Knowledge Exchange Fellow

作为由许多资助机构支持的更广泛的研究活动计划的一部分，物理系拥有非常庞大和多样化的STFC资助的研究组合。其中一些研究已经在其他地方得到应用，在其他学术学科(例如工程学和化学)和商业开发(例如计量学和射频设备)中都有应用，但还有许多潜力有待充分开发。牛津大学有一个活跃的技术转让办公室--牛津大学创新办公室(OUI)，一旦确定了客户或市场，技术达到概念验证，该办公室就可以协助专利申请、许可、衍生公司和咨询。然而，我们的研究以及与业界合作的研究项目的大多数新应用程序，都需要密切、直接地了解我们的产品组合，了解来自物理学的商业化挑战，以及专门的时间和努力来探索潜在的机会。该部门的一名IPS研究员在增加我们在范围和程度上的知识交流方面发挥了独特的作用，转变了我们向其他领域转移技术的能力。物理系是该大学数学、物理和生命科学部的一部分，因此，这一职责与数学、物理和生命科学部的补充活动具有协同作用，包括对工作人员和学生进行企业和创业方面的培训活动，以及支持管理由行业资助的大型研究方案。该大学在其研究服务办公室内还有一个知识交流和影响小组，该小组支持大学范围内的活动，如管理研究理事会影响加速账户，与当地经济伙伴关系等利益攸关方联系，以及协调影响案例研究的沟通。这位研究员是确保STFC资助的研究以及STFC资助的教职员工和学生得到认可和支持的关键，以实现这些更广泛的支持团队的影响。像大多数物理系一样，牛津大学在追求其研究的影响方面面临着挑战，其中一些在STFC社区中更为普遍。正是在这里，这位牛津IPS研究员的影响力最大。与其他研究委员会资助的研究项目相比，STFC资助的研究项目的开始和结束时的技术准备水平(TRL)往往较低，通常不针对学术界以外的特定应用。这使得理解研究项目产生影响的途径对学者来说是一个特殊的挑战，从而减少了工作产生非学术影响的可能性。到目前为止，牛津大学的两名研究员利用他们在知识交流方面的专业经验和专职资源，在项目开始之前以及在项目结束期间和之后解决了这一劣势。本申请申请将牛津IPS奖学金延长两年。

The Department of Physics has a very large and diverse portfolio of STFC-funded research, as part of a wider programme of research activity supported by many funding agencies. Some of this research has already found application elsewhere, in both other academic disciplines (e.g. engineering and chemistry) and commercial development (e.g. metrology and radiofrequency devices), but much has potential yet to be fully explored. The University has an active technology transfer office, Oxford University Innovation (OUI), which can assist in patent applications, licensing, spin-out companies and consulting once a customer or market is identified and the technology has reached proof of concept. However, the majority of new applications for our research, and for collaborative research projects with industry, require a close, direct knowledge of our portfolio, an understanding of the challenges to commercialisation from physics, as well as dedicated time and effort to explore potential opportunities. An IPS Fellow based in the department has played a unique role in increasing our knowledge exchange in both scope and extent, transforming our ability to transfer technology to and from other domains. The Department of Physics is part of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division of the University, and thus this role has synergies with complementary activities in MPLS, including training activities for staff and students in enterprise and entrepreneurship and support for managing large industry-funded research programmes. The University also has a Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team within its Research Services office, which supports University-wide activity, such as administering research council Impact Acceleration Accounts, liaising with stakeholders such as the Local Economic Partnership and coordinating communication of impact case studies. The Fellow is key to ensuring STFC-funded research as well as staff and students funded by STFC are recognised and supported to achieve impact by these wider support teams. Like most Physics Departments, Oxford faces challenges in the pursuit of realising impact from its research, some of which are more prevalent in the STFC community. It is here, where the Oxford IPS Fellow is having the most significant influence. STFC-funded research projects often begin and end at lower Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) compared to those funded by other research councils and are not, generally, aimed at specific applications beyond academia. This makes understanding the Pathways to Impact of a research project a particular challenge for the academic and consequently reduces the probability of non-academic impact arising from the work. The two Oxford Fellows in post to date have been able to address this disadvantage before projects are started, as well during and after a project has ended, by using their professional experience of knowledge exchange and their dedicated resource. This application requests the two year extension to the Oxford IPS Fellowship.