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\"InnovateIndustrial Strategy Challenge Fund<\/h2>\n

Ian Anderson and myself attended the Innovate UK annual conference where announcements were made on significant funding to encourage industry to work with HEI\u2019s, a key element of this being the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ISCF was announced in April 2017 to bring together the UK\u2019s world leading research with business to meet the major industrial and societal challenges of our time. At its core, it is about putting innovation at the heart of improving living standards, creating well-paid sustainable jobs and driving economic growth.<\/p>\n

The Fund<\/a>, part of the government\u2019s \u00a34.7 billion increase in research and development over the next 4 years, reflects how public research funding is increasingly prioritising industry collaboration and offers a great opportunity for Edinburgh Napier\u2019s researchers to work with industry on high-impact research.<\/p>\n

The ISCF is a series of challenges, some of which have already been announced and more still under discussion to hopefully be announced by the end of December.
\nWorking together the Government, businesses and academics have identified the biggest core industrial challenges where:<\/p>\n

\u2022 the UK has a world-leading research base
\n\u2022 there is a large or fast-growing and sustainable global market<\/p>\n

First wave challenges<\/h2>\n

The six initial challenges selected to receive support from the Fund, with a combined budget of nearly \u00a3700 million were:<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Healthcare and medicines – \u00a3197m<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Robotics and artificial intelligence – \u00a393m<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Clean and flexible energy – \u00a3246m<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Driverless vehicles – \u00a338m<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Manufacturing and materials of the future – \u00a326m<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Satellites and space technology – \u00a399m<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"KTP\"<\/h2>\n

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships<\/h2>\n

It was announced that the popular KTP programme has been awarded a further \u00a330 million<\/strong> in funding to support the knowledge exchange activities between Industry and HEI\u2019s. ENU has a strong track record in this area with over 100 KTP\u2019s completed and this offers a high impact opportunity for industry informed research.<\/p>\n

A second wave<\/strong> of challenges will be announced in December :<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Quantum technology<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Digital manufacturing<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 The future of services<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Early diagnosis<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 An aging population<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Low energy buildings<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Cheap, clean energy<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Space<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Mental health<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Live events<\/strong>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Smart agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whilst we are uncertain which of the second wave challenges will proceed, we do know that the funding call timescales can often be very short, giving limited time to identify industrial partners and prepare an application. Formats and timings of the funding competitions are diverse, reflecting the nature of the research challenges. All funding calls all rely on partnerships between businesses and researchers<\/p>\n

We encourage colleagues to explore the possibilities in your respective areas NOW and to register any interest with the RIO External Funding Team<\/a> who will advise you in developing your ISCF research proposal.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Information about further challenges will be published on the Gov.Uk<\/a> website as they are announced. Sign up<\/a> for email alerts to get ISCF updates.<\/p>\n

Norman Turner<\/strong> (Head of Research and Innovation Office) and Ian Anderson<\/strong> (External Funding Manager).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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