For 2016/17, we have just recruited 10
UMIP Fellows from across the University
who will work with our Commercialisation
Executives on a part-time paid basis.
A Training Day was held on 26th September
at our Innovation Centre to introduce
our new Fellows to the skills needed to
undertake a variety of assignments to
support UMIP's activities. These include
completing initial assessments of the
commercial viability of new inventions,
including how to identify potential
applications and competitors, development
of marketing materials for technologies,
creating lists of companies for potential
collaboration or licensing and analysis of
patent literature. Fellows will also have
access to and support from the team at the
Manchester Enterprise Centre during the
one-year term of their appointment.
Tony Walker, Director of Innovation
Optimiser at UMIP, commented: "It is great
to get so much interest in the Fellows
Programme and enthusiasm from students
here. The benefits to both students and
UMIP have clearly been demonstrated
over the past three years. For UMIP, the
Fellows provided valuable start-points for
our detailed analysis of the commercial
potential of new invention disclosures
collected in the year, and for our promotion
of technology externally. I would like to
thank the Manchester Enterprise Centre for
their close involvement and support of the
UMIP Fellows Programme."
Dr Martin Henery, Enterprise Academic/
Lecturer & Social Enterprise Champion
at Manchester Enterprise Centre,
commented:" It is very exciting to see the
UMIP Fellows Programme entering a fourth
year and enabling students interested in
enterprise to get hands-on experience of
real technology commercialisation cases."
For additional information about our
Fellow Programme, please contact:
Margaret Lewis on 0161 306 3067 or
margaret.lewis@umip.com.
