Dr Richard Barrett, Reader in Industrial Design, awarded an UG Grant worth £372K

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Contratulations to Dr Richard Barrett, Reader, in the Division of Industrial Design, for being awarded the following Research Grant

Funding Body: European Union (KA203)

Funding: £372K

Lead Partner: University of Liverpool

PI: Dr. Richard Barrett

PoliUniBus proposes the conception of a collaborative cloud based platform that implements a new challenge-led methodology to support higher education institutions to link with businesses across the Europe. The PoliUniBUS platform will support use 'challenges' led by policy makers to set conditions for AGILE innovation. Engagement across Universities and Industry will allow companies to manage and implement the complex innovation processes by taking advantage of universities' research and technological knowledge and expertise in a systematic way, by enabling an open multi-agent focused innovation (i.e. university/business focused innovation).

PoliUniBus seeks to develop distinctive value through engaging Universities & Businesses with emergent and active agendas in policy, for example Grand Challenges/Catapults.