This Information Day was facilitated
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:18 am
The Innovation Fund was established by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as an incubator fund for new ideas and rapid advancements to be incorporated into the core Service. This is the first time the ESRC have used this model of funding and from progress so far, it looks like a promising enterprise.
After calls for projects in the summer of 2013, an Information rcs data malaysia Day was held in November 2013 for potential applicants to network and find out about the UK Data Service, and to consider the opportunities for co-development of a proposal. by 100%Open and aimed to engage, inform and interest data owners, businesses and innovators about the opportunities for working with the Service. Over 60 participants attended on the day, coming from a range of backgrounds, with the academic, private and public sectors all represented. The event resulted in the submission of 17 expressions of interest — of which nine projects were pitched at a two-day ‘Dragon’s Den’ style event in February 2014. Of these, seven were selected to proceed for a three-month pilot phase. Refreshingly, project proposals came in from businesses as well as academics, plus some joint efforts. These focused on resource discovery, data access and linkage platforms, visualisations, and opening up data to new communities.
The successful projects
The three-month demonstrator projects were partnered with small teams at the UK Data Service to maximise steering each project for its best possible outcome, given the short time window. The four that were selected to go forward from a further pitch held in July 2014 were.
After calls for projects in the summer of 2013, an Information rcs data malaysia Day was held in November 2013 for potential applicants to network and find out about the UK Data Service, and to consider the opportunities for co-development of a proposal. by 100%Open and aimed to engage, inform and interest data owners, businesses and innovators about the opportunities for working with the Service. Over 60 participants attended on the day, coming from a range of backgrounds, with the academic, private and public sectors all represented. The event resulted in the submission of 17 expressions of interest — of which nine projects were pitched at a two-day ‘Dragon’s Den’ style event in February 2014. Of these, seven were selected to proceed for a three-month pilot phase. Refreshingly, project proposals came in from businesses as well as academics, plus some joint efforts. These focused on resource discovery, data access and linkage platforms, visualisations, and opening up data to new communities.
The successful projects
The three-month demonstrator projects were partnered with small teams at the UK Data Service to maximise steering each project for its best possible outcome, given the short time window. The four that were selected to go forward from a further pitch held in July 2014 were.