Knowledge Transfer Account - University of Liverpool

KTA的资金将用于创建一个知识开发实验室（KEL），以利用EPSRC资助的4300万美元在分子材料（占KTA资金的50%），高级工程（30%）和传感器和监测（20%）领域的研究。KEL将把技术用户、学者和技术供应商（即把科学包装成实用技术的企业，如科学仪器制造商）聚集在一起。KEL将承担开发工作，以提高技术准备水平，从而使EPSRC的研究成果从对基础科学的深刻理解推进到可以由用户和技术供应商自信地评估的已证实的技术。技术供应链的参与将集中发展工作，并确保至关重要的人员流动的发生。KEL将通过降低风险和时间尺度来加速开发，这可以从所附的支持信中得到证明。KTA的资金将用于实验室空间和专门人员。整个方案具有选择和监测项目进展的流程，以便在所有项目中灵活地部署资源。由科学与工程PVC领导的治理过程具有外部行业代表，并负责将开发嵌入学院以及监督KTA项目本身。已经确定了一个强有力的初步项目组合。面向业务的资源将由HEIF资助的业务网关团队提供。他们将得到市场运营经理的支持，该经理将研究关键行业和应用领域，以评估开发潜力和市场路线。

The KTA funding will be used to create a Knowledge Exploitation Laboratory (KEL) to exploit 43m of EPSRC funded research in the fields of Molecular Materials (50% of KTA funding), Advanced Engineering (30%) and Sensors and Monitoring (20%). The KEL will bring together technology users, academics and technology suppliers (i.e. businesses who package the science into practical technology such as scientific instrument makers). The KEL will undertake development work so that the technology readiness level is increased so that EPSRC research outputs advance from a strong understanding of the underlying science to proven demonstrated technology that can be confidently appraised by users and technology suppliers alike. The involvement of technology supply chain will focus development work and ensure the critically important personnel flows take place. The KEL will accelerate exploitation by reducing both risks and timescales this is evidenced by the attached letters of support. KTA funds will be used for laboratory space and dedicated personnel .The overall programme has processes for selecting and monitoring project progressto flexibly deploy resources across all projects. The governance process, led by the PVC for Science andEngineering, has external industry representation and is charged with embedding exploitation in the Facultyas well as supervision of the KTA projects themselves. A strong portfolio of initial projects has been identified.Business facing resources will be provided by the HEIF funded Business Gateway team. They will besupported by a Market Operations Manager who will research key industries and application areas to assessexploitation potential and routes to market.