supa kt presentation to the supa international advisory board april 2012
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SUPA KT
Presentation to the SUPA International Advisory Board
April 2012
SUPA KT
1 Review 20112 Strategy 2012
Strategic Aim of SUPA KT
“..to increase engagement between SUPA and industrial
partners for financial and economic benefit”
The Team
Addressing the Strategic Goals
• Deliver specific industry programmes (by SUPA KT team)
• Investigate and inform research groups of relevant industrial market information and un-met needs
• Encourage and enable increased collaborative research activities with industrial partners – TSB, FP7, KTP
• Facilitate or support direct commercialisation activity (spin out, licensing, Fraunhofer, Innovation Centre, Innovation Centres)
“..to increase engagement between SUPA and industrial partners for financial and economic benefit”
Specific Programmes
• Delivered tailored technical programmes (“SUPA starts”)to over 30 companies and direct general support to over 80 companies from all SUPA partners
• Draft external evaluation shows £1.9m of added revenue already generated by SMEs as a consequence of project with projections of £6m
• Has created significant follow-on work – SUPA start to SUPA start plus, KTP and so on
SEEKIT/ERDF Project for Scottish SME support
£1.9m additional revenue already attributable to project
Specific Programmes
• 14 fully-funded industrial studentships with companies with Scottish R&D presence
• (in process of) placing 9 industry academic exchanges
• Has created significant follow-on work (studentship > placement > SUPA start)
INSPIRE(PaLS-related)
“Investigate and Inform”
• Review status of market, identify key companies and policies, investigate main un-met needs
• Disseminate information throughout SUPA
• Analyse findings with key research groups in SUPA
• Agree areas where a potential “Offering” can be made to industry
• Broker engagement
Market sector reviews –
“Investigate and Inform”
• Comprehensive market report produced and made available (on SUPA website)
• Met 8 companies throughout UK, as well as key government agencies
• 6 specific collaborative projects have been followed up – 3 confirmed contracts have resulted so far
• Better-informed SUPA community
Market sector reviews –
DEFENCE SENSING
“Investigate and Inform”
• Same sequence of activities carried out and report published on SUPA website
• Collaboration with SINAPSE for industrial leads
• Less engagement (than for defence sensing) by SUPA so far
• Scottish Enterprise have adopted market review
Market sector reviews –
MEDICAL IMAGING
“Investigate and Inform”
• Opportunity study carried out and disseminated
• Led to specific analysis of financial and operating models for proposed SCAPA facility
Market sector reviews –
SCAPA
“Encourage and Enable”• Increased participation in policy
formulation - eg 3 SUPA representatives at European Technology Platform workshops Photonics 21
• Disseminate information on calls specifically targeted throughout SUPA
• Actively broker collaborations and partnerships
• Through PEER, specifically target Scottish SME participation in FP7
Collaborative Research Programmes – FP7, TSB
“Encourage and Enable”• PEER (started 3 months ago), follow
up with 12 companies, three new partnerships created, 1 application, 2 in development for future call
• Now responding to advance notice from Photonics 21 of forthcoming call (May) for Biophotonics ERA-NET
• Recent TSB “Technology-inspired collaborative R&D” call – 9 bids from all Scottish Unis – 2 assisted from SUPA KT
Collaborative Research Programmes – FP7, TSB
“Facilitate and Support”• Development of Fraunhofer – identification of
industry need, maximise benefits to SUPA• Working with SUPA REF group to maximise impact
from impact statements • “Enhanced” STFC PIPPS fellowship (pending
appointment) – seeking commercial application for SUPA STFC-funded programmes
• Individual project support and development • Contributed to development and achievement of
SELEX chair at H-W• Entrepreneurial training for early-stage researchers• Support of SU2P and other complementary initiatives
A range of commercialisation and culture-change activities
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
SUPA Commercial Income (£k)actual v target
SUPA TotalSUPA Target
Income to SUPA from Industry (HESA figures)
Industrial Income to SUPA – National Comparison
• Summed income over last 7 years – SUPA has 4 universities in UK top 10
• Cambridge dominates UK industrial income - Strathclyde 2nd in UK in 2010-11, overtaking Imperial College
• This is despite context of BERD in Scotland being about 45% that of UK as a whole
Business Enterprise R&D Spend (BERD)
Summary of Position
• Relatively strong commercial engagement in UK terms despite low concentration of industrial R&D spend in Scotland
• Increasing engagement with SME community with significant economic benefit resulting
• Increased effort into participation in TSB & FP7
Where We Aspire To Be
• Strong REF Impact, now and future• More commercial/entrepreneurial
culture within SUPA• More national and international
commercial engagements• Larger, sustainable, collaborative
contracts
Key Strategic Elements 2012
More national and international commercial engagements
• More resource in active marketing/relationship building in TSB and FP7
• Develop international opportunities through SU2P and SFC exchanges
Key Strategic Elements 2012
Larger, more sustainable engagements
Build on to strengths – eg, seek support for creation of Innovation Centre – working with largest companies in Scotland as well as supply chain and end users.