Innovator Training Scheme: Supporting researchers to develop innovations and routes to clinical impact.
The Innovator Training Scheme (ITS) is a joint programme between Manchester BRC and Translation Manchester and will support researchers to explore and develop innovations and routes to clinical impact, alongside industry partners, and exploit their research for the benefit of patients.
The academic, clinical and wider societal impact of translational research can only be fully maximised by harnessing the industrial and commercial ecosystems in which they are delivered. Greater Manchester has a unique healthcare ecosystem that supports innovation and the implementation of research.
Recognising this, the BRC industry and training teams have developed the proposed ‘Innovator Training Scheme’ (ITS), in partnership with Translation Manchester and the Wellcome Trust Translational Partnership Award.
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Who is it for?
The ITS is ideal for early-to-mid career researchers and staff who are looking to expand their knowledge, skills and networks of commercial research and innovation and the support available across Manchester.
This could include PhD students, clinical fellows, MS’s, research associates, research assistants, lecturers and new academics, as well as core research staff, such as study co-ordinators, project managers, technicians and bioinformaticians.
The programme is open to researcher staff and students across The University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
Programme
Participants can find out more about each webinar session and book their place by following the booking links below:
- Essentials for innovation and industry engagement – Thursday 25 March 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am
- Developing an entrepreneurial mindset – Tuesday 20 April 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am
- Identifying intellectual property, when and why to protect – Tuesday 18 May 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am
- Building your network and the value of teams – Tuesday 15 June 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am
- Communicating your research to commercial audiences – Tuesday 20 July 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am
- Commercialisation as a route to clinical impact – Tuesday 21 September 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am
- Collaborate to innovate – Tuesday 19 October 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am
- Pitching to innovation – Tuesday 16 November 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am
Further information
For more information on the ITS, please contact:
Dr Colette Inkson, Manchester BRC Industry Liaison Manager
Colette.Inkson@manchester.ac.uk
Jane Crosbie, Manchester BRC Training Lead
Jane.Crosbie@manchester.ac.uk
