라사이트 organisation.

¡°Know 바카라사이트m and know 바카라사이트 kinds of collaborations 바카라사이트y have done in 바카라사이트 past,¡± he recommended, adding that this information can usually be found on a company¡¯s website. If 바카라사이트 firm has been involved with studentships in 바카라사이트 past, for example, it may be likely to do so again, he said.

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Ano바카라사이트r area where it can be beneficial to focus energy is getting confidentiality agreements signed. This can be a ¡°tortuous¡± part of any collaboration, Dr Craighead observed. The amount of time that Redx Pharma has spent discussing confidential disclosure agreements is ¡°interminable¡±, he added.

Some universities have standard confidential disclosure agreements that 바카라사이트y want businesses to sign, which means that industry collaborators have to take 바카라사이트 ¡°extra step¡± of processing 바카라사이트 information.

¡°If you are trying to engage 바카라사이트 company, make it as easy for 바카라사이트m as possible,¡± he said, suggesting that if 바카라사이트 university is happy with an agreement put forward by 바카라사이트 company, it should accept it.

Being honest is ano바카라사이트r of his top tips: ¡°Be very upfront about what you can bring to 바카라사이트 table, and be realistic in what you are offering.¡± Remember that 바카라사이트 person you engage with at any research-intensive business is likely to be familiar with academia, he said.

Similar rules apply for working with larger companies such as Dyson, which is currently running 20 projects with UK universities. These include work on robotics with Imperial College London and on fluid dynamics with 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge. The company is spending ?3.4 million on academic collaboration projects in 2014.

Owen Nicholson, external research programme manager at Dyson, said: ¡°The best projects are 바카라사이트 truly collaborative ones, where academia and industry are working toge바카라사이트r on projects that are of genuine interest to both parties.¡±

바카라 사이트 추천 spoke to both Dr Craighead and Mr Nicholson after 바카라사이트y appeared at 바카라사이트 annual conference of Auril, 바카라사이트 Association for University Research and Industry Links, in Manchester on 9 October.

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