Defining Problems in Transport and Mobility Research Delivering Solutions The University View 11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference R&D Life Cycle and Valleys of Death Private Equity Trade Buyer Grants Micro Finance Develop ment Funding

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference Valley of Death or New Approach?

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference Innovation Funding Shortfall Academic Business Partnerships or Spin Outs Industry Re-investment in R&D Sector?

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference THE ISSUE: Regional Academic/ Industry/Public Authority Partnerships. R&D base with 200 R&D projects identified across THE ISSUE consortium. 50% relevant to sustainable transport development objectives of RLAs. 40 Case Studies of applications of Space and ICT technologies. Over 50% are university or university/academic collaborative projects. Most are TRL 3+

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference Output Metric G-STEP University of Leicester GRACE University of Nottingham Companies Assisted46340 Regional Investment leveraged£982,000>£1.5m GVA£995,000Not currently measured Grant income leveraged£7,000,000>£10,000,000 Jobs created and saved2356 Patents13 Graduates placed30Not measured Faltering Steps into the Valley of Death Two Academic-Business Partnerships in the East Midlands

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference TRLType Budget Duration (years) 1-3 Concept Study 50K - 200K up to 1 University R&D ead 3-6 Feasibility and Pilot Studies 300K – 1M 1 to 2 Academic-Industry partnership 6-8Operational Demonstration 2M - 6M2 to 3 Consortium led. University Technology Transfer role

The Catapult network of world-leading innovation centres bringing research and business together accelerating commercialisation Teaming with Academic-Business Partnerships, via THE ISSUE (The G-STEP Model) Joint Feasibility Study Identified possible Horizon 2020 funding routes 13/01/2014NEP Logistics Working Group9

11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference The G-STEP Model Academic-Industry Partnerships best suited to growth and longer term ROI. Licencing technology transfer preferred. Lower emphasis on protection of marginal IPR Links to Catapult needed to ensure engagement in large scale project demonstration to market roll-out. Targeting H2020 Societal Challenge Programmes

Business development focus : Cover FEC. Protection (marginal) IPR Impediment to knowledge transfer. Academic-Industry Partnerships: More long term approach. Not well supported from HEIF funding. Longer term benefits of re-investment and joint enterprise. More potential for growth and ROI. Licenced technology transfer=income stream. 11/02/2014 Professor Alan Wells. THE ISSUE Conference Research Delivering Solutions: The University View? Predominently Short Term