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Research Funding Office and Knowledge Transfer Centre
The Research Funding Office (RFO) and the Knowledge Transfer Centre (KTC) together provide proactive support for the University’s high-quality research and related commercial activities. RFO is dedicated to the business ofmaximising research sponsorship and the KTC to encourage the applied development and commercialisation of innovative research findings by sourcing development funding and technology transfer through licensing and company formation. The offices have a linked and complementary role to assist all researchers, staff and postgraduate students.
Research Funding Office The RFO consists of Pre-Award, Research Business Development and Contracts, and Post-Award teamswhoworkwith researchers fromall the academic Schools in the University. Within each teamthere is specific responsibility for research areas across all faculties. The Research Funding Office is located on the top floor of The Gateway, and provides:
• Direction to sources of funding and guidance on the priorities of external funding agencies; access to European Funding through identification of newopportunities, including the Framework Programme (FP7) and the European Research Council.
• Research support and development of newUniversity business by developing and cultivating links to research sponsors, industry and Government.
• Effective costingmethodology to produce an estimate of the full cost and to agree an appropriate price on behalf of the University.
• Post-award financialmanagement and reporting of research grants and contracts.
Knowledge Transfer Centre The Knowledge Transfer Centre (KTC) provides encouragement, advice and support to all staff and postgraduate research students involved in KT. It co-ordinates a range of activities and responses, undertakes tomanage,maintain and protect the University’s intellectual property rights (IPR) and effect their development and consequent commercial transfer to industry through both licensing and the formation of spin- out companies. Where the opportunity arises, the KTCwill formulate bids for external funding for specific KT activities to bemanaged and delivered through the Centre.
A large part of the University’s intellectual property portfolio has resulted frompostgraduate students’ researchwork, particularly those undertaking research towards a PhD in the physical and life sciences. KTC staff handle newintellectual property through an invention disclosure processwhich can, in specific cases, lead to the submission of a patent application. The KTC thenworkswith the inventor(s) tomanage and exploit the intellectual property and take newtechnology and ideas to industry and/or potential investors. The route followed to commercial success is as varied as the technologies that emanate fromthe University itself, however all inventors share in the decision-making process and, if commercialisation is successful, also share in any revenue received by the University through this route.
The KTC is located alongside GRADskills in the Gateway Building. The Centre teamcomprises two experienced technology transfer professionals togetherwith amarketing and IPR administrator.
In 2009-2010 the total value of research grants and contracts awarded to the Universitywas in excess of £50M. Research income has continued to rise steadily each year tomore than £36M in 2009-2010.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/rfo www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ktc
J Melville’s fishing yawl in St Andrews harbour – c. 1900
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