Scaling venture science research and innovation

扩大风险科学研究和创新

• 批准号: MR/Y020227/1
• 负责人: Rachel Carey
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Zinc Ventures Limited
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FY020227%2F1
• 关键词: Scaling; venture; science; research; innovation

Startup companies are increasingly focused on tackling urgent societal problems (e.g. food systems resilience, mental ill-health, chronic disease management, unemployment, etc.) through new, scalable innovations that have the potential for large-scale impact. Supporting such companies to effectively draw on high quality scientific research, particularly from the social and behavioural sciences, can accelerate their progress, impact and success. Further, through their research and experimentation, startups also create a range of opportunities to advance scientific knowledge and create opportunities for scientists.This project focuses on developing an approach to commercial innovation that transforms the ways in which startups apply and advance research, particularly from the behavioural and social sciences. A key focus within this project is to explore new forms of support for scientists working in such startups, who are well placed to advance this agenda but currently not well supported or connected. All of this work is focused on four areas: mental health, healthy ageing, economic resilience, and the environment. Over the last three years, the project team has been working with entrepreneurs building startups that are tackling problems within one of these areas. In the next phase, we plan to further advance this agenda with particular focus on four opportunities: expanding into new areas of science and technology; expanding to work with startups beyond the very early (formation) stages; developing a robust way of measuring the impact of startups on the (e.g. health and environmental) outcomes they are working towards; and testing new forms of support for scientists who work in startups. The project is being hosted by a venture-builder and investor called Zinc, which runs a number of programmes designed to help individuals have more impact on important societal problems, through science-rich, commercial innovations.

初创公司越来越专注于解决紧急的社会问题（例如，粮食系统的韧性，精神疾病，慢性病管理，失业等），通过具有大规模影响的新的可扩展创新。支持此类公司有效利用高质量的科学研究，尤其是从社会和行为科学中，可以加速其进步，影响和成功。此外，通过他们的研究和实验，初创企业还创造了一系列机会来推进科学知识并为科学家创造机会。该项目着重于开发一种商业创新方法，从而改变了初创企业应用和推进研究的方式，尤其是从行为和社会科学方面的方法。该项目中的一个重点是探索为从事此类创业公司工作的科学家的新形式的支持，他们可以很好地推进这一议程，但目前没有得到很好的支持或联系。所有这些工作都集中在四个领域：心理健康，健康衰老，经济韧性和环境。在过去的三年中，项目团队一直在与企业家合作，建立了在这些领域之一中解决问题的初创公司。在下一个阶段，我们计划进一步推进这一议程，特别关注四个机会：扩展到科学技术的新领域；扩展到与早期（编队）阶段之外的初创公司合作；开发一种衡量初创企业对他们正在努力的（健康和环境）成果（例如健康与环境）影响的强大方法；并为在创业公司工作的科学家测试新形式的支持。该项目由一个名为锌的风险投资者和投资者主持，该项目通过科学丰富的商业创新来运行许多计划，旨在帮助个人对重要的社会问题产生更大的影响。