Welcome to RADMA
(Research and Development Management)
Welcome to the RADMA (Research and Development Management) website. This site contains information about education and research activities in the field of research technology and innovation management including funding opportunities, an opportunity to become part of the RADMA Association, details of R&D Management Conferences, how to subscribe or publish in the journal R&D Management and links to summer schools, workshops and other events.
RADMA is focused on the needs of researchers, practitioners and students of research technology and innovation management. It is closely associated with the R&D Management journal and conferences.
RADMA is a UK charity registered number 1098109
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Latest News
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Articles of Interest
InnovationTools.com and InnovationManagement.se are now part of the Global Innovation Network, sharing knowledge, best practices, tools and related resources among innovation practitioners. Visit http://tinyurl.com/cmlxmx9 for more details.
Kickstarting Innovation: In a world that's moving faster and faster, Kickstarter founder Yancey Strickler's advice to the industry is to slow down, dig deep, and craft a story about what truly matters. Visit http://www.thinkwithgoogle.co.uk/quarterly/people/yancey-strtickler-kickstarter.html.
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Events of Interest
R&D Management Conference 2012: Creating and Capturing Value through R&D Management and Innovation - Grenoble, France, 23-25 May 2012. Important dates: Submission of abstracts: January 29, 2012. Notification to authors / Accepted abstracts: March 1, 2012
Submission of full papers: April 15, 2012. Conference date: May 23 -25, 2012. For more information visit: http://www.grenoble-em.com/rnd2012/The XXIII ISPIM Conference. “Action for Innovation: Innovating from Experience”, Barcelona, Spain, 17-20 June 2012 (http://conference.ispim.org/).
The 19th International Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC) Sunday, June 17th to Tuesday, 19th June, 2012 at Manchester Business School (MBS), University of Manchester, UK. The theme of the conference will be "Transformative Research in Product and Service Innovation." Papers presented at the meeting include subjects that cross business disciplines. For more information go to http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=762.
Inaugural International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Relevant to China. Jointly organised by Lancaster University Management School (UK) and The Economics and Management School of Wuhan University (China.) The main conference takes place on 9th and 10th July 2012 at Wuhan University, China and optional subsidiary seminars and workshops are on 11th – 13th July 2012. For more information go to http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/research/centres/ChinaCentre/.
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22nd European Doctoral Summer School
"Organising Innovation & Entrepreneurship", University of Twente, The Netherlands, August 26-31 2012. Supported by RADMA. Follow these links for information about RADMA scholarships & travel grants for this event:
http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=896
Recent Funding Opportunities
Doctoral Studies Award
This award provides up to three years funding to talented prospective or mid-study PhD students, offering an opportunity to concentrate on the studentship for the period of the award. The expectation is that candidates will have a Masters degree in a relevant field or an excellent first degree or equivalent. Candidates will be expected to complete yearly progress reports and to make a copy of their thesis available to RADMA upon its completion.
To be eligible for funding candidates must be accepted for PhD study at a UK university. Applications must be supported by the candidate’s PhD supervisor. Awards will be granted to and administered through the institution, not individual candidates.
The award will cover costs related to fees and specified living expenses up to a maximum of £17,500 per academic year (pro-rata for part-time students) and conditional upon the receipt of acceptable annual progress reports. Documents will be downloadable from the website once the call is announced.
The opening call date will be in the latter part of this year and close early 2013, with awards announced in the summer.
If you would like to be made aware of the next call once it has been announced then please join the RADMA Association. Becoming a member is easy and free and means you will receive notification of new calls for funding as they are announced. You can join via the website, selecting the Association tab from the top of the webpage.
Student Attendance at the R&D Management Conference
The 2012 call has now closed and will open again in advance of the 2013 R&D Management Conference. To receive notice of the call opening, please sign up to the Association on our home page. Documents will be downloadable from the website once the call is announced.
The award provides support to talented mid-study Masters and PhD students who are presenting a paper that is also relevant to their study at the 2013 R&D Management Conference. Candidates must be undertaking a Masters or PhD within the research and development management discipline at a UK university. The award will cover costs related to attending the conference, specifically the full conference fee plus travel, subsistence and accommodation up to £250. For more information please contact Joanne Leach, Secretary to the Trustees, on 07785 792 187 or at info@radma.ltd.uk.
The 2012 R&D Management Conference (Creating and Capturing Value through R&D Management and Innovation) is to be held in Grenoble, France, 23-25 May 2012. For more information about the Conference please visit: http://www.grenoble-em.com/rnd2012/