date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:37:10 +0000 from: Meric Srokosz subject: Fwd: Re: KT stuff and RAPID to: Alex.Haxeltine@uea.ac.uk, pc@mercury.soc.soton.ac.uk, m.hulme@uea.ac.uk, richard.wood@metoffice.com, r.r.dickson@cefas.co.uk >Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:14:06 +0000 >From: "Stephen Loader" >To: >Cc: "Liz Humphreys" >Subject: Re: KT stuff and RAPID >X-MailScanner-NERC-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), > SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, required 5, BAYES_00 -4.90) >X-MailScanner-SOC: Found to be clean >X-MailScanner-SOC-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), > SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, required 5, BAYES_00 -4.90) >Status: > >Meric, > >Thanks for the reminder. the issues that I was going to investigate >were: > >EU exchanges: the purpose of the KT call is to encourage knowledge >transfer and ultimately help improve the UK's economic and quality of >life performance. If you can demonstrate that people exchange within >the EU will benefit the transfer of knowledge from the RAPID programme >for the benefit of the UK then I would consider it within remit. > >The use of the fund to fund research that addresses specific users >needs (in this case DEFRA): I think we discussed at the meeting that it >might be appropriate for the fund to support/facilitate the programme's >interactions with DEFRA to clarify the specific research needs (eg >paying for workshop, short term study visits or staff secondment), but >that the programme would have to fund the research directly. > >the fund will not support specific public understanding of science >activities. > >Please let me know if there were other issues that I have missed. > >As I mentioned at the RAPID StC, the intention is not for individual >programmes to establish their own KT pots, but to come in with clear >proposals for KT activities. We will be informing science coordinators >via e-mail in the next day or so some more information about what we >might expect in programme proposals, in particular the level of detail >expected and what will happen if you cannot be specific. > >The user survey is intended to provide further insight into the KT >needs of users. We are still awaiting the final report, which should >become available later this month. Because of the timing of the report >and the closing date for the KT call it would be unreasonable for us to >expect people to have adapted their proposals to fit in with the >outcomes of the survey, hence I would suggest not to get too exercised >about the impact of the survey for this round. We may consider putting >the executive summary on the web. > >I hope this information helps - please do come back again if you need >any extra information/advice. > >Regards > >Stephen > >Stephen Loader >Knowledge Transfer >Natural Environment Research Council >Polaris House >North Star Avenue >Swindon >SN2 1EU > >t: 01793 411722 >f: 01793 411584 >e: s.loader@nerc.ac.uk > >>>> Meric Srokosz 03/03/04 09:07am >>> >Hi Stephen > >AT the RAPID Steering Committee we raised various issues about >KT that you said you would get back to us on. What is the state of >play? > >Secondly, there was the user survey results that were supposed to be >available in early March. Are they? > >If we are to put in a RAPID submission by the end of March, it would >help >to know what we can / cannot do! > >Many thanks (in anticipation), Meric >-- > > >Dr. Meric Srokosz, Room 254/43,Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) >Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK >Tel:+44-(0)23-80596414 (direct line); Fax: +44-(0)23-80596400 >e-mail: mas@soc.soton.ac.uk or M.Srokosz@soc.soton.ac.uk >http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/SAT/pers/mas.html > >Science Coordinator NERC Rapid Climate Change Programme >http://rapid.nerc.ac.uk/ -- Dr. Meric Srokosz, Room 254/43,Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK Tel:+44-(0)23-80596414 (direct line); Fax: +44-(0)23-80596400 e-mail: mas@soc.soton.ac.uk or M.Srokosz@soc.soton.ac.uk http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/SAT/pers/mas.html Science Coordinator NERC Rapid Climate Change Programme http://rapid.nerc.ac.uk/