2.5hr Course: Commercialising SHAPE Innovations

Overview

Note: SHAPE refers to ‘Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy. (https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/this-is-shape/)’.

Researchers from SHAPE areas (i.e. non-STEM domains) seem to believe ‘mistakenly’ that their research projects and activities have no connection to the aspects of IP Commercialisation skills and SHAPE research outputs ought to be limited to delivering high research impact without ‘the revenue earning’ agenda. SHAPE researchers, usually, struggle to find ‘new sources of funding’ to achieve continuous support to their research project ideas, and thereby, delivery of good research outputs from complex research work on SHAPE domain are often meant to be a one-time activity. Interestingly, Research Institutions are also exploring new ways to support both teaching and research activities on SHAPE areas of their academics/researchers, as it is often projected that non-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) subject areas do not bring students as well as incomes to the institutions (thereby affecting the institutional operating cost).

This course will be mainly useful to non-STEM innovators/researchers, who wish to understand why/how IP Commercialisation skills are crucial to them (more than to STEM innovators/researchers), and how their prior research experiences can be utilised to transform their research project outputs/experience into impactful outcomes (either as monetised or non-monetised applications). If interested, non-STEM spinout/startup founders can also build successful new ventures in a slightly different approach from the usual ways of how STEM research outputs are commercialised.

What You’ll Learn From This Course

• Recognising SHAPE Innovations within University – Context
• Monetising SHAPE Innovations via New Ventures – Implementation

Certification

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