2017 university of queensland development fellowships c1 research-industry capacity area plan

SELF-ASSESSMENT

Provide a brief self-assessment (200 words max) of your current level of experience in industry engagement, via research partnerships and/or research commercialisation.

This is a context setting question designed to assist in the assessment of your potential for growth/development in the Capacity Area.


DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Outline your proposed activities under the following headings. You may include activities in (1) and/or (2).

1. Research Partnerships

Select any relevant roles or activities you will undertake:

☐ Direct industry engagement ☐ Research proposal development ☐ Industry networking

☐ Indirect industry engagement (e.g. via Rural Research and Development Corps)

☐ Other:

Outline your proposed activities, with an emphasis on your role in new or strengthened partnerships.

Explain how the proposed activities will advance your professional development and your support your career trajectory. Describe the capability to be enabled through the award of a UQ Development Fellowship.

Outline how the proposed activities will contribute to the goals of the School/Centre/Institute, or to the Faculty/University more broadly, including the value-add of the activities.

2. Research commercialisation

Select any relevant research commercialisation roles or activities you will undertake:

☐IP management ☐ Patent processes ☐ Entrepreneurship ☐ IP strategy development ☐ Packaging innovation

☐ Market analysis ☐ Deal comparables ☐ Business models/business model innovation ☐ Pitching to investors

☐ Pitching to industry/engagement strategies ☐ Company director role ☐ Alliance Management ☐ Reporting research to industry ☐ Non-diluting proof of concept & commercial grants (e.g. QLD Gov/Commonwealth Accelerating Commercialisation) ☐ Commercialisation pathways (collaborative research pre-license, licensing and start-ups)

☐ Other:
Outline your proposed research commercialisation activities, with an emphasis on new or enhanced contributions.

Explain how the proposed activities will advance your professional development and your support your career trajectory. Describe the capability to be enabled through the award of a UQ Development Fellowship.

Outline how the proposed activities will contribute to the goals of the School/Centre/Institute, or to the Faculty/University more broadly, including the value-add of the activities.