Knowledge Transfer Account - University of Bath

影响评估小组（IAG）将邀请EPRSC资助的学者介绍他们对商业或社会研究的未来影响的理解和讨论。IAG将捕捉这些影响，并选择CA。20个高影响力项目，他们将以项目开发团队的形式调动以下资源，该团队将由以下人员组成：KT导师：来自企业的成功企业家，他们将协助和指导开发团队（行动学习）并参加培训讲习班（面向项目开发团队和更广泛的受众）;KT冠军：来自大学内部的学术导师，成功地将研究产生的知识转移到业务中。我们计划在第一年后任命这些人，并希望大多数人（如果不是全部的话）都是从该计划中受益的个人; KT奖学金：奖学金可以从大学内部购买学术时间，也可以从第三方聘请人员（企业和/或研究机构）直接在巴斯大学从事利用EPSRC资助的研究所需的活动。IAG还将批准分配：将留出概念验证资金，使项目开发小组能够进行少量的技术开发或营销，以帮助了解或测试特定市场，并确定进一步伙伴关系发展项目的范围;伙伴关系发展奖将为伙伴关系发展项目提供资金，在这些项目中，开发伙伴将在取得成功结果后承诺进一步投资（在授予任何奖项之前将商定标准）。合作伙伴关系发展奖将以知识转移合作伙伴关系（KTP），持续专业发展（CPD）赠款和/或全新的商业采用赠款（CAG）的形式提供，如下：KTP：我们将采用国家KTP模式，为一名或多名毕业生的就业提供资金。毕业生在公司工作，在高级经理的日常监督下。一名大学工作人员在知识转移过程中支持毕业生，并与毕业生和公司内部的高级经理经常接触。巴斯大学在课程期间雇用毕业生，这使他们能够像其他工作人员一样访问大学设施和部门;商业采用赠款将共同资助技术的进一步开发或测试/可行性研究，利用EPRSC资助的想法，由企业进行。该补助金的一个主要特点是，英国最终用户必须（与项目开发团队）制定成功结果的标准，并承诺在成功后投资于技术的商业化或利用。持续专业发展（CPD）赠款：将共同资助活动，通过企业和大学之间的合作伙伴关系创建和资助的定制模块，吸引雇主以下活动也将捕捉和庆祝KTA的影响：网络和展示活动，以庆祝EPRSC资助的研究的知识转移，讨论概念，并向企业展示研究成果和原型;反馈问卷和与参与学者，工业合作伙伴和支持合作伙伴的访谈;案例研究从该计划内发起的新的KT活动发展。评估小组连同项目开发团队的建立，以及概念验证基金和合作伙伴发展奖的分配，将导致更多的经济和社会影响，以及大学内创新和创业的可持续文化。

An Impact Assessment Group (IAG) will invite EPRSC funded academics to present their understanding of, and to discuss, the future impact of their research on business or society. The IAG will capture these impacts and select ca. 20 high-impact projects to which they will mobilise the following resources in the form of a Project Exploitation Team which will consist of:KT Mentors: successful entrepreneurs from businesses who will assist and mentor the Exploitation Teams (action learning) and participate in training workshops (for Project Exploitation Teams and a wider audience);KT Champions: an academic mentor from within the University, successful in the transfer of knowledge arising from research to business. We plan to appoint these after the first year and expect that most if not all will have been individuals who have benefited from this Programme; KT Fellowships: A fellowship either buying out academic time from within the University or engaging someone from a third party (businesses and/or research institutions) to work at the University of Bath directly on activities required to exploit EPSRC funded research.The IAG will also approve the allocation of:Proof of Concept (PoC) funding will be set aside to enable Project Exploitation Teams to carry out a small amount of technical development, or marketing, to help understand, or test, a particular market and scope further partnership development projects;Partnership Development Awards will fund partnership development projects, in which the exploitation partner will be expected to commit to further investment following a successful outcome (the criteria for which will be agreed before any award is made). The Partnership Development Awards will be delivered in the form of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Grants, and/or brand new Commercial Adoption Grants (CAGs) as follows:KTPs: we will adopt the national KTP model which funds the employment of one or more graduates to work on a specified project. The graduate works in the company, under the day-to-day supervision of a senior manager. A University member of staff supports the graduate in knowledge transfer process with frequent contact with both the graduate and the senior manager within the company. The University of Bath employs the graduate for the duration of the programme, which gives them the same access to the University facilities and departments as other staff;Commercial Adoption Grants will co-fund the further development of technologies or testing/feasibility studies to be undertaken utilising EPRSC funded ideas, by businesses. A key feature of this Grant is that the UK end-user must set (with the Project Exploitation Team) criteria for a successful outcome, and must commit to either investing in the commercialisation or utilisation of the technology upon success. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Grants: will co-fund activities to engage employers through tailored modules created and funded in partnership between businesses and the University of BathThe following activities will also capture and celebrate the impact of the KTA:Networking and showcase events in order to celebrate knowledge transfer of EPRSC funded research, discuss concepts and showcase research outputs and prototypes to businesses;Feedback questionnaires and interviews with participating academics, industrial partners, and supporting partners;Case Study Development from new KT activities initiated from within this Programme.The innovative combination of the exciting early strategic interventions by the Impact Assessment Group together with the establishment of Project Exploitation Teams and the allocation of both Proof of Concept funds and Partnership Development Awards, will lead to a greater number of economic and societal impacts, and a sustainable culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within the University.