BEIS plans to boost productivity and improve lives by tackling society’s Grand Challenges in life sciences, artificial intelligence, automation and space. By investing in R&D and innovation, we will unleash potential and work towards making the UK a science superpower. To do this, BEIS needs research to better understand:
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I present the Serendipity proposal, with SPRU (Sussex, UK) and Columbia (NYC, USA), to conduct a body of frontier work on the role, management and impact of serendipity on research performance. The project addresses majo...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sussex
The project directly addresses the concept of 'serendipity' in blue-sky research and its social and economic benefits, which is directly relevant to the question.
Mission-oriented science and technology - that is Government funded science and technology in direct support of the goals or missions of the state - has a long history and accounts for a great deal of public spending on ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
The project focuses on mission-oriented research systems, which is not directly related to the benefits of blue skies / excellence-based research.
To create impact from excellent science requires not only technical solutions but also mechanisms to bring products and processes to market. In this FLexible Interchange Programme (FLIP) project Professor Iain Donnison s...
Funded by: BBSRC
Lead research organisation: Aberystwyth University
The project discusses the translation of university science into successful business opportunities, which can be seen as a benefit of blue skies / excellence-based research.