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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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The UK is strong in scientific, technological and engineering research. It has a vibrant economy enabling small and large firms to flourish. But it suffers an enduring productivity gap compared with industrial activities...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Imperial College London
The project discusses the productivity gap in the UK and proposes ways to improve it through innovation, but does not fully address the roles and responsibilities of different sectors.
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 focuses on innovation management and bringing products to market, which is relevant to the question, but does not fully address the roles and responsibilities of different sectors.
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 explores the concept of 'serendipity' in research and its impact on economic benefits, which is relevant to the question, but does not fully address the roles and responsibilities of different sectors.