Collaborative Research and Development Projects
Full Contents
Foreword by Ray Browne
Introduction
1 Grant funding
1.1 States aids
European states aid rules
What can be funded?
1.2 Additionality
Market failure
Knowledge spill-over
Knowledge transfer
Criticality of funding
Technology readiness levels
1.3 Eligible costs
Labour costs
Overheads
Other eligible cost headings
1.4 Financial management
Keeping records
Audit requirements
Monitoring your spending
1.5 Grant contracts and offers
Grant terms and conditions
Reporting and monitoring
1.6 Winning grants
Picking the right grant
Instructions and briefings
Get the basics right
Build the right team
Interviews
Learn from disappointments
1.7 So in conclusion
2 Legal arrangements
2.1 Purpose of the agreement
2.2 Agreement terms
Scope of the project
Responsibilities and liabilities
Project management
Changing the consortium
Termination
Financial management & grant distribution
Intellectual property rights
Publication and announcements
Confidentiality
Boiler plate
2.3 Working with lawyers
2.4 So in conclusion
3 Getting off to a good start
3.1 The business case
Qualitative and quantitative objectives
Analysing the benefits
Define the customers
Analysing the problems to be solved
The market opportunities
The project deliverables
Potential returns
Do you have a project?
3.2 Collaborative project planning
Do you still have a project?
3.3 So in conclusion
4 Maintaining momentum
4.1 Project control
Steering committees
4.2 Detailed planning
4.3 Managing risk
Types of risk
Risk management
4.4 Project leadership
Communication
4.5 Working with monitoring officers
4.6 So in conclusion
5 Working with academics
5.1 Academic objectives
Publications
5.2 Attitude to risk
5.3 Agility
5.4 Academic seasons
5.5 Ownership of IPR
5.6 Academic finance offices
5.7 So in conclusion
6 Working with industrialists
6.1 Commercial motivations
6.2 Agility
6.3 Cash flow
6.4 Micro companies
6.5 So in conclusion
7 Managing problems
7.1 Partner problems
Finding replacement partners
7.2 Relationship breakdowns
7.3 Delays and overspends
7.4 Technical failures
7.5 Market changes
7.6 How to avoid problems
7.7 So in conclusion
8 Exploiting the results
8.1 What counts as exploitation?
8.2 Business case
8.3 When and what to plan
8.4 Market understanding
Analysing the market opportunity
Quantifying the market opportunity
Understanding the industry forces
8.5 Exploitation plan
The market opportunity
The route to market
Additional development requirements
Standards and accreditation
The plan for the future
Presentation
8.6 Licensing
Access to background intellectual property
Ownership of foreground intellectual property
Third party licensing
8.7 Exploitation vehicles
8.8 Dissemination
8.9 So in conclusion
9 Project completion
9.1 Reaching the finishing line
9.2 Documentation
9.3 Post completion reviews
9.4 Project close meeting & festivities
9.5 So in conclusion
10 Closing remarks
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