The Science and Technology Facilities Council formed by Royal Charter in 2007 (by combining CCLRC and PPARC), the Science and Technology Facilities Council is one of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research organisations supporting scientists and engineers world-wide. The Council operates world-class, large scale research facilities and provides strategic advice to the UK government on their development. It also manages international research projects in support of a broad cross-section of the UK research community. The Council also directs, coordinates and funds research, education and training.
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Creative Industries champion announced - New network to bridge creativity and technology
NESTA report calls for 'Total Innovation' to ensure UK firms compete internationally
We are pleased to announce that following the recent membership elections the following candidates have been appointed to the IKT Board.
Friday, May 09, 2008 - Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (SABIP) has been set up as an advisory non-departmental body to give Ministers strategic advice on intellectual property issues. It has a research budget which it will use to commission the empirical evidence that will underpin its thinking and advice.
A new initiative the "IKT Conversations" project is now up and running. We're holding a public discussion on hot topics in Knowledge Transfer on our new blog page at www.ikt.org.uk
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) today announces that it has secured a €2.4 million government grant from the Technopartner-SKE program. The grant helps the Erasmus MC to further strengthen its technology transfer policy and support even more innovative life science start-up companies.
Source: Science|Business
Imperial Innovations Group plc has formed a $1million proof of concept programme funded by Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Ltd, a diversified conglomerate that includes the oldest construction company in India.
Peter Wrobel, Barcelona
Commissioner Potocnik: Europe needs to react faster.
European Union Research and Science Commissioner Janez Potocnik called this week for Europe to adopt a global culture of entrepreneurship in the face of the wake-up call from China and India – and from the United States. And that, he implied, means taking a fresh look at red tape and competition policy.
Source: www.ScienceBusiness.net
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The spin-out tag makes university start-ups look weak and vulnerable, says Philip Sharpe, a Ventures Director at QinetiQ plc, one of Europe’s largest technology commercialisation companies.
News release from Imperial
Imperial Innovations Group plc announced that £1.5 million of seed funding has been raised for i2india Holdings Limited (“i2india”), a technology commercialisation and investment company focused on creating commercial value from intellectual property developed in India.
The UK government has announced key science & technology appoinments
Following a joint meeting of representatives from the National Steering Group for Knowledge Transfer Good Practices and IKT Executive Committee we are pleased to announce that the Knowledge Transfer Good Practice programme will now be delivered under the IKT brand.
The Conference, taking place in London UK, will focus on entrepreneurship education from the perspective of the knowledge transfer community.
The Sainsbury Review of UK Science and Innovation Policy - The Race to the Top - has been published.
The Association for University Research and Industry Links (AURIL) and The Open University have collaborated on a joint award – a Post Graduate Certificate in Knowledge Transfer - the first Knowledge Transfer award in
An article in the FT highlights a survey of chemistry spin-outs from UK universities, by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Chemistry Leadership Council. In the article it mentions Oxford University has been most active in commercialising its research, with 16 spin-out companies formed so far (12 since 2000).
Building on the success of the 2003-04 and 2005-06 Business Plan Competition, the UK Research Councils have again joined forces to deliver the 2007-08 Research Councils Business Plan Competition
AURIL, working with the AIMES Centre at the University of Liverpool and Christine Reid, Solicitor, is carrying a study on behalf of JISC Legal, into the use of publicly funded ICT resources, such as software, databases, network mailing systems, and network access by businesses.
The UK Government wants to simplify business support in England from around 3000 schemes to no more than 100 by 2010.
The sixth Higher education-business and community interaction survey (HEFCE 2007/17) has been published on the HEFCE web-site today.
The number of spin off companies with links to higher education institutions (HEI) is on the rise, with growing commercial research and intellectual property income underscoring higher education's key role in the economy, new figures revealed today.
Entrepreneurs are being urged to look to the future of satellite navigation.
€30 million AIB Seed Capital Fund to be located at NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin.
Research in the arts and humanities in the UK is among the best in the world, says Philip Esler.
On 28 June the UK Government created the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). The new Department aims to deliver the Government’s long-term vision to make Britain one of the best places in the world for science, research and innovation. It also seeks to ensure that the UK has the skilled workforce it needs to compete in the global economy.
The Wellcome Trust has set up a Technology Transfer Awards Scheme to help bridge the gap between fundamental research and commercial application.
The strategy sets out what the EPSRC will to do to help make sure that the results of its investments reach the public and private sector organisations that need them, and that they benefit UK society.
Knowledge transfer professionals in the UK and Ireland now have their own professional body. The Institute of Knowledge Transfer (IKT), which officially launches on 9 May, brings together the people who help to turn world-class research in science, the arts and social sciences into products and processes that can enhance the competitiveness of the UK and Ireland.
The European Commission invites participation in an online ERA consultation. "The European Research Area: New Perspectives".
The German Presidency has urged public-research institutions and universities to professionalise their management of intellectual property and proposes the establishment of a specific European Charter for this purpose.
The European Commission has presented for consultations new draft rules to exempt more subsidies from the notification obligation laid down in EC Treaty state aid rules.
Space agencies continue coordination of exploration plans