A National Research Funding Agency in Europe

a national research funding agency, Europe IP policy and business plan development project for a national research funding agency (2015-15) In 2015-2016 Oxford Oracle completed an IP Policy and Business Plan development project for the national research funding agency Europe and nine associated European universities and Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs).

In completing this work, Oxford Oracle delivered two separate but connected work packages, first providing IP Policy Development to nine European universities and RTOs, an activity that included: 1) coaching in IP Policy development, 2) facilitation of IP Policy Workshops and 3) drafting of the Policies for each of the nine clients. In the subsequent extension to the project, Oxford Oracle developed for the national research funding agency a blueprint for the development of a Knowledge Transfer Facility to serve the nine universities and RTOs that had engaged with the IP Policy formation project.

This blueprint, essentially a fully costed business plan, described: 1) the Europe research, innovation and enterprise ecosystem, 2) the Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategy and Tactics (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics (VMOST) for the facility, 3) a suggested governance and revenue-sharing model, and 4) the operations and costs necessary to run the facility for its first five years.