Cambridge will lead a consortium of universities awarded £2.2 million as part of an initiative to take an integrated approach to knowledge transfer.
Cambridge will lead a consortium of universities awarded £2.2 million as part of an initiative to take an integrated approach to knowledge transfer.
Cambridge will lead a consortium of universities awarded £2.2 million as part of an initiative to take an integrated approach to knowledge transfer.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) last year launched a multimillion pound scheme to help universities ensure that their academics’ discoveries are turned into tangible economic and societal benefits for the UK. As part of this initiative, a collaboration of the Universities of Cambridge, Bath, Cranfield, Exeter and Nottingham has been awarded £2.2 million through a Collaborative Knowledge Transfer Award (KTA) to commence on 1 October 2009 and last for three years.
The partner universities are all members of the Support Service Solutions: Strategy and Transition (S4T) consortium, a research programme led by Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing and jointly funded by EPSRC and BAE Systems.
The programme is developing and applying service science to increase value generation in sectors where products and services are combined, such as aerospace, power generation, pharmaceuticals and chemical engineering.
The KTA will help to ensure that EPSRC-funded research in Cambridge and the other partner universities is fully exploited, helping to create an environment in which knowledge transfer is valued and encouraged just as much as is the generation of original results.
Professor Duncan McFarlane, S4T Principal Investigator, explained: ‘The KTA aims to bridge the knowledge transfer gap between research into complex engineering services and its practical application. This will ensure that a greater proportion of the value created remains within the UK.’ Dr Chris Pearson, S4T Programme Coordinator, added: ‘This funding will allow us to develop ways in which new knowledge is turned into practical tools and innovative techniques that will provide long-term benefits.’
For more information, please contact Dr Chris Pearson (cp349@cam.ac.uk) at the Institute for Manufacturing.
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