Awarded Funding
Doctoral Studies Awards
Doctoral Studies Awards 2024
- Cassandra Shand, University of Cambridge (IfM). PhD title: Strategy as a catalyst: policy design for public body management of disruptive technologies
- Huayu Xin, The University of Edinburgh. PhD title: Towards responsible large language models: cases of co-creating in the life sciences
- Pengzhao Lyu, University of Cambridge (Judge Business School). PhD title: A comparative study of human-AI versus human-human collaboration
Doctoral Studies Awards 2023
Funding has been awarded to:
- Pete Jha, University of Cambridge. PhD title: How do decision-makers collectively select product investments for radical innovations?
- Mika Kaibara Portugaise, University of Oxford. PhD title: Upstream waste mitigation through open innovation: technology-guided collaborative Circular Economy transitions in the electronics sector.
- Xinger Wei, University of Manchester. PhD title: Exploring the impact of AI technologies on environmental technological innovation from the patent perspective – the case of the manufacturing industry in China.
- Fatema Elwakeel, University of Cambridge. PhD title: Design co-creation R&D data strategy models to manage emerging and future technologies within organisations: metaverse, digital twins and AI context.
Doctoral Studies Awards 2022
Funding has been awarded to:
- Hien Thu Dao, AMBS, University of Manchester. PhD title: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled innovation and the changing nature of Organisational Learning;
- Alejandra Andrea Navea Parra, AMBS, University of Manchester. PhD title: Start-ups, IP contractual provisions and securing Venture Capital funding;
- Tommaso Portaluri, University of Sussex. PhD title: Opening-up technology futures. A case study on R&D practices and future-oriented technology analysis at the European Innovation Council;
- Jana Leonora Strauss, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. PhD title: The Role of Technology for Frugal Service Innovation: A Manufacturing Perspective;
- Mohammed Ali, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. PhD title: Influence of information of management practice-based and open innovation on resource efficiency to better inform sustainable industrial policy;
- Simon Frederic Dietlmeier, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. PhD title: Policy-Driven Industrial Ecosystems: Industry Collaborations in the Quest for Technological Sovereignty & Prosperity.
Doctoral Studies Awards 2021
Funding has been awarded to:
- Christian Bucker, University of Cambridge, PhD title: Open innovation and the role of consumer involvement in the implementation of the circular economy;
- Nopparuj Chindasombatcharoen, University of Cambridge, PhD title: Behavioural Economics Aspects of Industrial Policy and Technology Transfer: Evidence from the Agri-food Industry;
- Soo Young Choi, City University of London, PhD title: Knowledge creation with AI technology: Exploring human-AI interactions for knowledge creation and digital product innovation
- Leon Pietschmann, University of Cambridge, PhD title: Managing Mixed Reality in Manufacturing Environments: Potentials for Technology Transfer and Impact Assessment;
- Anisha Varughese, University of Lancaster, PhD title: Adoption of Digital Technologies by Non-Digital Sectors for R&D Functions: Evidence from the Aerospace Industry.
Doctoral Studies Awards 2020
Funding has been awarded to:
- Roman Schumacher, University of Cambridge, PhD title: Industrial Resilience in Automotive Production Networks: R&D and Supply Chain Perspectives;
- Devmalya Sarkar, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) University of Cambridge, PhD title: Improving innovation by co-creating with users: exploring open innovation, utilising co-creation with consumers in the front-end, to help health-tech firms improve innovation ability and impact;
- Cecilie Hilmer, University College London (UCL), PhD title: Mission-oriented research funding and public engagement – democratising innovation or masking a hegemony of thought?
- Iris Steenkamp, London Business School, PhD title: How R&D employment can change R&D employees: evidence from a field experiment in rural India;
- Yanze Liang, University of Manchester, PhD title: Do EMNEs enhance their innovation performance through strategic asset seeking M&As? —the case of Chinese multinationals;
- Abderrahim Nekkache, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, PhD title: The impact of technological adoption on professional identity of industrial R&D scientists;
- Seung-hyun Lee, Manchester University, PhD title: How indicator systems could represent complex R&D systems with variegated outputs and activities?
Doctoral Studies Awards 2019
Funding has been awarded to:
- Maryam Ghorbankhani, Birkbeck, University of London, PhD title: Exploitation of public sector R&D: the role of knowledge transfer governance and R&D management within public sector and its influence on collaborations with private sector;
- Linda O.N. Nwabunike, Manchester Metropolitan University, PhD title: Accumulation of technological capabilities for innovative drug manufacturing technology: analysis of Nigerian pharmaceutical firms;
- Karim Sidaoui, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, PhD title: Understanding customer experience using artificial intelligence to impact service design innovation and drive organisational performance;
- Martin McGuigan, Queen’s University, Belfast, PhD title: The Dynamics of HR Practice Adoption and Knowledge-Intensive Working Practices Use: Implications for Firm Innovation Capabilities.
Doctoral Studies Awards 2018
Funding has been awarded to:
- Adler Archer, King’s College London, PhD title: The Effect of Professional Identity and Academic Faculty Development on Physician Engagement in Health Systems Innovation;
- Valeria Dammicco, Cambridge University, PhD title: Distributed manufacturing networks for innovation and entrepreneurship: the case of Fab-Spaces;
- Cihat Cengiz, Cambridge University, PhD title: Product to patent mapping (P2P) in virtual reality – leveraging IP in the new product development (NPD) stage;
- Dana De Nyse Lunberry, London School of Economics, PhD title: Technological Affordances and ICT Innovation for Low-Income Markets;
- Boyeun Lee, Lancaster University, PhD title: To develop an effective NPD (new product development) process for IoT (Internet of Things) products and services which will increase companies’ value and turnover.
Doctoral Studies Awards 2017
Funding has been awarded to:
- Jonas Ehrnsperger, Institute for Manufacturing, Dept. of Engineering, Cambridge University, PhD title: Open IP-strategies for emerging technologies
- Xuezi Ma, Institute for Manufacturing, Dept. of Engineering, Cambridge University, PhD title: Sustainable packaging design for consumer products during the R&D process
- Cristobal Garcia-Herrera, Imperial College London, PhD title: Lean innovation management by design: a multi-case study of ambidexterity and acceleration interfaces in large manufacturing firms
- John Makokha, Kent University, PhD title: Exploring the significance of corporate giving to firm innovation through knowledge transfer mechanisms for consumer-oriented firms in Africa.
Doctoral Studies Awards 2016
Funding has been awarded to:
- Martha Bloom, Sussex University, PhD title: Skills for Innovation in the UK Creative Industries: the impact of human resource management on R&D
- Kevin Reuther, University of the West Scotland, PhD title: Interaction of organisational structures and processes to increase innovative capacity
- Yuta Hirose, Cambridge University, PhD title: Technology Venture Emergence Patterns, exploring how uncertainties are coped with while creating and capturing customer values
- Maurizio Catulli, Open University, PhD title: The adoption and diffusion of Product Service Systems (PSS) in consumer markets
- Jamal Alsaady, Manchester University, PhD title: Consumer decision making of radical innovations: the role of maximisation.
Doctoral Studies Awards 2015/16
Funding has been awarded to:
- F. Feranita, Lancaster University, PhD title: International R&D alliances and aims at identifying and examining the factors that influence their sustained performance over time (resilience)
- Dhruba Borah, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, PhD title: India as a global innovation hub: why and how India should improve its national innovation system to facilitate better scope for open innovation
- Junic Kim, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, PhD title: Platform business model and strategy
- Dayo Abinusawa, Cambridge University, PhD title: How firms use corporate venture capital activities to support the commercialisation of outputs from R&D activities
- Xia Han, Cambridge University, PhD title: Dynamics of service innovation systems and company performance
- Ribin Seo, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, PhD title: How does the public subsidy for R&D collaboration in SMEs affect performance? The impact of social capital and entrepreneurial orientation on innovation performance
Doctoral Studies Awards – previous years
Postgraduate Research Support Awards
July 2024 Review
Project Support:
An Yu Chen, University of Manchester, towards expenses involved in her PhD research: “How does the interaction between science and technology manifest in emerging and green technologies?”
Conference Support:
Lishu Xia, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in presenting her paper “Dynamic Configuration of a Digital Healthcare Multisided Platform” at the 2024 R&D Management Conference in Stockholm in June.
May 2024 Review
Conference Funding:
Neeti Gupta, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in attending the 2024 R&D Management Conference in Stockholm in June.
Seung-Hyun Lee, University of Manchester, towards expenses involved in attending the EU-SPRI Annual Conference in The Netherlands in June.
Jafar Sabbah, City, University of London, towards expenses involved in attending the 2024 R&D Management Conference in Stockholm in June.
March 2024 Review
Project Support:
Priscila Ferri, University of Manchester, towards expenses involved in her PhD research: “Artificial intelligence in the lab: towards responsible research and innovation.”
July 2023 Review
Project Support:
Katherine Osgood, University of Portsmouth, towards expenses involved in her PhD research: “An exploratory study of the impact of the research excellence framework (REF) on institutional research strategy”.
May 2023 Review
Conference Funding
Sukrit Vinayavekhin, City, University of London, towards expenses at the R&D Management Conference in Seville in June.
Maximilian Elsen, University of Cambridge, towards expenses at the R&D Management Conference in Seville in June.
Project Support
Christian Bücker, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Open innovation and the role of consumer involvement in the implementation of the circular economy.”
Wanyu Zhang, University of Manchester, towards expenses involved in her PhD research: “Digital transformation of SMEs in the manufacturing industry: a dynamic capabilities perspective.”
Runze Zheng, University of Manchester, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Pivoting and organisational identity: a longitudinal study of strategic reorientation and business model innovation in new ventures.”
March 2023 Review
Conference Support:
Simon Dietlmeier, University of Cambridge, towards expenses at the R&D Management Conference, to be held in Seville in June;
Seung Hyun Lee, University of Manchester, towards expenses at the Atlanta Conference on Science & Innovation Policy held in May.
Project Support:
Mohammed Ali, University of Cambridge towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Influence of information of management practice-based and open innovation on resource efficiency to better inform sustainable industrial policy”;
Amir Sayyid, Loughborough University, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Institutional innovations: the case of central bank digital currencies (CBDC’s)”.
January 2023 Review
Conference Funding:
Runyue Han, University of Liverpool, towards expenses involved in presenting her paper: “The impact of NPD-focused social media technologies on firm performance: evidence from US-listed companies” at the DRUID phd23 Academy Conference, held in Denmark in January.
Project Support:
Pius Lord Apprey, University of Kent Business School, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Entrepreneurial founding conditions and the survival of new businesses in Ghana – the mediating role of innovation.”
Nopparuj Chindasombatcharoen, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Interventions for encouraging sustainable innovation adoption among smallholder rice farmers: a behavioural lab-in-the-field experiment.”
Sukrit Vinayavekhin, City University of London, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Value of blockchain-driven traceability in managing supply chain complexity.”
September 2022 Review
Conference Funding:
Boyeun Lee, Lancaster University, towards expenses involved in presenting her poster: “Designing trustworthy IoT systems: critical challenges and approaches for generating value”, at the 8th International Conference Human Interaction and Emerging Technology (IHIET) conference, held in Italy in August 2022.
July 2022 Review
Conference Funding:
Dacosta Omari, Durham University, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “The Relationship between Quality Management and Product Innovation: a systematic review” at the 29th IPDMC: Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, in Hamburg, Germany, in July.
Valeria Dammicco, IfM, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in presenting her paper: “Entrepreneurial Innovation in Fabrication Spaces” at the 2022 R&D Management Conference, held in Trento, Italy, in July.
May 2022 Review
Conference Funding:
Christian Bücker, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper “Supply Chain Management in the Circular Economy: empirical evidence of industry 4.0 enabled applications”, at the R&D Management Conference in Trento in July 2022;
Sukrit Vinayavekhin, City, University of London, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “Impact of Block-chain-driven Supply Chain Transparency on Buyer-Supplier Partnership: evidence from an online experiment”, at the R&D Management Conference in Trento in July 2022.
Project Support:
Maximilian Elsen, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Innovation in climate change mitigation technologies: an assessment of the sustainability value of firm-level patent portfolios”.
January 2022 Review
Project Support: Maryam Ghorbankhani, Birkbeck University of London, towards expenses involved in her PhD research: “Exploitation of public sector R&D and the open innovation paradigm: governance of knowledge transfer and commercialisation within public research organisations (PROs)”; also Omari Dacosta, Durham University, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “R&D intensity, quality management and product innovation of SMEs in Ghana.”
November 2021 Review
Project Support: Sukrit Vinayavekihn at City, University of London, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Impact of Block-chain-driven Supply Chain Transparency on Buyer-Supplier Partnership.”
September 2020 Review
Project Support: Keying Zhao, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in her PhD research “A better design of multinational corporations’ global value networks in automobile industry”; Maryam Ghorbankhani, Birkbeck, University of London, towards expenses involved in her PhD research “Exploitation of public sector R&D and the open innovation paradigm: governance of knowledge transfer and commercialisation within public research organisations (PRO’s.)”
January 2020 Review
Conference Support: Francesca Bonetti, Manchester University, towards expenses involved in presenting her paper: “Killing two birds with one stone: the retail dilemma – innovate or die” at the AMS Annual Conference, Florida, in May 2020.
November 2019 Review
Conference Support: Rui Wang, University of York, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “International joint ventures (IJVs), asymmetric relationships, innovation and performance: an empirical study of Chinese automotive industry”, at the 45th EIBA Annual Conference 2019 held in Leeds in December.
Project Support: Adler Archer, King’s College London, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Good doctors in the digital age: investigating the impact of identity and institutions on physician involvement in innovation”; and Bilal A. Tabti, London School of Economics, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Essays in firm dynamics and misallocation.”
July 2019 Review
Conference Support: Valeria Dammicco, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in presenting her paper: “Emerging new contexts for entrepreneurial innovation: the case of makerspaces” at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, in August;
Chaturbhuj Tripathi, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Manchester University, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “Regulatory changes, industry clockspeed and strategic responses of firms” at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, in August.
May 2019 Review
Conference Funding: Badziili Nthubu, Lancaster University, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “Disruptive innovation ecosystems: reconceptualising innovation ecosystems” at the Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference, held in London in June.
Project Support: Jamila Nigmatulina, London School of Economics and Political Science, towards expenses involved in her PhD research: “Input prices and firm R&D: evidence from Russia”; Badziili Nthubu, Lancaster University, towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Futures of additive manufacturing (AM) in developing nations: a design focused ecosystems thinking for leveraging value by SMEs.”
January 2019 Review
Conference Support: Dhruba Borah, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “Why do inventors move out of MNCs’ host country subsidiaries? The role of institutional distance”, at the European International Business Academy Conference, held in Poznan, Poland, December 2018.
November 2018 Review
Project Support: Tung Dao, Nottingham University, towards expenses, travel and accommodation involved in his PhD research: “Might product repair be a potential approach to sustainable production and consumption? A study on consumers’ repair journey;” Bingbing Ge, Lancaster University, towards travel and expenses involved in her PhD research: “Knowledge in family business succession – a practice-based perspective;” John Makokha, Kent University, towards expenses and travel involved in his PhD research: “Firm innovation in sub-Sahara Africa: towards an expanded corporate social innovation framework;” Chaturbhuj Tripathi, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, towards data acquisition involved in his PhD research: “Exploration of the role of imitation in technological learning and building innovation capability: a case study of Indian automobile industry.”
September 2018 Review
Conference funding: Ying-Yin Lin, King’s Business School, King’s College London, towards expenses involved in presenting her paper: “Technological capability and industry catch-up in new digital sectors: the cases of the digital games industry in Mainland of China and Taiwan”, at the British Academy of Management 2018 conference, held in Bristol in September.
Project Support funding: Dhruba Borah, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research towards expenses involved in his PhD research: “Challenges for offshoring R&D to emerging countries: evidence from foreign MNC subsidiaries in India.”
July 2018 Review
Project Support funding to Lucas Lauriano, King’s College London, towards travel expenses involved in his PhD research: “Easier said than done: internal organisational aspects leading to a gap between ideas and actions for sustainability.”
Conference funding to: Bingbing Ge, Lancaster University, towards expenses involved in attending the IFERA (International Family Enterprise Research Academy) Conference, held in The Netherlands in July; Yan Li, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in presenting her paper: “Capability Snow Model for Business Model Innovation”, at the R&D Management Conference, held in Milan in July; Xuezi Ma, University of Cambridge, towards expenses involved in presenting her paper: “Development of a Preliminary Framework for the Reduction of Plastics in Packaging”, at the SDM-2018 International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, held on the Gold Coast, Australia, in June.
May 2018 Review
Conference Funding:
Osagie Igbinigie, University of Wolverhampton, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “The motivations of UK inward R&D FDI – an empirical approach”, at the AIB 2018 Annual Meeting, held in Minneapolis in June.
Antti Lyyra, London School of Economics and Political Science, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “Design after Manufacturing: Case Tesla Model S”, at the 25th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference held in Portugal in June.
Sayan Sarkar, London Business School, towards expenses involved in presenting his paper: “Variance decomposing of accelerator and cohort effects among London startups”, at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting being held in Chicago in August.
Project Support:
Vittoria Magrelli, Lancaster University, towards travel expenses involved in her PhD research: “Non-linear patterns of organisational succession and change: innovation and longevity in multi-centenary family firms.”
March 2018 Review
Project Support funding has been awarded to Wen Liu, University of Cambridge, towards travel expenses involved in his PhD research: “Capturing value in 3D printing R&D management process through sustainability.”
November 2017 Review
Funding has been awarded to Alexander Mankoo, University College London, towards travel and accommodation involved in his PhD research: “A historical case study approach to the research and development of teargas technology in Britain.”
September 2017 Review
Funding has been awarded to Bernd Wurth, University of Strathclyde towards conference fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting his paper: “Fostering collaboration by managing different proximity dimensions: a hybrid system dynamics/agent-based model for academic entrepreneurship in innovation ecosystems” at the Technology Transfer Society Annual Conference in Washington DC, held in in November.
July 2017 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Dhruba Borah, Manchester University, towards travel and accommodation involved in his PhD research: “Investigations into human resource management (HRM) challenges for offshoring R&D to emerging countries: evidence from foreign MNC’s R&D subsidiaries in India”;
Noviaristanti, Siska, Strathclyde University, towards travel and workshop expenses, involved in her PhD research: “Orchestrating an innovation ecosystem in corporate’s open innovation strategy: a corporate accelerator programme”;
Kyung Ju Han, Sussex University, towards travel and subsistence expenses involved in his PhD research: “Characteristics of collaborative patterns and their implications for performance: an empirical study on public R&D projects in the eHealth sector of South Korea”;
Maurizio Catulli, Open University, towards fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting his paper: “A double diffusion of innovations: the case of electric automobility product service system” at the Product Life and the Environment Conference, held in Delft, the Netherlands, in November;
Feranita Feranita, Lancaster University, towards fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting her paper: “Collaborative innovation in family firms: past research, current debates and an agenda for future research”, at the International Family Enterprise Research Academy Conference, held in Croatia in June;
Mingjin Guo, Cambridge University, towards fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting her paper: “Ecosystem strategy in technology licensing” at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, held in Atlanta in August;
Fengjie Pan, Manchester Business School, towards fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting her paper: “The nature of innovation in creative industries: the case of the advertising industry”, at the British Academy of Management, held at Warwick University in September;
Xianwei Shi, Cambridge University, towards fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting his paper: “Unpacking entrepreneurial ecosystem health” at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, held in Atlanta in August;
Shuai Zhang, Cambridge University, towards travel and subsistence involved in presenting his paper: “The difficulties of information searches in engineering design for product development” at the International Conference on Engineering Design, held in Vancouver in August.
May 2017 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Dhruba Borah, Manchester University, towards conference fees and accommodation involved in presenting his paper: Teaching-based industry-academia collaborations in India: what academia-level factors influence different models of collaborations?, at the DRUID Conference, held in June in New York.
Postgraduate Conference Funding
January 2017 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Izudeen Ahmad, Brunel University London, towards travel and subsistence involved in presenting his paper: Healthcare Innovation and Performance Factors for Telemedicine Acceptance in Malaysia, at the ISPIM Innovation Forum: Fostering Innovation Ecosystems, to be held in Toronto in March 2017.
October 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Sara Han, Manchester Metropolitan University, towards conference fees, travel and subsistence, involved in presenting her paper: “Whole systems thinking for circular economy design practice” at the Circular Transitions conference, to be held in London in November 2016
Kari Koskinen, London School of Economics and Political Science, towards conference fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation, involved in presenting his paper: “The role of context in the creation of digital technology for local markets” at the 4S/EASST Conference held in Barcelona in September 2016.
July 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Keston Perry, SOAS, University of London, towards travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting his paper: “Governing science-industry collaborations in the Global South: from networks of power to developmental coalitions” at the Young Scholars Initiative Workshop, 2016 ECLAC Summer School on Latin American Economies, held in Santiago, Chile, in July 2016
Salma Raheem, London School of Economics and Political Science, towards Conference fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting her paper “Multicultural Individuals: how they enhance team creativity and problem solving through engaging in brokerage activities”, at the Academy of International Business conference, held in New Orleans, USA in June 2016
Xianwei Shi, University of Cambridge, towards conference fees, travel, subsistence and accommodation involved in presenting his papers: “Innovation ecosystem governance: a typology of generic strategies for managing complementors” and “Conceptualising entrepreneurial ecosystems: definition, configurations and health”, at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, held in Anaheim, USA, in August 2016.
April 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Abderaouf Bouguerra, University of Warwick, towards Conference fees and accommodation involved in presenting his paper “Absorptive Capacity and Organisational Performance: a review and research agenda”, at the Academy of Management, being held in California in August
Szu-Yao Chien, Manchester Business School, towards travel, subsistence and accommodation, involved in presenting her paper “Social media as a co-innovation hub: understanding the idea generation network in the data rich environment”, at the 25th Frontiers in Service Conference, being held in Norway, in June
Matthew Prime, Imperial College London, towards, Conference fees, travel and subsistence and accommodation, involved in presenting his paper “Frugal innovations for healthcare: a toolkit for innovators”, at the Academy of Management, being held in California, in August
Agnessa Shpakova, University of Strathclyde, towards Conference fees travel and subsistence, involved in presenting her paper “The role of gamification in knowledge management”, at EURAM’16, held in Paris, in June
Eko Suhartanto, University of Strathclyde, towards Conference fees involved in presenting his paper “The combination effects of professionalization and entrepreneurial orientation on employee engagement in family and non-family firms”, at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, held in Boston, in June
Shuai Zhang, University of Cambridge, towards travel and subsistence involved in presenting his paper “Information searches by vehicle engineers in engineering design development”, at the 7th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, being held in Orlando in July.
Previous years
- Postgraduate Conference Funding 2015
- Postgraduate Conference Funding 2014
- Postgraduate Conference Funding 2013
Postgraduate Project Support
March 2017 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Vittoria Magrelli, Lancaster University, towards travel expenses involved in her PhD research: “Innovation and tradition: a study of co-existing logics in family firms”
Mayra Morales Tirado, MIoIR, Manchester University, towards travel and accommodation expenses involved in her PhD research: “Understanding science, technology and innovation policy: towards the design of the special programme of science, technology and innovation 2018 for Mexico”
Sayan Sarkar, London Business School, towards database access expenses involved in his PhD research: “Three essays in innovation and entrepreneurship in the UK”
January 2017 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Godwin Chukwukelu, Alliance Business School, Manchester University, towards travel and accommodation involved in his PhD research: “The relationship between intellectual property protection and open innovation.”
Cristobal Juan Garcia-Herrera, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, towards travel and accommodation involved in his PhD research: “Lean innovation management by design: a multi-case study of ambidexterity and acceleration interfaces in large firms in the forestry, logistics and energy sectors.”
November 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Georgios Glouftsios, Queen’s University Belfast, towards travel expenses involved in his PhD research: “EU Border Security as a Practice-Network: Science, Technology, Security.”
September 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Selim Cakir, Warwick University, towards travel and accommodation involved in his PhD research: “Effects of organisational slack on firm performance – the role of managers.”
Mingjin Guo, Cambridge University, towards travel, accommodation and logistics expenses involved in her PhD research: “Formulating intellectual property strategy: the business ecosystem perspective.”
July 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Bingqing Zhao, University of Cambridge, towards travel, accommodation and subsistence, involved in her PhD research: “An evidence-based approach for technology venture assessment.”
May 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Dhruba Borah, Manchester Business School, towards travel expenses involved in PhD research: “Study on challenges for offshoring R&D to emerging countries: evidence from foreign MNC subsidiaries in India”
Xianwei Shi, Cambridge University, towards travel and logistics expenses involved in PhD research: “Innovation Ecosystem Health: a cluster perspective.”
March 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Szu-Yao Chien, Manchester Business School, towards data collection, involved in PhD research “Social media as a co-innovation hub: understanding the idea generation network in the data rich environment”
Toritsesan Erumi, Manchester University, towards data collection, travel expenses and research permit, involved in PhD research “Inclusive innovation intermediaries: the case of inclusive digital innovation targeting women-led SMEs in Tanzania”
Lisa Maria Messina, Queen’s University Belfast, towards travel and accommodation, involved in PhD research “The role of human and social capital in promoting the international growth of high-tech university spin-offs”
Shuai Zhang, Cambridge University, towards travel and accommodation, involved in PhD research “Understanding the use and reuse of information and experience in engineering design for product development.”
January 2016 Review
Funding has been awarded to:
Henrik Larsen, Imperial College London, towards travel and interview expenses involved in his research: Global innovation networks, environmentally sound technologies and transition processes in developing countries.
Previous years
- Postgraduate Project Support 2015
- Postgraduate Project Support 2014
- Postgraduate Project Support 2012/13
R&D Management Conference Funding
2018 R&D Management Conference, University of Milan
RADMA supported attendance by students from the following universities:
Italy: LIUC; Polytechnic University of Turin; Free University of Bozen;Polytechnic University of Milan
Belgium: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brazil: University of Sao Paolo, University of Rio Grande do Sul;
Canada: McMaster University
France: University of Paris-Sud
Germany: University of Bielefeld; RWTH Aachen University;
Mexico: Jesuit University of Guadalajara
Sweden: Chalmers University of Technology; Jonkoping University; KTH Royal Institute of Technology
UK: Imperial College, University of the West of Scotland, University of Cambridge, University of Manchester; University of Portsmouth; Durham University; King’s College London
2017 R&D Management Conference, University of Leuven
RADMA supported attendance by students from the following universities:
Tshwane University of Technology; University of Manchester; RWTH Aachen University; HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management; University of Messina; Scuola Superiore San’Anna; LIUC University; University of Cambridge; KU Leuven University – Brussels Campus; National Chenchi University; Yonsei University; University of Twente; Philipps-University of Marburg; KU Leuven; University of Greenwich; University of Augsburg; Vrije University, Amsterdam; University of Carlo Cattaneo; Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro; University of the West of Scotland; Technical University of Munich; National Tsing Hua University; University of Trento; University of Malaysia; University of Potsdam;
2016 R&D Management Conference, University of Cambridge
RADMA supported attendance by students from the following universities:
- RWTH AACHEN University
- University of Oslo
- Technische Universität Darmstadt
- Yonsei University
- Institute for Manufacturing
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
- Gdansk University of Technology
- Technical University of Denmark
- University of Cambridge
- VU University Amsterdam
- University of Western Australia
- Japan Advanced institute of Science and Technology
- Gävle University College
- Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
- Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
- Graz Univeristy of Technology
- National Chengchi University
- Portland State University
- RMIT University
- University of Glasgow
2015 R&D Management Conference, Pisa
RADMA funded 20 students at the 2015 R&D Management Conference in Pisa which allowed them to attend and present papers. Students attended from the following universities:
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Technical University of Denmark
- VU University, Amsterdam
- University of St Gallen
- Mines ParisTech PSL Research University
- Faculty of Business and Economics KU Leuven
- Queensland University of Technology
- WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
- RWTH Aachen University
- Ajou University
- Aarhus University
- Halmstad University
- Nottingham Trent University
- University College Cork, Ireland
- Aalborg University
- Inst. for Food and Resource Economics at the University of Bonn
- University of Cambridge
- Lancaster University
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology