Edinburgh Innovations:- Industrial Strategy and Industrial Strategy

Challenge Fund (ISCF)- Innovate UK funding opportunities- EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Activities

Caroline Woodside, ISCF Project ManagerAmy Tayler, Innovate UK Business Development Manager

School of Informatics, 29 January 2018

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Delivery mechanisms (not inclusive)

• Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (UKRI)• Wave 1 (£700m)• Wave 2 (£725m)• Wave 3? (TBC?)

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Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF)

• £4.7 billion in research & development by 2021 to support Industrial Strategy Grand Challenges and priority Challenges.

• Research Council & Innovate UK funded calls aligned to Grand Challenges & Sector Deals.

ISCF First Wave Funding (Round 1)

ISCF First Wave Funding (Round 1)

ISCF First Wave Funding (Round 2)

Faraday Battery Challenge (January 2018)

Digital Health Technology Catalyst (Jan 2018)

Extreme Robotics Challenge (February 2018)

Medicines Manufacturing (March 2018)

ISCF Wave 2: £725m

Wave 2 Priorities Alignment with Grand Challenges

Wave 2 Priorities

Wave 2 Priorities

Wave 2 Priorities

Wave 2 Priorities

Supporting UoE participation in ISCF Funding Opportunities • Dedicated ISCF team supporting industry alliances

development, collaborations and partnerships

• Experienced ISCF team in the translation & exploitation of academic research.

• Track record in strategic bid development

• University of Edinburgh offers opportunity to access all ISCF funding streams (Research Council & Innovate UK)

Caroline WoodsideISCF Project Manager

Innovate UK – Current & Upcoming Opportunities Title Open Close

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) Multiple Multiple

Cyber security academic start-ups programme 22 Jan 2018 31 Jan 2018

Manufacturing & Materials and Infrastructure Systems 28 Nov 2017 31 Jan 2018

Biomedical Catalyst (R4) 27 Nov 2017 7 Feb 2018

Open programme 11 Dec 2017 28 Feb 2018

APC9: anchoring low carbon technology development in the UK

8 Jan 2018 7 Mar 2018

Health & Life Sciences and Emerging & Enabling Technologies 22 Jan 2018 28 Mar 2018

ISCF - Faraday Battery Challenge innovation round 2 22 Jan 2018 28 Mar 2018

Simulation, modelling, AI & AR for CAVs 15 Jan 2018 2 May 2018

ISCF - Digital Health Technology Catalyst round 2 Jan 2018 TBC

Open programme Feb 2018 TBC

ISCF - Extreme Robotics Challenge Feb 2018 TBC

Biomedical Catalyst (R5) Mar 2018 TBC

ISCF - Medicines Manufacturing cR&D round 2 Mar 2018 TBC

Research base participation in Innovate UK projects (typical rules)• Industry-led (UK-based)• Alone (<£100k) or in collaboration (>£100k)• 6-36 months• An SME usually has to benefit• Research participation capped at 30%

(sometimes 50%, but not often!)

• 85% of collaborative projects involve academic partners

• Projects with 2 or more academic partners deliver twice the RoI than those with none.

3 top tips for a good Innovate UK proposal• A strong business case with clear innovation

• What is the need/benefit to be addressed?• What’s novel/innovative?• What are the market size and dynamics, and what is your route to market?

• A credible plan for R&D• Collaborative R&D• The right consortium• Provide a clear/simple management structure, work plan and Gantt chart

• A clear need for support (risk)• Explain the risks and how these will be mitigated - technical, commercial and

environmental• Balance a realistic prospect of success with sufficient uncertainty and a need

for R&D• Why won’t it go ahead without public funding?

Cyber security academic start-ups programme• Innovate UK & Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)• Investing up to £500,000 in ~ 30 innovative cyber security ideas coming

from the academic research base.• Eligibility criteria:

• be based in a UK academic institution• have a cyber security idea• be interested in the commercialisation of your idea• have the support of your academic institution’s technology transfer

office, or equivalent• 6 week programme, support from experts in cyber security, development of

value proposition and business pitch• Eligible costs up to £16,000

Opened: 22 Jan 2018Closes: 31 Jan 2018

Simulation, modelling, artificial intelligence & augmented reality for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs)

• Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and Innovate UK• Government target to have autonomous vehicles on the road by 2021• It is not realistic to test every combination of sensor input and driving

situation• Holistic modelling & simulation methods to develop & meet approval

mechanisms & standards• Seeking to fund 5-8 projects each costing £500k-£2m (total budget up to

£15m) and lasting <2 years• Must be business led• Research base can only incur <30% of the total project cost

Opened: 15 Jan 2018Closes: 2 May 2018

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)

Opened: MultipleCloses: Multiple

• 3-way partnership: business, academic & associate• An additional £30m for this financial year, plus future

funding indicated in the Industrial Strategy • Assistance from KTAs and East of Scotland KTP centre =

excellent success rates!• What’s in it for academics? IMPACT! Data from 2013-14 Report

• 98% benefiting through staff development• 92% reporting benefits to teaching • 91% reporting benefits to research • 3 new research projects • 2 research papers published in refereed journals and • 3 other articles published as a result of participation in a

KTP

Supporting UoE participation in Innovate UK projects

• Dedicated, in-house expertise on Innovate UK funding• Promoting research-base collaboration in business-led projects• Assistance in coordinating major bids• Proactive approach to match UoE experts to projects & funding

opportunities• Building relationship with Innovate UK and KTN• Horizon-scanning for opportunities under UKRI post April 2018

Dr Amy Tayler Business Development

(Innovate UK)

The Impact Agenda and EPSRC IAA• The RCUK Impact Agenda aims to:

• ensure that RCUK funded research delivers societal and economic benefit;• encourage researchers to consider how they will achieve research excellence with

Impact and to explore the pathways for realising this;

• UoE and Edinburgh Innovations (EI) have been awarded an EPSRC Impact Acceleration grant to help deliver Impact:

• Third phase of funding awarded to the UoE;• 3 year award - funds fully spent by March 2020;• Support for industry engagement and commercialisation activities from EPSRC

funded research;

Funds are managed by EI on behalf of the College of Science & Engineering

IAA Streams of Activity

Open Calls

Creating new partnerships

Developing existing

partnerships

Industry Engagement

Events

AIMday

Fast Forward

External Events

International Activity

COMAC

Dedicated Support Team

Maximiseopportunities

Support applications

Types of EngagementOpen Calls

Secondments

Collaborative research

Events

Opportunity for a PhD student to work with industry

Internships

Either into or out of industry (or other stakeholders)

Funding to develop EPSRC early stage research outputs

Visits to industry sector trade show or industry targeted conferences and events

Open Call Applications

Funding Criteria• Projects should have a clear knowledge exchange or commercialisation focus;

• Projects must be for work that has clear links to previous/current EPSRC funding;

• Applications must clearly state and justify why the project has not been enabled by, and is

therefore different or additional to, the pathways identified in the pathways to impact (PTI)

statement on the original grant;

• Proposals should indicate any link to funding from other funding sources and outline how this

could provide additional leverage;

• Consider the strategic link to UK strategic impact and innovation.

Funding Criteria• The expectation is that partners will match IAA spend on projects. For collaborative projects; IAA

spend must be matched by the partner with a minimum 30% supported in cash and the remainder through in kind contributions such as staff time, equipment, consumables etc.;

• Eligible user organisations should be UK-based businesses (or UK sites of international businesses), UK charities, and UK public sector organisations;

• Applications should be properly costed (with only direct costs allowed) and approved through your usual school systems;

• All projects must take place in the spend period between 1 August 2017 and 31 January 2020 – no extensions permitted;

• The maximum project length will normally be 12 months.

Successful Projects - ExamplesMore than 120 projects have been supported by IAA funding since 2012 with the amount of funding ranging from less than £1,000 to nearly £100,000.

Case Study: Edinburgh Innovations building partnerships: Dr Louise Horsfall

Project Name Award Value Project Length Project Type

Improved recovery of high value materials from biomass

£33,066 6 months Collaborative

Development of polymer based additives for enhancing phase change materials

£24,908 6 months Collaborative

Secondment to Drone Deploy £25,200 12 months Secondment

Accelerating Impact with an Open Access Research Facility for Industrial Research in Carbon Capture

£49,589 11 months Collaborative

Computer simulations of automotive lubricants

£9,741 7 months Secondment

Application Process

Application forms and detailed rules are available on the CSE’s EPSRC Impact Acceleration Webpage.

BDE/TTE Sign Off Application incl. Budget and LoS Review Panel

Application Outcome

Communicated

BDE Support for Contract

Negotiation Etc.

Resources are available to support you throughout the process – get in touch!

The IAA team are based in the Peter Wilson Building, KB. Support can also be found via your local BDE.

The funding call process will open to applications with deadlines, review dates and feedback dates as per below schedule.

Funding pot is limited and will be distributed on a first come first served basis.

Deadlines and Panel Dates for Applications

Call Opens Call Closes Panel Convenes Decision Communicated

6 November 2017 1 December 2017 4 December 2018 W/c 18 December 2017

8 January 2018 26 January 2018 29 January 2018 W/c 12 February 2018

29 January 2018 2 March 2018 8 March 2018 W/c 12 March 2018

5 March 2018 6 April 2018 12 April 2018 W/c 16 April 2018

9 April 2018 4 May 2018 10 May 2018 W/c 14 May 2018

Academic Industry Meeting Day• AIMday is an opportunity for academics and organisations to make contacts and exchange knowledge

• One day event focused on industry challenges in a specific theme, tackled in several parallel workshops

• Questions and challenges from companies are matched with specific academic expertise to form the basis of short, multidisciplinary workshop discussions in small groups.

• 10 events held to date with over 100 company representatives taking part, in various themes such as energy, manufacturing, fluid flows, life sciences

• More than 150 academics and have been presented with over 110 company challenges

• Each workshop:• 1 hour

• 1 challenge/question

• Company representatives

• Multidisciplinary panel of experts with an interest in the topic/challenge

• Identify potential pathways to solutions

Academic Industry Meeting Day• Benefits

• Meet companies and learn about their reals needs and challenges in your research area• Discover how your research, knowledge and experience can be applied to identify possible

pathways to solutions for the companies• Make new contacts that may lead to future projects• Meet other academics and researchers from across a wide range of

institutes/schools/colleges across the UoE to discuss issues of common interest• Get inspiration and ideas that increase the quality of your own research

AIMday Data takes place Thursday 15th March 2018 – Save the date!Big data and intelligent systems; Data processing, analysis and storage;

Machine learning; Cyber security; Healthcare analytics

Academic registrations open on 12th February and close 2nd March 2018

• New EI event which takes the opportunity to explore innovations that may shape next 10-20 years and develop a joint vision of the Future with our industry partners:

• To increase the impact, influence and relevance of today’s research• To seek solutions to industry challenges• To share insights between academia and industry to understand and de-risk the future and maintain

competitive advantage

• Engages companies to:• View future technologies and the latest innovative thinking at the University of Edinburgh• De-risk the future through understanding possible disruptive technologies and the opportunities they present• Identify areas for long-term competitive advantage with the help of leading researchers• Stay at the forefront of the latest thinking with access to world leading academic expertise, facilities and

students

Upcoming Events

EI are holding the following events:• AIMday Data – 15 March

• AIMday Complex Fluids – 14 June

• Fast Forward Energy – 26 June

• AIMday Energy – 27 June

• AIMday Digital Manufacturing – 10 October

Get in touchApplications should be submitted to EPSRCIAA@ed.ac.uk copying in your Business Development or Technology Transfer Executive. For general advice and guidance on IAA funds or your application, please contact: EPSRCIAA@ed.ac.uk and one of the EPSRC IAA team will respond.

http://edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/3613766/

@edininnovations

Caroline Woodside, ISCF Project Manager: caroline.woodside@ei.ed.ac.ukAmy Tayler, Innovate UK Business Development Manager: amy.tayler@ei.ed.ac.uk