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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


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?


Tobin Smith

Vice President for Policy at Association of American Universities, USA


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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

Contact Me

[email protected]

@SciPolGuy @AAUnivesities

www.aau.edu

mailto:[email protected]


David Sweeney

Executive Chair Designate, Research England


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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

Thank you for listening

[email protected]

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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