INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE

• Distributed Projects

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVEDistributed
Projects

• PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE FUNDERS
• Adrian Alsop 04.03.09

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE

• The Funders
• NESTA
• Technology Strategy Board
• Department for Innovation, Universities and
  Skills
• Economic and Social Research Council
• N.B. Partnership of equals
• Partnership committed to quality, impact and
  independence

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE

• Features
• Inclusive, holistic definition of innovation
• successful introduction of new services,
  products,
• processes, business models and ways of
  working
• ? businesses of all sizes and sectors
• ? public services (and third sector).

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE

• Partners have already commissioned UK
  Innovation Research Centre at the University of
  Cambridge and Imperial College.
• Centre research programme focuses on 4 areas
• Service Innovation and Performance at the
  Sector level
• Managerial and Strategic Business Practices
  and Open Innovation
• On line communities and the Dynamics of
  Distributed
• Innovation
• How Does the Evidence Base Influence
  Innovation Policy?
• Centre also has responsibilities for
• knowledge exchange hub
• enhancing capacity for future research

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE

• (continued)
• N.B. (i) Centre cannot bid for
  distributed projects
• N.B. (ii) Projects will need to work
  with Centre
• knowledge exchange hub

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE- FEATURES

• 3A If you are eligible for support for any
  one of the funders you are
• eligible to apply for or be involved
  in a distributed project.
• 1.5m available for this call
• Timetable
• Announcement 13.02.09
• Town meeting 04.03.09
• Call for full proposals 26.03.09
  4.00 p.m.
• Announcement 29.05.09
• Awards Commence 01.10.09

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE- FEATURES

• 3B Criteria for Distributed Project
• excellence
• fit to specification
• value for money
• potential for impact (n.b. expectation of
  co-production
• of knowledge)

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE- FEATURES

• 3c Innovation Research Initiative
• Features
• For Universities/IROs the Full Economic
  Cost Regime
• Two kinds of projects
• Up to 600,000 FEC substantive
• Up to 50,000 FEC explorative
• N.B. Funding partners impose no quota between
  types of projects, driven by application of
  criteria

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE

• Queries
• Now!
• Later
• Jeremy Spandler
• Jeremy.Spandler_at_esrc.ac.uk

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INNOVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE

• Distributed Projects