Collaborative Research and Development Projects

A Practical Guide

A lot of time and money is invested in collaborative research and development projects at universities, research institutes and companies. But how should these complex projects be planned and run to create valuable commercial outcomes?

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Full Contents

Foreword by Ray Browne

Introduction

  1. Grant funding
    1. States aids
      1. European states aid rules
      2. What can be funded?
    2. Additionality
      1. Market failure
      2. Knowledge spill-over
      3. Knowledge transfer
      4. Criticality of funding
      5. Technology readiness levels
    3. Eligible costs
      1. Labour costs
      2. Overheads
      3. Other eligible cost headings
    4. Financial management
      1. Keeping records
      2. Audit requirements
      3. Monitoring your spending
    5. Grant contracts and offers
      1. Grant terms and conditions
      2. Reporting and monitoring
    6. Winning grants
      1. Picking the right grant
      2. Instructions and briefings
      3. Get the basics right
      4. Build the right team
      5. Interviews
      6. Learn from disappointments
    7. So in conclusion
  2. Legal arrangements
    1. Purpose of the agreement
    2. Agreement terms
      1. Scope of the project
      2. Responsibilities and liabilities
      3. Project management
      4. Changing the consortium
      5. Termination
      6. Financial management & grant distribution
      7. Intellectual property rights
      8. Publication and announcements
      9. Confidentiality
      10. Boiler plate
    3. Working with lawyers
    4. So in conclusion
  3. Getting off to a good start
    1. The business case
      1. Qualitative and quantitative objectives
      2. Analysing the benefits
      3. Define the customers
      4. Analysing the problems to be solved
      5. The market opportunities
      6. The project deliverables
      7. Potential returns
      8. Do you have a project?
    2. Collaborative project planning
      1. Do you still have a project?
    3. So in conclusion
  4. Maintaining momentum
    1. Project control
      1. Steering committees
    2. Detailed planning
    3. Managing risk
      1. Types of risk
      2. Risk management
    4. Project leadership
      1. Communication
    5. Working with monitoring officers
    6. So in conclusion
  5. Working with academics
    1. Academic objectives
      1. Publications
    2. Attitude to risk
    3. Agility
    4. Academic seasons
    5. Ownership of IPR
    6. Academic finance offices
    7. So in conclusion
  6. Working with industrialists
    1. Commercial motivations
    2. Agility
    3. Cash flow
    4. Micro companies
    5. So in conclusion
  7. Managing problems
    1. Partner problems
      1. Finding replacement partners
    2. Relationship breakdowns
    3. Delays and overspends
    4. Technical failures
    5. Market changes
    6. How to avoid problems
    7. So in conclusion
  8. Exploiting the results
    1. What counts as exploitation?
    2. Business case
    3. When and what to plan
    4. Market understanding
      1. Analysing the market opportunity
      2. Quantifying the market opportunity
      3. Understanding the industry forces
    5. 8.5 Exploitation plan
      1. The market opportunity
      2. The route to market
      3. Additional development requirements
      4. Standards and accreditation
      5. The plan for the future
      6. Presentation
    6. Licensing
      1. Access to background intellectual property
      2. Ownership of foreground intellectual property
      3. Third party licensing
    7. Exploitation vehicles
    8. Dissemination
    9. So in conclusion
  9. Project completion
    1. Reaching the finishing line
    2. Documentation
    3. Post completion reviews
    4. Project close meeting & festivities
    5. So in conclusion
  10. Closing remarks

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