Ian Haines UK Deans of Science Dec 2011 Background The Governments Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth was released at 1230pm on 8 th December 2011 at Burlington House during the UKDS London meeting ID: 532199
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The Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Ian Haines
UK Deans of Science, Dec 2011 Slide2
Background
The Government’s ‘Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth’ was released at 12.30pm on 8
th
December 2011 at Burlington House, during the UKDS London meeting.
This
presentation is a slightly edited version of the presentation
given
in the afternoon
prepared following
a very rapid reading of the strategy during the lunch period
.
It
represents only one person’s view of what might be most important to Deans of Science and to science.
In some places it uses
the
words directly from
the White Paper without quotation marks, and is presented with no personal comment
.
Of course the White Paper contains much more information than is given here. Slide3
Some Headlines
Improving UK’s innovation performance is an essential component of the Government's growth
strategy
Innovation
defined as the development of new products, services and processes, which may be based on cutting edge
research
Funding for blue
skies research as well as new discoveries and inventions
Improving the interface between
HEIs
and Business
Delivering
a better environment for commercialising research.
Policies
to stimulate UK innovation through:
greater
use of public procurement, helping Government take the lead customer role increasing investment in the Small Business Research Initiative
increasing
access to public data or to knowledge created as a result of publicly
funded research and developmentSlide4
Research
Acceptance of
all the recommendations in the review of intellectual property by Professor Ian Hargreaves
(provision of
funding,
proof of concept, market and prototype development
activities; help for
small businesses to develop innovative, technology-based products and
services, etc)
RCUK
will:
work
with UK HE funding bodies, and in discussion with individual universities and consortia,
establish a principles-based framework for the treatment and submission of multi-institutional funding bids
.Slide5
Sir Tim Wilson’s review
Will
make
recommendations on how to achieve better
business:university
links
(introduction of
new
innovation voucher scheme
aimed at SMEs which have not previously engaged with universities and the wider knowledge base
.
Government will almost certainly accept all recommendations (subject to costs) Slide6
Stimulating Innovation
NESTA will
establish a prize centre to run, design and facilitate new inducement prizes in areas not well covered by existing
activity
Government will
co-fund the first prize with £100,000 and contribute £250,000 a year
into
fund to
for
future
prizes
Other actions covered elsewhere in this presentationSlide7
Access to Research, Data and Funding
Government
has
commissioned independent groups of academics and publishers to review
availability
of
published research, and to develop action plans for making this freely
available
will
create
Open
Data
Institute
to
develop
web technologies
to use data
more
effectively and advise public sector/business on how best to
to use these and manage
data for exploitation
for economic and social
benefit
will ensure
that
UK businesses are fully engaged in Horizon 2020
.
(
the
EU Framework Programme for research and
innovation
)
hold
an Anglo-US Financing Innovation symposium in London
at time
of the 2012
OlympicsSlide8
Innovating to Grow
Key
technology-based
sectors in the
UK noted as including:
Life Sciences
High
Value Manufacturing
(
including
automotive, aerospace and
electronics)
Nanotechnology
(
coatings
, composite materials and
nanomaterials
such as
graphene
, medical technologies,
displays
and
sensors)
Digital technologiesSlide9
The
Catapults
Establishment of network of
technology and innovation
centres
branded as
‘Catapult centres
’:
High
Value Manufacturing Catapult
- consortium of seven centres based across
UK (opened Oct 2011)
Cell Therapy Catapult
- based in
London (launch in 2012)
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult -
commercialising offshore wind, wave and tidal
power, development, knowledge transfer
from established engineering industries into areas such as foundations, installation, connection, operations and
maintenance (launch in 2012)
Three more
to be announced in early 2012Slide10
Priorities
Four technology areas prioritised for
investment:
Synthetic biology
Energy-efficient computing
Energy harvesting
Graphene
(including £50M for
Graphene
Global Research and Technology Hub
)Slide11
Some Other Priorities/Actions
Challenge-led innovation and research in sectors such as automotive, healthcare,
agri
-food, construction and digital
systems
£21M for next generation satellite-based sensing
services
£180M for Integrated Translation Programme to commercialise innovations in life
sciences
Design for
innovation (design seen as an important aspect of innovative products)
Continued support for
KTNs, KTPs, small business research
initiative, etcSlide12
Some Other Priorities/Actions (contd
)
Research Councils to support (very) small ‘state of the art’ research facilities
Support for international partnerships, collaborations and strategic alliances
Small Business Research Initiative
Further action on tax allowances for investment in research and developmentSlide13
Working with Devolved Administrations
Government to
work closely
with
Devolved Administrations to raise awareness, build capacity and ensure
coherence
to:
help build
innovative
capacity of businesses throughout the
UK
increase take-up of the innovation advice and support services being funded and delivered through the various
bodies and agencies in Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland
ensure coherence between the initiatives and investments being carried out in each of the Devolved Administrations with UK programmes and
priorities, to
maximise their reach and
impactSlide14
New and Emerging Technologies
‘
As
the speed with which technologies are commercialised increases, the UK’s competitiveness will depend on our ability to identify new opportunities at an early stage and mobilise resources of skilled people and investment capital to exploit them. Whilst the UK cannot develop all emerging technologies, we can and should invest in those where we have the research and business capability to accelerate their commercialisation, and build value chains in the
UK’