1. Collaborative R&D Funding
Enabling Technologies
Bill Templeman
Collaborative R&D Funding

2. Enabling Technologies Team Remit
Working with other Industry and public sector stakeholders to develop and implement a Technology Strategy for Scotland.
Technology Advisory Group (TAG) established to lead this activity
Strategy published Nov. 2009
The Technology Advisory Group was formed in January 2009 to Formulate An Enabling Technologies Strategy for Scotland.
The role was to develop a clear strategy for the development of the enabling technologies that underpin Scotland’s key sectors. Through brining together the “triple helix” of government, industry and research organisations.
The TAG had six objectives to
Define the Enabling Technologies in Scotland
Determine the potential contribution to key sectors
Consider international comparisons of interventions
Ensure industry and stakeholder consultation
Suggest methodologies and interventions for optimising the impact of technologies in the key sectors.
Identify next steps - not to produce an implementation and review plan but rather propose how implementation and review could be done
The Technologies Strategy for Scotland developed by the Technology Advisory Group addresses the cross-cutting technologies identified in the Scottish Governments Economic Strategy as they underpin our key sectors.
The remit of the group was necessarily wide because of the potential to significantly impact all of the key sectors. The role of the TAG is seen as critical to Scotland achieving the goals of the Scottish Government.
The strategy is a platform to bring together the so called “triple helix” of government agency, industry and research organisations activities to focus on developing those technologies that can provide the greatest economic benefit to Scotland.
As we move to implementation the TAG will work across sectors, and government, to provide an optimum set of interventions. The strategy is a vision and a call to action.
It is recognised that, to be effective in developing technologies, we will have to work across all the Industry Advisory Groups and the government departments and agencies. In particular with the Scottish Science Strategy and the Innovation Framework. Therefore we believe (hope) that the Strategy will provide an effective platform for future significant activity in these areas.

3. Enabling Technologies Team Remit
Our role is cross-sectoral, encouraging and supporting the development and uptake of existing and/or new and disruptive technologies across Scotland’s key sectors.
Working with a baseline of ~ 900 Enabling Technologies companies in Scotland
Links to key Sectors: Industry Advisory Group representation on Technology Advisory Group (TAG)

4. Enabling Technologies Strategy
Government Economic Strategy
Enabling Technologies Strategy
Technology Advisory Group – key industries
Scottish Funding Council , Scottish Enterprise , Scottish Government and Highland and Islands Enterprise
Sensors, Informatics , Modelling and Simulation
The Enabling Technologies Strategy for Scotland was launched on the 23rd of November 2009 after extensive consultation and research into Scotland's technology strengths.
Scotland has significant strength in Enabling Technologies and the Enabling Technologies community has over 900 companies and university research groups.
The TAG took the view that organisations who are able to demonstrate they are world class in one or more of the three core characteristics was essential for success. The core characteristics are:
technology competence
industrial and academic capability
potential to be at the fore-front of a “disruptive” technology
In mapping Scotland’s competencies, significant strengths in a long list of existing and emerging capabilities were identified.
It is necessary to focus on a limited number of areas therefore an initial few were chosen that could have the greatest potential to generate significant growth while linking to the needs of more than a few of Scotland’s six key sectors to achieve:
World leading competitive advantage through the wider adoption of Sensors, Modelling & Simulation and Informatics.
Short and medium term benefit through the greater deployment of intelligent systems and communications
Long term competitive advantage through use of advanced robotics, embedded adaptive systems, micro systems and nano-technology.
The areas chosen for initial detailed investigation and exploration are
Sensors
Modelling and Simulation
Informatics.

5. National Strategy Informatics Sensors
Strategies
National Strategy
Informatics
Sensors
Global Market Opportunities & Scottish Strengths
Global Market Opportunities & Scottish Strengths
National Capabilities

6. Funding £15m from TSB + up to £2.75m from Scottish Enterprise
R&D Competition Facts
Call opened 31 October 2011
Funding £15m from TSB + up to £2.75m from Scottish Enterprise
Project value between £250k and £500k
Support business-orientated innovation
Significant technological risk
Demanding highly skilled, multidisciplinary resources
Collaborative project team

7. Enabling Technologies
Key Facts
Enabling Technologies
Has the potential to span different disciplines
May not be directly driven by societies challenges
Could lead to platforms or ‘spring boards’ with benefits across multiple applications
Taking known technology into new application areas where significant technical challenges are clear and need to be over come

8. Scope
Generally applied research (but may include experimental development)
Proof of Concept maturity level moving towards ‘demonstrator’
Basic research that’s industry orientated may be supported
Projects must align with one (or more) of the technology areas

9. Technology Areas
Advanced Materials
Biosciences
Electronics, photonics and electrical systems
Information and communications technologies
Nanoscale technologies

10. Advanced Materials Innovations in Supporting cross-cutting areas
Structural materials
Functional materials
Multifunctional materials
Biomaterials
Supporting cross-cutting areas
Nanomaterials
Modelling
Design
Metrology and standards
Process technologies
Materials manufacturing

11. Biosciences Areas include Biologically inspired
Healthcare and medicine
Agriculture
Energy
Food
Personal care
Biologically inspired
‘omics (e.g. genomics, bioinformatics and data, information from publicly held collections)
Industrial and medical biotechnology
Agriculture and food

12. Electronics, photonics and electrical systems
Areas include
Control systems and power engineering
Plastics and printed electronics
Communications
Data and image acquisition
Systems design and integration

13. Information and communications technologies
Areas include
Reliable and continuous sensing in challenging physical environments
Intelligent, autonomous or automatic machine reasoning and behaviour
Computers that take account of user requirements, preferences, values and processes
Complex ICT systems – safe, secure and resilient

14. Nanoscale technologies
Areas include
New materials exploiting functionality/ multifunctionalty and novel effects that nanoscale offers
New manufacturing technologies
New metrology – enhanced measurement and characterisation methods
Integration into new devices and structures

15. Time Lines Competition Opens - 31 October 2011
Briefing Day (London) 10 November 2011
Briefing Day (Edinburgh) 17 November Provisional
Registration Deadline 30 November 2011
Expressions of Interest deadline 7 December 2011
Stage 2 opens 6 February 2012
Competition close 21 March 2012

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