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We provide a wide range of practical tools and resources for everyone working within the Knowledge Exchange profession, whether they are members of PraxisAuril or not.

However, event resources and materials are only accessible to attendees of those events. Other key resources are restricted to members only. All permissions are managed through your PraxisAuril account and you can sign up or log in to your account via our website to access these exclusive resources.

We are always looking for new case studies, practical guides and templates to support the KE community. If you would like to contribute to the PraxisAuril online resources section, please email info@praxisauril.org.uk.

Consultation Responses

CONSULTATION RESPONSE:
PraxisAuril responds to the UK R&D Roadmap (August 2020)

PraxisAuril responded to the UK government's R&D Roadmap which set out long-term objectives for research and development (R&D) are clear: to be a science superpower and invest in the science and research that will deliver economic growth and societal benefits across the UK for decades to come, and to build the foundations for the new industries of tomorrow.

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Practical Guides

Practical Guide to Options

An option to acquire rights in university intellectual property (“IP”) may be encountered in several guises: as a stand-alone agreement, as a clause within an agreement (e.g. a sponsored research agreement or a material transfer agreement), or as a ‘pipeline’ (or ‘IP framework’) agreement in the context of a university spin-out company. Although it may often form quite a small part of a larger agreement, the grant of an option can raise important issues in terms of an organisation’s intellectual property commercialisation strategy.

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Reports & Reviews

Research England: Invention to Impact - November 2023

This independent review undertaken by Canadian consultants McIvorStones for Research England, explores opportunities and challenges for scale-up and launch of digital spinouts across England’s HE landscape, including those with low spinout rates from traditional STEM and life-science disciplines

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Templates & Toolkits

NEW TEMPLATES:
Low cost, flexible, proof of market funding: A good practice guide for successful innovation

This free good practice guide from Grow MedTch introduces a low-cost funding award scheme for due diligence and de-risking at the earliest stages of innovation. Grow MedTech’s first good practice guide explains how by investing small amounts of money into proof of market awards, opportunities can be de-risked so that the time of academics and knowledge exchange and commercialisation (KEC) practitioners – and university budgets – are not wasted in the short to long term future.

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