Research and Enterprise at Leicester Prof Andy Abbott

Research and Enterprise at Leicester Prof Andy Abbott Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor (Enterprise) Dr Trudie Wardle Research Support Office Dr Natalie Cozier Enterprise and Business Development Ms Denise Sweeney Leicester Learning Institute www. le. ac. uk

Aims of the Session • To provide you with an overview of the University’s policies and strategies relevant to research and enterprise • To introduce the support and guidance available to research staff at different points in their research careers

University Strategic Vision to 2015 Vision includes: • We will be an established top ten UK University and rank in the top 150 institutions in the world • Producing research of international importance and excellence that is highly-cited and draws increasing funding from research councils, charities, Europe, government organisations and industry. • The strategic vision can be found at http: //www 2. le. ac. uk/about

Key drivers for Research and Enterprise at Leicester • People • Environment • Money • Outputs • Engagement

People • Recruit the best • Support careers • Support activities/processes • Incentivise • BUT … responsibilities run two ways

Environment • Collaboration, clusters and teams • Infrastructure investment • Resources

Money – generating external income • All departments have targets for research income, award value and PGR recruitment • These are set annually and reviewed mid-year • Research application/award figures produced monthly and progress towards targets assessed • College strong role to play in setting and monitoring targets, and encouraging research and enterprise • Support throughout the process

Outputs • Quality vs quantity? • Managing research process (ethics and code of conduct) • Archiving research outputs

Engagement – beyond academia • What is enterprise? • What is impact?

Research Excellence Framework 2014 • Leicester did well in 2008, securing additional funding • Museum Studies – highest scoring unit in UK • University more selective in 2014 • Aims to be in top 20 • Plans for 2020 underway

Questions then over to my colleagues for further details

Research Support Office Trudie Wardle

RSO Purpose: To support implementation of the University's research strategy • Objectives: • To maximise the research income • To support preparations for external assessments (REF) and policy development. • To support compliance with external regulatory requirements

RSO supports three primary areas Research Support Office Grants and Contracts Research Finance Research Development

RSO: Research Grants and Contracts • Advise on costing of grant applications to noncommercial bodies (e. g. RCs, charities, EU and UK government) • Final approval of costs (particularly staff) • Authorisation of submissions on behalf of University • Negotiating contract terms with funders • Dedicated team to help apply for and manage EU projects • Led by Brian Berry bb 118@le. a. cuk

RSO: Research Finance (Post Award) • Post-award financial management of externally funded research projects • Responsible for submitting invoices, claims and statements of expenditure • Keep watch on expenditure and advise staff • Liaison with grant holder and Personnel Office about employing staff on grants • Led by : Judith Mogra sjm 21@le. ac. uk • Judith’s team covers both RSO and EBD projects

RSO: Research Development • Bring together interdisciplinary groups of researchers • Run events to bring researchers together (e. g. Research Festival) • Provide training - applying for grants, understanding impact – working with ITS, LLI, Library, EBD etc. • Co-ordinate preparations for REF • Also prepare REF grant data, support meetings, provide guidance on regulations and check submissions • Support University Research Policy Committee • Led by Juliet Bailey - jab 9@le. ac. uk Juliet is also team lead for AHL and SS Colleges support

Department focused research support: • Most departments have a specific person assigned to help them, for research grants and contracts, and post-award finance. • To find out who is the contact for your department go to www. le. ac. uk/rso and follow the contacts link.

Research Applications Aug 2012 – July 2014 Colleges Applications 2012/13 Applications 2013/14 Arts 108 135 Law 19 24 Medicine, Biological Sciences & Psychology 448 244 Science & Engineering 213 215 Social Science 95 112 883 973 Library Total

Research Grants and Contracts Income 2012/13 £ 000 2013/14 £ 000 Research Councils 17, 792 16, 786 UK based Charities 13, 632 11, 284 UK Govt 14, 222 13, 016 UK Industry 2, 215 2, 768 EU Govt 5, 253 5, 599 805 896 1, 148 1, 165 139 105 55, 206 51, 619 EU Other Overseas Other Sources TOTAL

RSO support during the Research Project Lifecycle: • Explore - Looking for funding • Plan - Planning and writing your application • Cost - Costing your proposal • Submit - Completing your application form • Receipt of Award - Starting your grant • Employ - Employing staff on grants • Manage - Managing your project finances • Close - Closing off your project

Explore: How Can I Find Funding for My Project The University has subscriptions to 2 search websites • www. researchprofessional. com • EU funding: www. ukro. ac. uk • You can set up search results • RSO run training sessions

Planning and writing • Proposals/applications may be submitted in response to a call (managed mode) or may be unsolicited submission (responsive mode) • Funders have different procedural rules for applications: • Research Council’s use Je-S system • Charities have their own online systems (E. g. egap, e-grants)

Costing: approval procedures • All applications must be processed through LUCRE - the University’s costing package • To get an account need to fill in a SAP registration form that can be found on ITS webpages • Most departments have people who check costs before forwarding to RSO • Costs must be approved before the application is goes to the funding body - particularly important for staff costs • LUCRE training available via RSO – contact David Downton dd 22@le. ac. uk or Steve Loddington spl 13@le. ac. uk

Receipt of award: RSO’s role • Receives notification of awards • Checks it is consistent with proposal • Reviews contracts and negotiates terms and conditions, if necessary • Accepts awards on behalf of the University

Awards acceptance • Once the award is formally accepted by RSO details will be announced in monthly awards reports • Award paperwork is passed on to Research Finance for setting of account code • PI and Departmental Rep will be sent a Project Detail Notification form to confirm budget codes and set up for actual expenditure.

Manage: Monitoring of research project outcomes • RCs have started to capture data on the research outcomes. Such as : • Research Outcomes System (ROS) for AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC and EPSRC grant holders • STFC, MRC and Wellcome Trust (Research Fish) • Captures: Publications, IP, conferences • RSO coordinating exercise with Departments

Research Code of Conduct • Provides guidelines for responsible practice in research, and procedures for dealing with misconduct. • Addresses issues such as: § research ethics § data collection and storage § conflict of interest § publication and authorship § supervision of research trainees § peer review of funding applications and manuscripts § misconduct in research

Other Codes and Policies • Intellectual Property policy addresses issues such as: § Ownership of IP § Protection of IP § Commericalisation and spin-outs § Rewards for inventors § See EBD website • Uo. L – UHL memorandum of joint working relates to staff and research projects which cross organisational boundaries (via RSO website). • www. le. ac. uk/researchintegrity

Ethics: Research involving People Research projects involving human subjects require ethical approval. Two research ethics systems: • NHS ethics process (lead by NRES) for research involving NHS patients or NHS staff or facilities • Internal University process for non-NHS studies involving human participants • University system uses an online ethics form –new system to be launched on 5 th May https: //ethicsapp. le. ac. uk • There are 5 college level committees responsible for conducting ethics review • University process is overseen by the University Committee for Research Ethics

IRIS Integrated Research Information System • Login at https: //iris. le. ac. uk/login. html • University wide system for recording academic research activities. • The system holds information on publications, grants, professional activities. • Data is captured, linked, used and reused for a variety of purposes e. g. REF, Annual Research Reviews, research funder post-project monitoring. • IRIS was the main source of data for REF 2014. • New academic and research staff automatically get an IRIS account. • Contact: irissupport@le. ac. uk

• For more information about RSO and how we can support you: • www. le. ac. uk/rso • or – Email: rso@le. ac. uk

Introduction: Enterprise & Business Development Dr Natalie Cozier: Head of Knowledge Transfer & Operations, Enterprise and Business Development, University of Leicester www. le. ac. uk

Aims of this Session • Context and Support available.

Support for Enterprise at Leicester Support for research and enterprise development at Leicester is shared across two offices: Enterprise and Business Development (EBD) http: //www 2. le. ac. uk/offices/ebdo Primarily located Fielding Johnson Building

Enterprise – What does it mean? HEIF Commercialis ation Interaction Business & Community Regional Engagement Industrial Liaison Knowledge Exchange Technology Transfer Knowledge Transfer Exploitation Regeneration Collaboration Employer Engagement Innovation Enterprise

Enterprise Context • University Launched Enterprise Strategy 2013 http: //www 2. le. ac. uk/offices/ebd/documents/Enterprise Strategy. pdf o To be a leading University for Enterprise & Innovation o Build an enterprising culture o Build long term partnerships o Harness Knowledge Exchange & Knowledge Transfer for maximum impact o Play an active role in our region and build the skills base

Context • Importance of impact i. e. reach and signifance • Industrial Engagement and Knowledge Exchange builds value for teaching/research Research Teaching Enterprise Activity

Context cont. 3500 3000 AHRC 2500 ESRC 2000 NERC BBSRC 1500 STFC 1000 MRC EPSRC 500 0 2007 -08 2008 -09 2009 -10 2010 -11 2011 -12 BIS net expenditure for R&D in real terms 2007 -12 YOY Growth in Euro Private Sector R&D Spend

Enterprise - What’s in it for me? • • • Flexible funding for future projects Building networks for research proposals Developing impact statements Future collaborators Recognised promotion route Prof. Andy Abbot PVC Enterprise

How We Structure Support www. le. ac. uk

Enterprise and Business Development Caroline Quest, Director Key Roles and Responsibilities Business Development Technology Commercialisation • Opportunity identification and development • Feedback to Colleges and EBD Director on performance • Assist with client negotiations Function • Costing andlead: pricing (in liaison with Commercial Contracts, Finance Caroline Questand RSO) • Identification of new research • IP protection and due diligence • Identifying translational research funding opportunities • Licensing, market research Sharon Spencer and identification of potential licensees; Commercial Contracts • Specialist expertise in producing contracts for enterprise activities • Finances, costing and pricing (in liaison with Business Development and Technology Transfer) • Production of proposals and tenders for. Machado commercial Rachel contracts or consultancy Operations • Director Support • Strategic and business planning • Quality assurance and standards • Monitoring and evaluation of performance and continuous improvement • Information and data management, flow and Natalie Cozier reporting

EBD College Teams Technology Transfer Regional Development Commercial Contracts All Colleges College Focus Senior Business Central EBD Development Manager contact (CS&E), William Wells Business Development CPD Consultancy www. le. ac. uk Knowledge Transfer

How it plays out - College Enterprise Team Karl RYDER (Chair of Enterprise Committee) • • William WELLS (Senior Business Development Manager) Sarah STEVENS (Business Development Manager) Maggy HEINTZ (Business Development Executive) Julie PRATT (Senior Licensing and Technology Commercialisation Manager) • Shan MAIREMBAM (Senior Licensing and Technology Commercialisation Manager) • Sarah BRITTON (Contracts Manager) • Fahimah ADAM (Contracts Manager)

How We Can Help www. le. ac. uk

Support for enterprise and researchers http: //www 2. le. ac. uk/offices/ebdo • Protection, management and commercial exploitation of the University’s intellectual property and assets • Development and management of partnerships with private, public and third sector organisations in the UK or internationally • Proposal development support on a range of translational funding e. g. Innovate UK, Research Council CASE Studentships etc. • Research and impact development support through schemes such as the University's Prospects and Proof of Concept funds • Development of continued professional development opportunities; • Development of regional economic development and regeneration opportunities; • Contracts negotiation and management • Enabling a culture of enterprise within the University

Funding Leicester • Proof of Concept Fund • Prospects Fund Knowledge Transfer • Funding Bulletin – http: //www 2. le. ac. uk/offices/ebd/funding

Any Questions? Dr Natalie Cozier 0116 252 3630 http: //www 2. le. ac. uk/offices/ebd www. le. ac. uk

Leicester Learning Institute (LLI) Supports research, teaching, learning and professional development across the University www. le. ac. uk/lli

Researcher Development

Research Environment and Governance • Research Ethics – Research Ethics in Practice (non NHS) – Ethics and Online Research – Ethics of Working with Children and Young Adults • Research Integrity • Research Data Management

Impact, Enterprise and Public Engagement IMPACT • Designing Pathways to Impact • The Basics of Impact Evaluation • Essential Media Skills for Researchers • Building and Maintaining your Digital Profile

Impact, Enterprise and Public Engagement ENTERPRISE • The Creative Researcher • From Researcher to Entrepreneur (Plans for building capacity in enterprise activities under discussion. )

Impact, Enterprise and Public Engagement PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT • Influencing Public Policy with your Research • Communicating your Research Effectively • Tips for Engaging the Public

Career Development Academic staff: • Research leadership (being consolidated) Research staff: • Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

Concordat Principles 1. Recruitment and selection 2. Recognition and value 3. Support and career development 4. Researchers’ responsibilities 5. Diversity and equality 6. Implementation and review

Postgraduate Researcher Development • Getting started on your research degree • Research governance • Research effectiveness • Research communication • Research skills and methods • Research writing • Personal and professional effectiveness

Key Contacts @ LLI • Staff & Professional Development – Sally Bernham staffdev@le. ac. uk • Research Development – Dr Meera Warrier mw 189@le. ac. uk • Technology Enhanced Learning - Alex Moseley alex. moseley@le. ac. uk • Student Learning – Steve Rooney steve. rooney@le. ac. uk • Learning and Teaching – Dr Lynnette Matthews lynnette. matthews@le. ac. uk

Thank you!