dealing with industry partners presented by liz visher, director, programme partnerships australian...
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Dealing with Industry Partners
Presented byLiz Visher, Director, Programme Partnerships
Australian Research Counciland
Louise Fleck, Macquarie UniversityVeena Sahajwalla, The University of NSW
The Policy Context
• Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda• Boosting the Commercial Returns from Research
Strategy• New research priorities and industry growth centres• Understanding and conveying Research Impact• Reducing red tape vs baseline accountability• The international context…
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2014–15 Federal Budget(Approx. AU$415 billion)
Australian Government support for science, research and innovation
shown in red
(Treasury omitted)
Commonwealth Investment in R&D 2015–16 (%)
CSIRO7.72%
DSTO4.45%
ARC8.07%
NHMRC8.71%
Australian Gov-ernment R&D
6.43%Industry R&D Tax Measures29.91%
Business Innovation2.65%
Block Funding20.55%
Higher Education R&D
0.44%
Other Health0.60%
CRCs1.51%
Rural3.14%
Energy and the Environment3.74%
Other R&D2.10%
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OECD 2013b—firms collaborating on innovation with higher education and public research institutions
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Sources of ideas or information for innovation-active Australian firms
Australian Innovation System report 2011, Chapter 4
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ARC—working with industry
• So what really is the intent of Linkage?• What dealings does the ARC have with industry
in Pre- and Post-award?• The scale of ARC investments—encouraging
industry to collaborate (one to many participants)• An business appetite for collaboration, risk and
innovation?• Partnerships types—differing strategies
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Australian Company Indus-
try Body
Australian Non Profit
Commonwealth Government
Higher Education International
International Company Industry
Body
International Government
International Non Profit
Other State and Local Government
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1092
472
132 140
296
3352
226
753
Partner Organisation types for LP14, LP15, IH14, IC14, IC15
Num
ber o
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h PO
type
61% of all relinquishments and terminations of LP projects were related to Partner Organisations not meeting their contributions
Variation types Total
Addition of Partner Investigator(s) 15
Addition of Partner Organisation 15
Addition of Partner Organisation and Partner Investigator(s) 13
Change of Partner Investigator(s) 86
Change of Partner Organisation 57
Change of Partner Organisation and addition of Partner Investigator(s) 5
Change of Partner Organisation and Partner Investigator(s) 25
Change of Partner Organisation and Removal of Partner Investigator(s) 4
Removal of Partner Investigator(s) 25
Removal of Partner Organisation 40
Removal of Partner Organisation and change of Partner Investigator(s) 1
Removal of Partner Organisation and Partner Investigator(s) 20
Overall Total of PO/PI changes 306
38% of VFAs are related to Linkage Projects and ITRP (January 2013 to July 2015)
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• are unable to meet their cash-contributions. This is being reported to the ARC before, during and after the Project has been completed
• are dissatisfied with the level of collaboration and inclusion in the Project. This is reported to the ARC both via the Research Office and from Partner Orgs
• have relationships which break down due to poor ongoing engagement and management with researchers.
• Have IP disagreements, don’t understand that the project commencement is deferred because of long contract negotiations, and also have trouble understanding how student placements work with ITRP
• refuse to complete final reports because the university spent the ARC funds first but the research project is still continuing with PO funds
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Partner Organisations
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Say Linkage provides:
• A long-term professional relationship—the contacts and ongoing relationships developed through the project often led to other projects or the ability to discuss issues and keep in contact: this was highly valuable to each party
• Important research outcomes—these included new knowledge or solving particular problems through the research project(s)
• Building capacity—training and developing skills was an important factor identified by universities and their academic staff. Student placements are beneficial as potential new recruits or emerging researchers that know industry issues very well
• Better connected and leveraged research capability—the projects brought together different expertise, knowledge and /or resources that would not have been available to the individual parties involved
Partner Organisations
Partner Organisation participationLinkage Projects scheme
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Funding Year
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New Business-FundedRepeat Business-FundedRepeat Business-AllNew Business-All
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Some questions• What could ARC do to improve collaboration? (Pre
and Post award) • What could Research Offices do to better facilitate
collaboration?• What can researchers do to improve engagement
with existing and new industries?• What could industry do to engage with the research
sector? Commissioned services versus research outcomes
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Other perspectives• Research Office Industry Working Group—early
findings of survey work - Louise Fleck, Director, Research Office, Macquarie
University
• An ITRP director’s perspective - ARC Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor Veena
Sahajwalla, The University of NSW
Thank You