AIRTO member Jisc has expanded its support for research commercialisation and knowledge exchange through the first in a planned series of agreements designed to help universities identify, develop, and manage industry partnerships.
The agreement offers access to Dimensions Industry Partnerships, a specialist analytics platform developed by Digital Science that helps organisations understand existing relationships between researchers and industry, identify potential corporate partners and support knowledge exchange activity.
The new offer comes amid increasing policy focus on research translation and economic impact. Initiatives such as the Modern Industrial Strategy, the UK Spin-out Register and UK Research and Innovation’s Shared TTO Pilot have reinforced the importance of helping universities turn research excellence and their IP into economic and societal benefit.
