Defining Problems in Transport and Mobility

Research Delivering SolutionsThe University View

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

R&D Life Cycle and Valleys of Death

PrivateEquity

Trade Buyer

Grants

MicroFinance

Development

Funding

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

Valley of Death or New Approach?

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

Innovation Funding Shortfall

AcademicBusiness

Partnershipsor Spin Outs

IndustryRe-investment

in R&DSector?

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

THE ISSUE:Regional Academic/ Industry/Public Authority Partnerships.

R&D base with 200 R&D projects identified across THE ISSUE consortium.

50% relevant to sustainable transport development objectives of RLAs.

40 Case Studies of applications of Space and ICT technologies. Over 50% are university or university/academic collaborative projects. Most are TRL 3+

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

Output Metric G-STEPUniversity of Leicester

GRACEUniversity of Nottingham

Companies Assisted 46 340

Regional Investment leveraged £982,000 >£1.5m

GVA £995,000 Not currently measured

Grant income leveraged £7,000,000 >£10,000,000

Jobs created and saved 23 56

Patents 1 3

Graduates placed 30 Not measured

Faltering Steps into the Valley of DeathTwo Academic-Business Partnerships in the East

Midlands

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TRL Type Budget Duration (years)

1-3 Concept Study 50K - 200K up to 1University R&D ead

3-6 Feasibility and Pilot Studies

300K – 1M 1 to 2Academic-Industry

partnership

6-8 Operational Demonstration

2M - 6M 2 to 3Consortium led.

University Technology Transfer role

The Catapult network of world-leading innovation centres bringing research and business together accelerating commercialisation

Teaming with Academic-Business Partnerships, via THE ISSUE(The G-STEP Model)

Joint Feasibility Study

Identified possible Horizon 2020 funding routes

13/01/2014 NEP Logistics Working Group 9

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The G-STEP ModelAcademic-Industry Partnerships best suited to growth and longer term ROI.Licencing technology transfer preferred.Lower emphasis on protection of marginal IPRLinks to Catapult needed to ensure engagement in large scale project demonstration to market roll-out.Targeting H2020 Societal Challenge Programmes

Business development focus :Cover FEC. Protection (marginal) IPR

Impediment to knowledge transfer.

Academic-Industry Partnerships: More long term approach.Not well supported from HEIF funding.Longer term benefits of re-investment and joint

enterprise.More potential for growth and ROI.Licenced technology transfer=income stream.

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

Research Delivering Solutions:The University View? Predominently Short Term