Funding Opportunities
RADMA provides funding in the following areas:
- Doctoral studies - annual call
- Postgraduate student conference funding - presenting a paper - open call
- Postgraduate student conference funding - attendance only - open call
- Postgraduate project support - open call
RADMA has regular calls for applications to these funding streams. Applications are welcome across the breadth of the research and development management discipline. RADMA particularly encourages applications that explore important relevant issues or further understanding in the following areas:
- Management of scientific and technological activity
- Management of research & development, product design and innovation
- Strategy formulation and human resources
- Management of technology and policy
R&D Management is less to do with the underpinning technologies of R&D and more to do with the practice of good management to ensure the most efficient and effective ways of cultivating and exploring R&D and innovation. 'Management' is the key word with successful candidates exploring new concepts and techniques for managing R&D and technology innovation.
Current calls for funding:
Doctoral Studies Programme
The deadline for this annual call closed on 28th February 2013. Thank you to everyone who applied. Applications are now in the process of vetting for completeness and correctness before they are sent for review. If an application is deemed to be incomplete or incorrect RADMA will write to the candidate and offer him or her a chance to correct the error. All applications will be individually acknowledged over the next two weeks and if a candidate does not receive an acknowledgement by mid-March they should send an email to info@radma.ltd.uk. The process following the vetting is that applications will be sent for review and shortlisting. There are three shortlisting phases and unsuccessful candidates are acknowledged at the end of each phase (so no news is good news!) Awards will be announced shortly after 30th June 2013.
Student Attendance at the R&D Management Conference
RADMA funds students to attend the conference and this will be administered by the Conference organiser. To receive notice of the 2013 call opening, please sign up to the Association on our home page. The award provides support to talented mid-study Masters and PhD students who are presenting a paper that is 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 contact Siobhan Drugan at siobhan.drugan@manchester.ac.uk. Official website address: http://www.rndmanagementconference2013.co.uk/.
Postgraduate Project Support Programme
RADMA has issued an open call for proposals under its Postgraduate Project Support Programme. The award provides support to talented mid-study Masters and PhD students for expenses directly related to their postgraduate research in the field of R&D management. Up to £500 is available for Masters and £1000 for PhD projects. For more information please contact Joanne Leach, Secretary to the Trustees, on 07785 792 187 or at info@radma.ltd.uk. You can download an application form by clicking here. You can download the full call for proposals by clicking here. Please read the award's terms and conditions, which you can download by clicking here.
Postgraduate Student Conference Funding Programme
RADMA has issued two open calls for proposals under its Postgraduate Student Conference Funding Programme: (1) up to £500 for those students presenting a paper and (2) up to £250 for attendance only. The award provides support to talented mid-study Masters and PhD students to attend a conference relevant to their studies. For more information please contact Joanne Leach, Secretary to the Trustees, on 07785 792 187 or at info@radma.ltd.uk. You can download an application form for presenting a paper by clicking here, or for attendance only by clicking here. You can download the full call for proposals by clicking here. Please read the award's terms and conditions, which you can download by clicking here.
Latest News
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Events
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Manchester Business School is offering an interactive five-day course beginning Monday, 29 April 2013 - "Evaluation of Science and Innovation Policy: how to be more effective." Please visit http://alumni.newsweaver.co.uk/1ue5os417u6wkbfdzch7fq?email=true&a=11&p=32394905.
EIASM - 23rd European Doctoral Summer School on Technology Management - "Innovation and Technology Management Research and Publishing" - Potsdam, Germany, September 16-20 2013. Supported by RADMA. This Summer School represents a unique learning experience for anyone involved in advanced doctoral work in the area of technology and innovation management. It provides an exclusive opportunity for doctoral students to receive feedback on their work from leading academics and editors of renowned journals in the field of R&D and Innovation Management. Online registration deadline is 30 June 2013 - please visit http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=949.
Call for Papers: 6th ISPIM Innovation Symposium (Melbourne, Australia) - "Innovation in the Asian Century" - will be held 8-11 December 2013. Organised by ISPIM and hosted by the Victorian Universities Innovation Management Network (VUIMN), this event will bring together around 250 innovation experts from 35 countries. Important submission deadlines:
- 13 September 2013: Outlines only (all submissions)
- 27 September 2013: Acceptance notification
- 15 November 2013: Final submissions (including abstracts, papers, profiles and photos) PLUS registration and payment
- 4 December 2013: Presentation slides and feedback form.
Symposium website: http://symposium.ispim.org.
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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.
New book outlines 50 serial innovators and how they develop novel products. "Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms" (Raymond Price and Bruce Vojak). Visit http://engineering.illinois.edu/news/2012/06/04/new-book-outlines-care-and-feeding-“serial-innovators�?goback=.gde_56751_member_121704098.
Recent Funding Opportunities
Doctoral Studies Programme
The deadline for this annual call closed on 28th February 2013. Thank you to everyone who applied. Applications are now in the process of vetting for completeness and correctness before they are sent for review. If an application is deemed to be incomplete or incorrect RADMA will write to the candidate and offer him or her a chance to correct the error. All applications will be individually acknowledged over the next two weeks and if a candidate does not receive an acknowledgement by mid-March they should send an email to info@radma.ltd.uk. The process following the vetting is that applications will be sent for review and shortlisting. There are three shortlisting phases and unsuccessful candidates are acknowledged at the end of each phase (so no news is good news!) Awards will be announced shortly after 30th June 2013.
Student Attendance at the R&D Management Conference
RADMA funds students to attend the conference and this will be administered by the Conference organiser. To receive notice of the 2013 call opening, please sign up to the Association on our home page. The award provides support to talented mid-study Masters and PhD students who are presenting a paper that is 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 contact Siobhan Drugan at siobhan.drugan@manchester.ac.uk. Official website address: http://www.rndmanagementconference2013.co.uk/.
Postgraduate Project Support Programme
RADMA has issued an open call for proposals under its Postgraduate Project Support Programme. The award provides support to talented mid-study Masters and PhD students for expenses directly related to their postgraduate research in the field of R&D management. Up to £500 is available for Masters and £1000 for PhD projects. For more information please contact Joanne Leach, Secretary to the Trustees, on 07785 792 187 or at info@radma.ltd.uk. You can download an application form by clicking here. You can download the full call for proposals by clicking here. Please read the award's terms and conditions, which you can download by clicking here.
Postgraduate Student Conference Funding Programme
RADMA has issued two open calls for proposals under its Postgraduate Student Conference Funding Programme: (1) up to £500 for those students presenting a paper and (2) up to £250 for attendance only. The award provides support to talented mid-study Masters and PhD students to attend a conference relevant to their studies. For more information please contact Joanne Leach, Secretary to the Trustees, on 07785 792 187 or at info@radma.ltd.uk. You can download an application form for presenting a paper by clicking here, or for attendance only by clicking here. You can download the full call for proposals by clicking here. Please read the award's terms and conditions, which you can download by clicking here.