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Funded Staff Secondments Between Universities and Companies
The Lancaster Environment Centre can help you access a £50,000 secondment enabling project with our researchers, through the BBSRC Industry Interchange Programme.
Does your company have an unresolved biological issue, or a need to develop new biological products and services?
Would seconding a researcher from your staff into a world class university research group, or a researcher from such a group into your company help resolve the issue?
Is the potential cost of this a concern?
The objective is to provide strategic benefit to industry and the science base from reciprocal access to facilities, expertise, or knowledge and increased understanding of scientific issues of common concern.
Projects must fall within the remit of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, which includes research on plants, microbes, animals and tools / technology underpinning biological research. Within LEC most people working in these areas are within our Centre for Sustainable Agriculture.
Project costs can include the secondee's salary, travel, consumables, supervising staff time and university overheads. Typically, company partners need to contribute 20% of project costs as a mixture of cash and in-kind contributions (varies with the secondment direction).
Secondees need a PhD, or sufficient experience to undertake the project.
Projects receive thorough academic supervision, are supported by a £35 million 300+ researcher facility and are jointly managed with you.
Other potential benefits to you include access to:
- Our expertise and ideas.
- New graduates.
- Our extensive facilities.
- Scientific publications.
Find out more
Contact Chris Holroyd on 01524 510228 or via c.p.holroyd@lancaster.ac.uk
Fri 01 July 2011
Latest News
Social media plagued by privacy problems, say researchers
The privacy management of 16 popular social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, is "seriously deficient," according to a study being published in the June issue of Computer magazine.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Tue 21 May 2013
Lancaster set to receive funding boost to stimulate UK's economy
Lancaster is amongst leading universities who are set to benefit from a £50 million investment in cutting-edge research and innovation projects to drive growth. Lancaster's project will use the strong international reputation and links in China, in particular with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to address the Government's priorities to focus on high-growth SMEs and to increase exports. Using expertise from across the University, it focuses on improved leadership and new technology...
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Fri 17 May 2013
Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars
A UK-Canadian team of scientists has discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Thu 16 May 2013
How do we find out about cyber criminals?
Security Lancaster and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics held a workshop to form a new collaborative group who will widen the knowledge of cybercrime and start developing innovative approaches to obtaining information on cyber criminals. The workshop included security researchers and statisticians, solicitors specialising in cybercrime, and experts from government agencies.
Thu 16 May 2013