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Title: Guidelines to engage industry partners in multidisciplinary and collaborative research
Author/Creator: Stevens, N J
Description: The development of effective engagement processes is an essential element of successful research partnerships and high quality research outcomes. Academics are increasingly encouraged to submit multidisciplinary proposals to larger collaborative grants which require substantial industry cash and in-kind contributions to be successful. The development of these proposals requires considerable time, resources and commitment from universities and the wide range of industry partners that support research. Within many academic institutions assistance is available for drafting and writing successful grant proposals, however limited resources are in place to assist early career academics, new academics and researchers in effectively, effi ciently and appropriately engaging with external partners for establishing collaborative grants. There are distinct differences between the way academia and industry operate, communicate and present information and it is these differences that may lead to failed industry-academia relationships. Poor engagement techniques have the potential to detrimentally impact future collaborative opportunities and the reputation of an academic institution. The research aimed to: • Analyse the successful aspects of funded multidisciplinary industry and academic research projects. • Explore engagement strategies and user group interactions to enable academics to apply the most appropriate method for industry or stakeholder audiences. • Develop guidelines for the pre-grant; continuing and operation engagement of industry partners in academic research. The research has been supported via case study analysis of a successful large multidisciplinary ARC Linkage Project (LP0775225), in addition to the analysis of a fi ve unsuccessful research proposals, including semi structure interviews with chief investigators and partner institutions. The research results include a range of ‘pre-engagement’ strategies for use in the early stages of issue identifi cation and grant preparation. These strategies may assist in managing stakeholder expectations, encouraging mutually agreeable engagement, and help to ensure a well developed research proposal and ensuing project. The research also identifi es a range of ‘operational’ strategies to ensure consistent management, partnerships, quality control and academic and industry outputs.
Relation: 2011 University Research Conference: Bridging disciplinary divides: Communicate, Connect, Collaborate, Sunshine Coast, Australia 18-22 July 2011
Relation: 2011 University Research Conference Program Book / pp.17
Relation: http://www.usc.edu.au/
Year: 2011
Publisher: University of the Sunshine Coast
Subject: FoR multidisciplinary | collaborative research | multidisciplinary research

Collection(s): 2011 University Research Conference
Resource Type: Conference Presentation

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