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The recipients of a new stream of Scottish Funding Council (SFC) funding have been announced today.
Efficiency initiatives led by Heriot-Watt University, Queen Margaret University, Glasgow Caledonian University, and the University of Dundee will be supported by SFC’s Shared Services Collaboration Fund.
The four institutions were amongst the ten universities from across Scotland that responded to a call for proposals issued earlier this year.
The successful proposal from Heriot-Watt University is an umbrella project that will see it joining up with eleven other Scottish universities to build institutional capacity to effectively respond to risks to UK research and innovation from hostile state actors and in line with changes to legislation. The partners will work together to develop a digital toolkit to support universities to implement good practice in trusted research and secure innovation.
The project led by Queen Margaret University involves five other institutions. They will work together to develop, test and evaluate a sustainable model for a shared Commercialisation and Knowledge Exchange Service.
Glasgow Caledonian University will partner with the University of Glasgow to create The Innovation3 Exchange, a new shared function to enhance the two universities’ capacity for entrepreneurship, innovation, and commercialisation.
The University of Dundee-led initiative will include NHS Forth Valley, Forth Valley College, the James Hutton Institute and the Tay-Forth Catalyst alongside the Universities of St Andrews and Stirling. Together, they will create a pioneering commercialisation ecosystem across the whole of the Tay-Forth region.
Helen Cross, Director of Research and Innovation at the Scottish Funding Council, said:
“Our Shared Services Collaboration Fund is a new way of supporting Scottish universities to work together for efficiency and sustainability.
“The Fund has been specially created to address the challenges of the current difficult financial climate, and the response from universities has clearly demonstrated the sector’s capacity for collaboration and innovation.
“The four projects receiving funding today all have the potential to make a real difference, and I look forward to following their progress towards success.”
Full details of today’s announcement can be found on the SFC website.
