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The Outreach Project“Helping NW companies access fund for R&D”

Lesley LambertGeneral Engineering Research Institute

Liverpool John Moores University5th March 2015

Introducing GERI

Formed in 2002 – amalgamating existing research groupsDedicated Research facility

30-40 full/part time expert staff and phd studentsUnique research capability

Snapshot of GERI activities

Coherent and Electro Optics

Research Group

Advanced Manufacturing

Technology Research Lab.

Photonics in Engineering

Electronics and Ultrasonic

Engineering

• Metrology• Image Processing• Structure Light

• Radiotherapy• Cancer Cell Mechanics

• Minimum Quantity Lubrication• Intelligent Strategies for Optimisation of Grinding

• Fluid Delivery in Grinding• High Efficiency Deep Grinding• Vibration Assisted Grinding

• Machining of Composites• Surface Texturing• Cell Behaviour

• Printing• Metamaterial manufacture

• Electronic Package Reliability• Ultrasonic Microscopy• X-ray Inspection

• 3D Evaluation of Next Generation Microelectronic Packages and Systems

Genesis of the Outreach Project

• Between 2002 and 2008 GERI worked on collaborative projects with 62 companies

• Most of these were ‘globals’• The majority were outside the UK• Only ‘two’ from the Northwest

“Solutions on our doorstep”

Project aims

• ERDF funded project to provide a centralised facility to support NW industry

• Gateway to collaborative grant funding• Encourage take up of research and leading edge S&T

• Key objectives:– Encourage SMEs to participate in collaborative R&D– Build collaborations and partnerships with key stakeholders– Increase R&D funding investment in NW– Complement existing regional, national and international initiatives– Promote GERI as world class facility

• Facilities – making the ‘leading edge’ available

• Feasibility – preliminary investigations

• Funding – securing support for collaborative research

What the project does…

Client enquiry / activity

Proposal submission

Awareness raising of current opps. Direct contact

1. Assess R&D requirements / Signpost

3. Consortium building (partners)

5. Proposal clinic & review

2. Highlight funding opportunities

4. Writing guidance & support

6. Pre-submission support

“Helping achieve industrial R&D goals”

How we can help

OUR experience…

• Currently Supported 135 companies in NW

• Strong track record for securing funding for R&D

SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED PROJECTS

Total Project Costs Direct Funding to NW Orgs

£2,375,678 £891,405

Examples of Success

“GERI successfully guided us through the complex TSB/Innovate UK

application process and introduced us to relevant people with regards to

IP and funding support, as well as various other aspects of support that

went beyond what we expected.”Peter Fletcher, Operations Director

Oceanchest successfully achieved a TSB SMART award grant towards the proof of concept study worth £109,730

JP Imaging successfully secured £175,984 from a feasibility

study funded by the TSB in April 2014

“The GERI Outreach team provide a professional service focused on industrial

needs. We recently submitted an application to the Technology Strategy

Board and we are delighted that this was successfully funded. This wouldn’t have been possible without the support from GERI, and we look forward to working with GERI on this project and on future

collaborations”

LCIH – Aims & Objectives

• ERDF funded• Innovation in low carbon goods, processes and

services• Collaborative partnerships on an individual basis• Significant economic benefits to SMEs• LJMU strengths

Overview of three themes

Renewable Energy 

• Resource Efficiency

• Energy from Waste and Biomass

• Sustainable Business Practices

• Green Deal Agenda

Low Carbon Technologies

• Smart Building Technologies

• Energy Management

• Carbon Finance

• Low Carbon Design and Planning

Environmental Management and Clean Technologies

• Environmental Monitoring

• Air Pollution Control

• Waste Management

• Water/ Waste Treatment

• Facility Management

LCIH – Project Delivery

• Company Road Mapping• Action Planning leading to Collaborative

partnerships on an individual basis• Knowledge Exchange• Research and Design Events• Demonstrators

Thank you for listeningAny questions?

http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/geri

Lesley Lambertl.j.lambert@ljmu.ac.uk