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Building Applied Research Capacity: The NSERC College and Community Innovation Program (CCIP)

Building Applied Research Capacity: The NSERC College and Community Innovation Program (CCIP). Robert Luke, Ph.D. Director, Applied Research & Innovation George Brown College. Agenda. Introduction: Innovation Productivity The CCI Program Inputs/Outputs

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Building Applied Research Capacity: The NSERC College and Community Innovation Program (CCIP)

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  1. Building Applied Research Capacity: The NSERC College and Community Innovation Program (CCIP) Robert Luke, Ph.D. Director, Applied Research & Innovation George Brown College

  2. Agenda • Introduction: Innovation • Productivity • The CCI Program • Inputs/Outputs • Suggestions for a successful application • Building applied research capacity

  3. Canada’s Innovation Capacity • 13th out of 17 countries (OECD) • “D” for innovation: “it’s been a D for decades” • Conference Board of Canada, How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada • Canada's ‘Capacity to innovate’: C- • Global Insight • Mediocre • Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC) State of the Nation 2008

  4. Productivity • Canada is second in OECD for HERD; 12th in BERD • HERD: Higher Education Expenditures on R&D • BERD: Business Expenditures on R&D

  5. Productivity • Firms are not making effective use of postsecondary R&D capabilities • “We’ve gone too far in subsidizing R&D, and not far enough in subsidizing diffusion of innovation.” (Sharpe 2009)

  6. The Innovation Equation • Public Private Partnership + R&D = P3RD • Public R&D subsidy • Goal: Fostering diffusion of innovation

  7. P3RD • Supporting applied research will foster increased productivity, enabling Canada to realign R&D expenditure imbalances, and correct our long-standing poor record on innovation.

  8. CCIP • Open to any discipline • Is institutional, not individual

  9. Colleges • Must be NSERC-eligible • Must commit to matching funds • Must support faculty engagement • Must provide facilities, services and space for applied research

  10. Context • Canada's Science & Technology Strategy • Energy • Environment • Health • ICT • Business et al

  11. LOI [1] • Building Research Capacity and Industry Innovation Transfer • Description of applied research to be carried out • Applied research capacity gaps; Outcomes and benefits to industry • Industry, faculty and student involvement • Fit to industry needs, College’s strategic plan, the management team, three to five key personnel • Amount requested

  12. LOI [2] • Budget Justification • Letter from College President • Two letters of support from industry partners

  13. Proposal • Start early • Develop partnerships, project plans • Secure cash contributions • Detail in-kind • Letters of support

  14. Proposal • Focus on complementarity • Leverage networks – context • Strong project management • Industry sector guidance • HQSP – support student applied research competencies • Invitation to reuse CONII content

  15. Selection Criteria • Potential to Contribute to Local or Regional Innovation • Excellence of the Proposal • Need for, and Use of, Resources

  16. Selection Criteria

  17. Selection Criteria

  18. Selection Criteria

  19. How will you • Respond to industry needs • Mobilize faculty, students • Mainstream applied research • Measure success

  20. Mobilize • Senior management support • Operational support • Faculty interest • Student engagement

  21. CCIP • Round 5 • LOI 6 November • Invite February 2010 • Due 22 April 2010 • Decision August 2010

  22. Role of applied research • Regional R&D capacity and diffusion of innovation • Complementarity in the R&D continuum

  23. Startup.edu “Last Mile” R&D services • Stages of technology development Technology Development & Demonstration (Pilot to Full Scale) Market Entry & Market Volume Product Commercialization & Market Development Applied Research Fundamental Research http://www.sdtc.ca/en/about/innovation_chain.htm

  24. From discovery to design • Multidisciplinary Collaborative Problem Solving • The intentional application of applied research and innovation services to industry needs and contexts • Uses college verticals in a horizontal integration strategy • Move from idea to invoice

  25. Open Innovation • “…the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation, respectively.” (Chesbrough)

  26. Open Innovation Network • CONII: Colleges Ontario Network for Industry Innovation

  27. Contact Robert Luke, Ph.D. Director, Applied Research and Innovation George Brown College gbcresearch.ca rluke@georgebrown.ca

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