SEPNet IPS Fellowship
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sussex
Department Name: Sch of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Abstract
SEPnet (South East Physics network) partners seek support for a 1.0FTE IPS Fellowship to extend over 4 years from 1st August 2014 to 31 July 2018 (SEPnet funding from HEFCE extends to July 2018) to work across the 9 SEPnet Physics departments at the universities of Portsmouth, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Southampton, Surrey, Queen Mary University of London and Royal Holloway University of London and The Open University. The Fellow will be co-located in STFC funded research groups in the Universities of Portsmouth and Sussex with direct line management undertaken by Portsmouth but will spend half their time working with STFC funded researchers in the other 7 SEPnet partner departments.
The IPS Fellow will use their significant experience of the commercial world as well as an in-depth understanding of STFC areas of emphasis to focus on moving ideas and technology from research into economic impact outside academia, namely: developing commercial opportunities for exploitation of technologies derived from STFC funded research; capitalising upon existing IP and developing new IP; identifying opportunities for collaboration between funding and non-funding partners and identifying opportunities to transfer colleagues' knowledge and capability to academic disciplines outside traditional STFC areas. It is not a research post so, other than providing up to 4 hours per week of teaching within the SEPnet Graduate School on Leadership, Employability and Entrepreneurship and developing bespoke on-line resources on these topics, the Fellow will focus entirely on developing SEPnet departments' capacity for technology and knowledge transfer.
The IPS Fellow will benefit from the experience of the current IPS Fellow located at SEPnet's recently joined partner, The Open University, and from the IPS Fellow located in SUPA (Scottish Universities' Physics Alliance) - Avril Manners, Director of SUPA, is a member of SEPnet Independent Advisory Committee. The Fellow will also benefit from engagement with SEPnet's Employer Liaison Director and her team of 9 Officers (located in each department) to enable links with relevant businesses. Furthermore the Fellow will be expected to integrate into STFC's Innovations Club and participate in TSB's on-line innovation fora and to identify useful meetings and workshops to enable networking and to keep abreast of developments in innovation and KT.
The Fellow will make significant and regular use of SEPnet's infrastructure for virtual meetings and engagement with STFC researchers across the consortium as well as visiting for face-to-face meetings as required, prioritising those with pending or active collaborations in the first instance.
The Fellow will submit biannual reports and present at half yearly meetings as required.
The IPS Fellow will use their significant experience of the commercial world as well as an in-depth understanding of STFC areas of emphasis to focus on moving ideas and technology from research into economic impact outside academia, namely: developing commercial opportunities for exploitation of technologies derived from STFC funded research; capitalising upon existing IP and developing new IP; identifying opportunities for collaboration between funding and non-funding partners and identifying opportunities to transfer colleagues' knowledge and capability to academic disciplines outside traditional STFC areas. It is not a research post so, other than providing up to 4 hours per week of teaching within the SEPnet Graduate School on Leadership, Employability and Entrepreneurship and developing bespoke on-line resources on these topics, the Fellow will focus entirely on developing SEPnet departments' capacity for technology and knowledge transfer.
The IPS Fellow will benefit from the experience of the current IPS Fellow located at SEPnet's recently joined partner, The Open University, and from the IPS Fellow located in SUPA (Scottish Universities' Physics Alliance) - Avril Manners, Director of SUPA, is a member of SEPnet Independent Advisory Committee. The Fellow will also benefit from engagement with SEPnet's Employer Liaison Director and her team of 9 Officers (located in each department) to enable links with relevant businesses. Furthermore the Fellow will be expected to integrate into STFC's Innovations Club and participate in TSB's on-line innovation fora and to identify useful meetings and workshops to enable networking and to keep abreast of developments in innovation and KT.
The Fellow will make significant and regular use of SEPnet's infrastructure for virtual meetings and engagement with STFC researchers across the consortium as well as visiting for face-to-face meetings as required, prioritising those with pending or active collaborations in the first instance.
The Fellow will submit biannual reports and present at half yearly meetings as required.
Description | Not applicable. This is not a "research" grant it is an innovation supporting grant. |
Exploitation Route | Through the individual projects that have been supported by the fellow. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Agriculture Food and Drink Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Energy Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Security and Diplomacy |
Description | This project has been used to facilitate a step change in the work on impact in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. It is still early in the project and specific outcomes will be reported on in more detail in future |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Healthcare,Security and Diplomacy |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic |
Description | Commercialisation of a nanosecond light pulser system |
Amount | £110,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/N003632/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2016 |
End | 06/2017 |
Description | Hierarchical High Dimensional Clustering for Network Security |
Amount | £88,693 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/R000190/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2017 |
End | 06/2018 |
Description | High Efficiency Betavoltaic Cells |
Amount | £87,086 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/M002772/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 12/2015 |
Description | IOTA: Compact Ion Clock for Precision Timing Applications |
Amount | £250,855 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/R043566/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2018 |
End | 04/2019 |
Description | In situ X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Deep Sea Mining Applications |
Amount | £86,783 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/M004635/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2015 |
End | 07/2016 |
Description | MicroADS - Spacecraft Attitude Determination System |
Amount | £365,861 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/R000247/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 01/2022 |
Description | MicroADS Spacecraft Attitude Determination System Instrument Software |
Amount | £306,701 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/R005184/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Novel Detectors for Astronomy and Nuclear Science |
Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 1991410 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2018 |
End | 07/2021 |
Description | Novel X-ray/[gamma]-ray Detectors |
Amount | £365,862 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/R001804/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | Photon counting X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy with Al0.52In0.48P detectors |
Amount | £100,809 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/P021271/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2017 |
End | 07/2019 |
Description | Quantum Geonium Mass Sensor. A route to market feasibility |
Amount | £57,017 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/R008558/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2017 |
End | 06/2018 |
Description | Quantum Geonium Mass Sensor. A route to market feasibility |
Amount | £57,017 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/R008558/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2017 |
End | 06/2018 |
Description | Quantum Microwave Sensor |
Amount | £1,204,631 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/N003675/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2015 |
End | 06/2020 |
Description | Radioisotope Microbatteries |
Amount | £365,570 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/P001815/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2016 |
End | 09/2019 |
Description | STFC IAA 2016/2017 - tranche 2 |
Amount | £14,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 06/2017 |
Description | XRF Condition Monitoring of Oil Lubricated Machines |
Amount | £365,832 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/T000910/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 09/2024 |
Description | Cell tracking software |
Organisation | TissueGnostics GmbH |
Country | Austria |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Mathematical methods and software developed |
Collaborator Contribution | Commercialisation of software |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2018 |
Company Name | Advanced Material Development |
Description | Advanced Material Development provides funding for materials nanotechnology research programmes and also manufactures graphene products. Its subsidiary CoM3D develops technologies that focus on emerging healthcare fields. |
Year Established | 2017 |
Impact | Confidential |
Website | https://amdnano.com |
Company Name | DataJavelin |
Description | DataJavelin develop AI systems for a range of businesses, from the retail sector to the healthcare industry, designed to improve marketing and data collection services. |
Year Established | 2018 |
Impact | Conducting contracts with companies including environmental impact and retail recommendation. |
Website | http://www.datajavelin.com |
Description | Data Science Meetup |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | We run a bi-monthly meetup on data science to engage with the local business community |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |