Knowledge Transfer Grant

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Knowledge Transfer Grant
Dr Joe Irvine UHI Head of Knowledge Exchange
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Knowledge Transfer
Source Cullen 2008
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Knowledge Transfer Grant 2011-12

• The allocation of KTG is driven by historic
  income data collected as a set of metrics
• Relative success in securing external income is
  rewarded with a greater share of funding
• Horizon Fund
• Strategic use of KE support
• 10 -15 million to Scottish universities
• UHI KTG (20011-12) 639,000

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KTG 2012-13

• Funding allocations for individual universities -
  March 2012
• Focus on
• Larger scale projects
• to stimulate sustainable linkages between
  academia and industry
• Support for strategic projects that demonstrably
  support economic growth
• New conditions of grant
• easy access IP model in place by 2012-13
• Establishment of a single KE office within the
  next 2 years
• Individual outcome agreements

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Changes to KTG reporting

• Institutions must now return 4 sets of
  information/data
• Strategic KE documents
• 2. Information on the use of KTG
• 3. Statistics for the output from KE activity
• 4. Narratives describing the impacts of KE
  activity

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KTG weighting
Metric Description Weighting
Outreach KTP, ESF, etc. 5
Enterprise schemes POC, Link, etc. 4
Consultancy Expert advice 3.5
CPD Self financing 2.5
Grants contracts UK industry, central and local, government, etc. 2.25
Licensing Including income from sale of companies 1.5
Venturing Venture capital 1
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UHI KTG returns
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KTG Distribution to Academic Partners
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Optimising revenue from KTG

• Now
• Ensure optimal capture
• Ensure optimal reporting
• Future
• KT Strategy