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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
