Snapshot Brief:

Researchers can learn how to maximise Research Impact potentials out of research projects with the knowledge of handling IPs and exploitation pathways of research outputs (i.e. arising IPs / foreground IPs). Academics and PGR (Post Graduate Research) Students often struggle to comprehend how the term ‘IP (Intellectual Property)’ relates to them and their research projects, due to lack of simplified training contents on IP related courses wherein the attendees can emphasise on ‘using the knowledge on IP rights’ to aid their ongoing research projects rather than ‘becoming an IP expert / IP Attorney’.

Requirements:

Reasonable understanding or experience of undertaking a research project

Working experience in research-intensive institutions or having an interest to do so

Knows basics of Intellectual Properties (e.g. patent, copyright, trademark, design right)

Able to use online training platforms & basic IT tools (e.g. Zoom, Google Meet, MS Office)

Features:

Sharing practical case examples of sample projects & researchers in UK Universities

Easy to adopt techniques and approaches by Researchers on own research projects

Explaining bigger picture logic of 'why IPs & IP exploitations' instead of dwelling on IPs

All-in-One training course capturing the essential needs of a Researcher on IP handling

Target audiences:

Academics in Research-intensive institutions (e.g. University, Research Institutes)

Post-Graduate (PG) Research Students or Students with Research interest

Research Support Professionals (in Universities for grant applications by researchers)

Overview:

Academics and PGR (Post Graduate Research) Students often struggle to comprehend how the term ‘IP (Intellectual Property)’ relates to them and their research projects, due to lack of simplified training contents on IP related courses wherein the attendees can emphasise on ‘using the knowledge on IP rights’ to aid their ongoing research projects rather than ‘becoming an IP expert / IP Attorney’.

This course intends to demystify the basics of IP from a researcher’s view of planning and delivering a research project (which is of the nature of either 'an exploratory basic research grant / funded-research work towards a problem-solving task' or 'yet-to-explore commercialisation pathway development / industry-funded targeted-problem solving work’).

As a researcher, the usual concerns in undertaking a research project include ‘knowing background & arising IPs’, ‘filling up IP management & IP exploitation aspects inside a grant application’, ‘agreeing terms on IP management and IP exploitation arrangement among partners’, and ‘planning technology development aligned to market needs while exploring prior arts’.

Through this training course, one can learn about how Researchers can maximise Research Impact potentials out of research projects with the knowledge of handling IPs and exploitation pathways of research outputs (i.e. arising IPs / foreground IPs).

The context of research environment adopted for delivering this course is of UK Universities (esp. those in England) for referencing/using 'certain terminologies and rules/regulations on research governance'. However, the training contents are relevant and appropriate to anywhere outside UK too.

What You’ll Learn From This Course:

Module-1: Why awareness on IP Commercialisation skills is crucial to Researchers – Basics

Module-2: How to plan and maximise Research Impact out of research projects – Intermediate

Module-3: Hands-on techniques on prior arts search, customer/market identification, and Licensing/Spinout basics – Advanced

Certification

All attendees will be provided an acknowledgement certificate (PDF copy) of having completed the training course.

Duration

1 day [9:00-11:30 (Module-1), 12:00-14:30 (Module-2), 15:00-17:30 (Module-3)]

Curriculum:

Module-1: IP commercialisation’s relevance to academics & PGR students – Basics

• What is IP and various IP rights – formats, legality, confidentiality, Knowhow/trade-secret?

• Cost and benefits of IP protection options – timeline and IP protection planning

• IP policy and scholarly works – institutional norm on visitors, students, academics, staffs

• IP aspect on KE activities – consultancy, CPD, Collaborative and Contract Research, KTP

• IP aspect on various Research Domains – Social Science, Physical Science, Life Sciences

• Work-package-breakdown – Ownerships/rights of parties on background/foreground IPs

Module-2: Using IP commercialisation for Research Impact planning – Intermediate

• Interpreting Research Impact – REF view, KE view, Industry view

• IP Management approaches – T&Cs of grant funding and collaboration agreement

• Pathways beyond IP Management – Writing IP Exploitation routes inside grant application

• Research output dissemination – recording outreach and impact of research outputs

• Avoiding IP leakage – Hiring students/consultants, procuring external services/supports

• Maintaining Confidentiality – Seminars/papers, company engagement, files record

Module-3: Achieving IP exploitation outcomes on Research projects – Advanced

• Interpreting IP exploitation – Different views of university, project members, industry

• IP exploitation’s relevance to REF/KEF – Licensing and spinout outcomes

• Knowing pre-existing research works – Prior Art Search, market landscape

• Identifying target End-users – Customer Value Analysis, market ecosystem

• Understanding end-user/consumer adoption – spinout business case building

• Converting partner company as licensee – option agreement, follow-on-funding