This is fund, from the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF), is allocated to the University by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), and is designed to stimulate knowledge exchange activities which align to the University Strategy, the Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise Strategic Plan, or the Civic Strategic Plan.
These include collaborative projects with business, industry, local government, public sector or charitable organisations, community bodies, and the wider public.
The WSI Knowledge Exchange Fund invites applications for interdisciplinary socio-technical projects in the areas of web science, data science or human-centred AI, and welcomes applications from all disciplines, particularly those led by early career researchers.
Activities
These include collaborative projects with business, industry, local government, public sector or charitable organisations, community bodies, and the wider public. Projects may involve:
- developing and maturing new technologies, ideas and inventions
- co-creation of innovation
- translation of research
- commercialisation for social good initiatives
- activities which contribute to levelling up and supporting the University’s civic agenda
- placements and secondments
- CPD and external skills development
- projects focusing on equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI)
Projects must involve collaboration with an external non-academic partner and should support or undertake knowledge exchange (KE) activity.
Timing and funding
Projects may run for up to six months between 1 February 2025 and 31 July 2025. Successful projects will be awarded funding normally within a range of £5000 to £15000.
Application process
Funding is available to members of University of Southampton staff. To apply please download and complete the application form, and submit to wsi@soton.ac.uk by 5:00 pm on Friday 29 November 2024.
