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Alliances with stakeholders Government Main partners: Networking Partners: Partners & Supporters: 12 & 13 June 2017, Stockholm Impact of Science Room 357
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Alliances with stakeholders
GovernmentMain partners: Networking Partners:Partners & Supporters:
12 & 13 June 2017, Stockholm
Impact of Science
Room 357
Alliances with government
Ingrid Petersson
Director General of Formas, Sweden
12 & 13 June 2017, Stockholm
Impact of Science
Room 357
How to effectively connect governments as partners to research programmes
Ingrid Petersson, Director General, Formas
AESIS: Impact of Science 2017, Stockholm, 12 juni 2017
The double role of government
• Funder of research
• Stakeholder and user of research results
Research policy trends
• ’Accountability’
• Open science
• Societal challenges• shift towards challenge-driven research
• Science for policy: • evidence-based decision-making
• Co-creation and co-production of knowledge
Societal challenges
Challenges for government-research partnership
• Balance• Short-term v. long-term needs
• Bottom-up and top-down initiatives
• Aligning policy needs with research systems• Should research systems be re-oriented?
• Securing the independent role of universities
• How to engage public sector bodies in research projects?
Alliances with government
Tobin Smith
Vice President for Policy at Association of American Universities, USA
12 & 13 June 2017, Stockholm
Impact of Science
Room 357
How to effectively connect governments as partners to research programsThe U.S. Government University Partnership
Tobin L. Smith, Association of American Universities
Impact of Science 2017
Stockholm, Sweden
12 June 2017
“One of the unique characteristics of higher education in America is the strong bond between the university and society. Historically our institutions have been shaped by, have drawn their agendas from, and have been responsible to the communities that founded them.”
--James Duderstadt, President Emeritus, University of Michigan
History of the U.S. Government
University Partnership
The Land-Grant University ▪ Morrill Act of 1862
--Created Land-Grant (A&M) Universities
▪ Hatch Act of 1887--Agriculture Experiment Stations
▪ Morrill Act of 1890--Expanded to Black Colleges & Universities
▪ Smith-Lever Act of 1914--Agriculture Extension Service
Post-World War II U.S. Government University Partnership
• During the War, the government called on universities to assist with the war effort
• National laboratories created
• Research contracts granted to universities
• After the War, the Atomic Energy Commission was created to oversee the National Laboratories
• A new partnership between the federal government and universities was also forged
• Multiple government agencies end up funding research
Key Elements of the U.S. Government University Partnership
• Funds were to be provided based upon scientific merit and the quality of science, not based upon geographic distribution
• Funds would support both research and education
• Focus on basic -- as opposed to applied –research
• The government would share in the costs of both research and necessary research infrastructure
The Bayh-Dole Act
• Prior to 1980, the U.S. Government retained intellectual property from federally funded research
• Only 5% of government-owned patents resulted in new or improved products
• In 1980, Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act allowing universities IP rights
• Bayh-Dole spawned a revolution in university technology commercialization
Policies and Programs that ADVANCE THE PARTNERSHIP
POLICIES
▪ Federal & State Budgets ▪ Merit/Peer Review ▪ Research Infrastructure▪ Regulatory Policy ▪ Intellectual Property▪ Research Integrity▪ Immigration
PROGRAMS
▪ Land Grant, Sea Grant & Space Grant
▪ Fellowship/Traineeship Programs
▪ SBIR/STTR
▪ I-CORP
▪ Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
▪ DARPA/ARPA-E
Challenges AND Opportunities for Strengthening the Partnership
THREATS TO THE PARTNERSHIP
• Proposed federal budget cuts
• Proposed cuts to ‘indirect costs’
• State disinvestment
• Political attacks on specific areas of science
--Climate science
--Social and behavioral sciences
--Fetal tissue research
• Growing anti-intellectual movement
OPPORTUNITIES TO REVITALIZE THE PARTNERSHIP
• Address societal grand challenges
• Improve technology and ‘knowledge’ transfer
• Increase pubic-private partnerships
• Develop better information, metrics and stories on the societal impact of science
• Expand Broader Impacts
• More effectively leverage public interest, support and trust in science
Alliances with government
David Sweeney
Executive Chair Designate, Research England
12 & 13 June 2017, Stockholm
Impact of Science
Room 357
Universities and Government
David Sweeney
Executive Chair Designate, Research England
Impact of Science Conference
12th June 2017
• Education – i.e.engagement with Society
• Civic Focus – i.e. engagement with Society
• National Focus (ANU) i.e. engagement with Society
• Academic Freedom – ‘Freedom of Expression’, not unfettered freedom of activity
Historic Purpose of Universities
• Partially Block Grant Funding – passing responsibility to the university
• Haldane Principle in the UK – experts take the decisions
• ‘Third Stream Funding’ – in the UK, hypothecated funding for engagement – but a CONTRIBUTION towards full costs of activity
• Research funded and assessed on the basis of Impact –Economic, Health, Environmental, Social, Cultural
The Funding Deal
INNOVATION
Research Base
Other Firms (customers, competitors,
suppliers, etc.)
Research institutions etc.
Universities
Existing stock of knowledge / technologies / patents
Regulatory bodies
Research policies / funding
Legal / IPR
Finance (VC, angels,
government)
Business support /
advice
Culture
InstitutionalFramework
Technology intermediaries
Graduating students, research
publications
FIRM Innovation value chain
Internal knowledge inputs, R&D
University-Industry Knowledge Exchange
Positioning the Research Base in the Wider Innovation System
University-Industry Knowledge Exchange
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Framework for Analysing Knowledge Exchange
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University Economy & society
Problem solvingPeople basedPublic space
CommercialisationCommunity
Academic publications, conferences etc.
Graduating undergraduate / graduate students
Knowledge exchange mechanisms:Activities of HEIs Potential users
Educating
people
Pure-basic research
User-inspired research
Applied research
Private sector
Public sector
Third sector
Community
HEFCE: Transition from Technology
Transfer to Knowledge Exchange
Where we have come from… Where we are going to…
STEM focus All disciplines
Simple ‘transmission’ model of knowledge Dynamic exchange model
(engagement, not outreach)
Wealth creation Innovation, productivity, quality of
life, cultural enrichment, civic dev,
community regeneration etc.
Large, multi-national businesses Spectrum from global to local/
regional and all users
Knowledge Exchange
COMMUNITY
PUBLIC
SECTOR
CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE
BUSINESS
Competitiveness, Growth
Efficiency,
Cohesion
Cultural
Enrichment &
Quality of Life
Resources &
Opportunities
PRIVATE
SECTOR
SOCIAL & CIVIC
ARENA
AcademicAcademic knowledge Economic and
societal benefits
Facilitating the research exploitation process
Skills and human capital development
CPD / short courses
Lifelong learning
Careers services
Work placements / project experience
Joint curriculum development
Knowledge networks / diffusion
Exploiting the physical assets of the HEI
Science parks
Incubators
Facilities / equipment
Supporting the community / public engagement
Outreach
Volunteering
Widening participation
Awareness raising / knowledge diffusion
Social cohesion / community regeneration
Provision of public space
Alumni networks
Academic – external organisation networks
KE professional networks
Staff exchanges
Access points for external orgs
Business development
Technology transfer
Consultancy support
Patenting / IP advice
Corporate Relations
Press / communications
Investment funds
Marketing
External fundraising for research
Contracts / legal support
Entrepreneurship and enterprise education
Social enterprise
Enterprise and entrepreneurship training Involving public in research
Leadership, Strategy and Institutional StructuresLeadership and
governanceStrategy Institutional
cultureIncentives and rewards
Building internal capability within the HEI
Internal courses
Informal networks
MentoringAcademicsKE staff
Internal / external courses Best practice networks
Recruitment Workshops / seminars
Organisational systems
The Research Excellence Framework
Outputs (65%) Impact (20%) Environment (15%)
Case studies
and narrative
statement,
supported by
indicators
Expert review of
selected outputs
(informed by citation
information in
appropriate UOAs)
Narrative
supported by
indicators
Quality of all types of research Economic, social, cultural
and quality of life benefits
Quality and sustainability of
the research environment
• Universities and the Global Financial Crisis
• Continuing investment in education so universities have sound business models
• Funds available for infrastructure investment
• Knowledge and Expertise to work with Business
• The only Institutions with funding to invest in many parts of the country
• Universities and a More Balanced Economy – ‘The Place Agenda’
• An Industrial Strategy
The Last Ten Years
• Academic Excellence
• Impact
• Place
• People & Talent
• Collaboration and Competition
Research Drivers
The Ten Pillars
Science, Research and Innovation
Skills InfrastructureSupporting
Businesses to Start and Grow
Procurement
Trade and Inward Investment
Affordable Energy and Clean
GrowthSectors
Driving Growth Across the
Country
Institutions:Linking Sectors
and Places
GovernmentChaired by:
Ingrid Petersson
Director General of Formas, Sweden
Recommendation:• There has always been and still is a close partnership between governments and research
• The partnerships might look different in different national contexts but we can learn from each
other
• The interactions should not be to simplified but it is good to work within a frame work
• In the interactions a broad concept of impact has to be used
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