Knowledge Exchange Fellow

知识交流研究员

基本信息

批准号：
ST/P003699/1
负责人：
Philip Burrows
金额：
$ 7.04万
依托单位：
University of Oxford
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FP003699%2F1
关键词：
Knowledge Exchange Fellow

项目摘要

The Department of Physics has a very large and diverse portfolio of STFC-funded research, as part of a wider programme of research activity supported by many funding agencies. Some of this research has already found application elsewhere, in both other academic disciplines (e.g. engineering and chemistry) and commercial development (e.g. metrology and radiofrequency devices), but much has potential yet to be fully explored. The University has an active technology transfer office, Oxford University Innovation (OUI), which can assist in patent applications, licensing, spin-out companies and consulting once a customer or market is identified and the technology has reached proof of concept. However, the majority of new applications for our research, and for collaborative research projects with industry, require a close, direct knowledge of our portfolio, an understanding of the challenges to commercialisation from physics, as well as dedicated time and effort to explore potential opportunities. An IPS Fellow based in the department has played a unique role in increasing our knowledge exchange in both scope and extent, transforming our ability to transfer technology to and from other domains. The Department of Physics is part of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division of the University, and thus this role has synergies with complementary activities in MPLS, including training activities for staff and students in enterprise and entrepreneurship and support for managing large industry-funded research programmes. The University also has a Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team within its Research Services office, which supports University-wide activity, such as administering research council Impact Acceleration Accounts, liaising with stakeholders such as the Local Economic Partnership and coordinating communication of impact case studies. The Fellow is key to ensuring STFC-funded research as well as staff and students funded by STFC are recognised and supported to achieve impact by these wider support teams. Like most Physics Departments, Oxford faces challenges in the pursuit of realising impact from its research, some of which are more prevalent in the STFC community. It is here, where the Oxford IPS Fellow is having the most significant influence. STFC-funded research projects often begin and end at lower Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) compared to those funded by other research councils and are not, generally, aimed at specific applications beyond academia. This makes understanding the Pathways to Impact of a research project a particular challenge for the academic and consequently reduces the probability of non-academic impact arising from the work. The two Oxford Fellows in post to date have been able to address this disadvantage before projects are started, as well during and after a project has ended, by using their professional experience of knowledge exchange and their dedicated resource. This application requests the two year extension to the Oxford IPS Fellowship.

物理系拥有大量由 STFC 资助的研究组合，作为许多资助机构支持的更广泛的研究活动计划的一部分。其中一些研究已经在其他学科（例如工程和化学）和商业开发（例如计量和射频设备）中得到应用，但还有很多潜力尚未得到充分探索。该大学设有一个活跃的技术转让办公室——牛津大学创新办公室（OUI），一旦确定了客户或市场并且技术已达到概念验证，该办公室可以协助专利申请、许可、分拆公司和咨询。然而，我们的研究以及与行业的合作研究项目的大多数新应用都需要对我们的产品组合有深入、直接的了解，了解物理学商业化的挑战，以及投入时间和精力来探索潜在的机会。该部门的一位 IPS 研究员在扩大我们的知识交流范围和程度方面发挥了独特的作用，改变了我们在其他领域之间转移技术的能力。物理系是大学数学、物理和生命科学 (MPLS) 部门的一部分，因此这一角色与 MPLS 的补充活动具有协同作用，包括为员工和学生提供企业和创业方面的培训活动，以及为管理大型企业提供支持。行业资助的研究计划。该大学还在其研究服务办公室内设有一个知识交流和影响力团队，该团队支持全校范围内的活动，例如管理研究委员会影响力加速账户、与地方经济伙伴关系等利益相关者联络以及协调影响力案例研究的交流。该研究员对于确保 STFC 资助的研究以及 STFC 资助的员工和学生得到认可和支持以实现这些更广泛的支持团队的影响至关重要。与大多数物理系一样，牛津大学在追求实现其研究的影响力方面面临着挑战，其中一些挑战在 STFC 社区中更为普遍。正是在这里，牛津 IPS 研究员发挥着最重要的影响力。与其他研究委员会资助的项目相比，STFC 资助的研究项目通常以较低的技术准备水平 (TRL) 开始和结束，并且通常不针对学术界以外的特定应用。这使得理解研究项目的影响之路成为学术界面临的特殊挑战，从而降低了工作产生非学术影响的可能性。迄今为止，两位牛津研究员已经能够利用他们的知识交流专业经验和专用资源，在项目开始之前、项目期间和项目结束之后解决这一缺点。该申请要求将牛津 IPS 奖学金延期两年。