Impact Acceleration Fund
The Directorate of Engagement and Partnerships is pleased to announce the funding of 17 projects via the University's very first Impact Acceleration Fund (IAF).
The pilot scheme is aimed at accelerating and catalysing all types of non-academic research impact and enhancing the process of Keele research outcomes having wider societal impact.
DEP support amounted to £100,000 and the projects funded spanned all disciplines and a wide variety of activities from workshops, performances, visits with partners, summer studentships, validation studies and the facilitation of clinical and industrial collaborations. The funding is specifically targeted to enable the development of collaborations with both businesses and communities and to sow the seeds of more strategic engagement whilst enhancing the exploitation of Keele's world class research.
Projects were funded at three levels:
Explore - seed funding up to £1k, supporting small-scale activities to facilitate the development of external relationships and knowledge transfer
Progress - funding up to £5k, to build, develop or explore an external relationship/collaboration, such as supporting researchers’ time, knowledge exchange secondments, internships.
Advance - funding up to £10k which is matched by an external partner, to further develop a more substantial collaboration.
The funded projects are:
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Daria Davitti |
Explore |
Rethinking International Investment Law: Civic Advocacy, Representation and Participation in the International Investment Regime |
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William Kirk |
Explore |
Enhanced environmentally benign thrips monitoring and control |
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Alannah Tomkins |
Progress |
Local history and local communities in Staffordshire |
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Alicia El Haj |
Progress |
Development and Innovation in Quality Assurance metrics and devices for commercialised tissue engineered products used in healthcare applications |
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Annette Shrive, Trevor Greenhough & Tony Fryer |
Progress |
Improving the accuracy of tests for markers of tissue injury and inflammation |
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James Tartaglia |
Progress |
Jazz-Philosophy Fusion: taking philosophy to a wider audience through a new medium |
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Mark Skidmore & Dave Hoole |
Progress |
Low cost, field monitoring of fish disease, infection and damage |
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Nick Forsyth & Ying Yang |
Progress |
Generation of nanofiber polymer substrates for the culture of stem cells |
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Peter Andras & Dave Hoole |
Progress |
Improving fish health and quality using chemically modified carbohydrates as novel agents |
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Richard Darton |
Progress |
Development of inorganic materials with optical properties for generating energy saving coatings and films |
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Emma Surman |
Progress |
Community empowerment; transforming community experience in relation to food poverty and sustainability |
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Emme Estacio & Jo Protheroe |
Advance |
Health literacy in the UK: Translating theory and research into policy and action |
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Jane Krishnadas |
Advance |
Community Legal Outreach Collaboration Keele (CLOCK) - supporting disadvantaged communities |
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Krysia Dziedzic, Helen Duffy & Rhian Hughes |
Advance |
Improving health outcomes and primary care services for osteoarthritis in primary care |
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Krysia Dziedzic, Helen Duffy, Simon Somerville, Kay Stevenson & Rhian Hughes |
Advance |
Optimising clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of primary care for patients with low back pain |
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Mim Bernard & Jackie Reynolds |
Advance |
Live Age Festival: Celebrating and showcasing later life creativity |
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Vladimir Zholobenko |
Advance |
Rapid, accurate and reliable on-site asbestos detection |
Please contact Dr. Ann Diskin in DEP for any further information about the projects / scheme.