date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:37:10 +0000
from: Meric Srokosz <mas@soc.soton.ac.uk>
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

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>Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:14:06 +0000
>From: "Stephen Loader" <scl@nerc.ac.uk>
>To: <mas@soc.soton.ac.uk>
>Cc: "Liz Humphreys" <EAHU@wpo.nerc.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: KT stuff and RAPID
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>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
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>>>>  Meric Srokosz <mas@soc.soton.ac.uk> 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
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>
>Science Coordinator NERC Rapid Climate Change Programme
>http://rapid.nerc.ac.uk/


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Dr. Meric Srokosz, Room 254/43,Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC)
Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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Science Coordinator NERC Rapid Climate Change Programme
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