If you are a researcher who wants to:

? enhance the economic and social impact of your research

? learn more about European funding

? understand the requirements of research bid impact statements

? broaden your collaborations with external parties – public sector, third sector, SME’s and industry

? understand the many different methods of collaboration – such as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, consultancy, studentships, secondments and many, many more.

Then Research and Innovation Services can help.

We are running a programme of seminars to help researchers across all disciplines to navigate the various ways of working with external partners, the different funding sources available for research, ways of protecting ideas, inventions and Intellectual Property and ways of commercialising research.

How to work with industry – 24/2/10

Introduction to Consultancy – 03/3/10

Negotiating the deal – 10/3/10

Modes of Collaboration –?17/3/10

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships – 24/3/10

Getting started – sources of research funding – 14/4/10

Overview of European funding including FP7 – 21/4/10

How to submit a successful proposal to FP7 –?28/4/10

How to write a successful research bid – 05/5/10

Impact – NEW – 12/5/10

Introduction to Intellectual Property (IP) – 19/5/10

Managing your research group’s IP – 02/6/10

Identifying opportunities to commercialise your research – 09/6/10

To spin or not – spinning out a company or licensing your technology – 16/6/10

Translational funding – NEW – 23/6/10

All seminars will take place between 12.30 and 13.30 in Building 37, Highfield Campus and will include lunch.

Register your place

For more information about each seminar and to register your place, visit www.southampton.ac.uk/ris/events/trainingprogramme.html? or email Liz Roe e.roe@soton.ac.uk?stating your name and school and which seminars you would like to attend.