Canada-UK Advanced Manufacturing Partnering Mission identifies collaboration opportunities
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NSF to provide entrepreneurship training and mentorship. The January 30 briefing on Capitol Hill was the second of BRO’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Exchange (STIx), meant to showcase the impact that DoD S&T programs have had by providing the primary investigators, program managers, and students a platform to share their research efforts with broad audiences, including the general public. DoD says STIx allows its investments and contributions to S&T to be illustrated in a way that promotes collaboration and learning. Nair says early engagement is key for researchers interested in obtaining DoD funding for their research. “Principal
Canada-UK Advanced Manufacturing Partnering Mission identifies collaboration opportunities
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nternational research and development (R&D) collaboration is essential for Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to accelerate their growth and access new markets. As a priority area of focus, the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) creates opportunities for innovative firms to collaborate and grow beyond Canada’s borders. Recently a delegation of 20 SMEs and industry representatives from the UK traveled to Canada as part of the Canada-UK Advanced Manufacturing Partnering Mission, held in Toronto and Winnipeg from April 16 to 20, 2018. Organized by the NRC in Canada and by Innovate UK and the European Enterprise Network in the UK, the goal of the mission was to create opportunities for the development of joint Canada-UK advanced manufacturing research projects in time to submit project proposals for the September 2018 cutoff for the Eurostars-2 program.
Eurostars-2 provides innovation advantages for Canadian SMEs through access to technology, expertise, and markets in Europe and beyond. The program is aimed at supporting both development and commercialization of new innovative products, services, and processes and helps technology-orientated SMEs to realize the many benefits of working beyond national borders. Canada joined the Eurostars-2 program (2014–2020) as a partner country in March 2016, and has already engaged in a number of projects, including partnership with companies in the UK. One project, for example, focuses on unconventional or alternative energies serving the market area of oil and gas exploration and production. For this project—started in September 2017— the researchers aim to produce coal mine methane to generate energy. The SMEs involved are New Paradigm Engineering Ltd. (Canada), Alkane Energy Plc (UK), and Hofseth BioCare ASA (Norway). This
investigators should talk to the program officer and engage in technical discussions before a specific opportunity is released,” she says. “PIs can use the last broad agency announcement, found on the agency’s website, to figure out which program officer they should contact regarding a specific research area.” The goals of BRO, Nair says, include developing and supporting a cadre of science professionals across the United States. “We want to help research
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