Innova&on An Ecosystem Approach Universi&es and Innova&on in Interna&onal Development May 8, 2015 Phil Psilos Lead Tech. Consultant, Economics, Innova&on, and Human Capital RTI Interna&onal ppsilos.contractor@r&.org/ philpsilos@gmail.com 1
What Is RTI Interna&onal RTI is an independent, nonprofit ins&tute that provides research, development, and technical services to government and commercial clients worldwide. Our mission is to improve the human condi2on by turning knowledge into prac2ce.
Research Triangle Park Concept: 1958 Research Triangle Park (RTP) was founded to leverage the intellectual talent of the region s three universi:es.
RTI Was Established in 1958 Serve as a catalyst for growth of Research Triangle Park Reduce the movement of graduates away from NC and build a cadre of technical professionals in the Triangle region Provide a transla&onal research capability to build on academic research at the universi&es
Transla&onal Research Drive new technologies from the laboratory bench to full- scale commercializa&on Scale Produc&on Industry Pilot RTI Interna&onal Bench University Basic Science Developmental Commercial Technical Maturity 5
RTI Today 180 acre campus 22 buildings 83,612 m 2 in RTP RTI is an independent, not- for- profit research and development organiza&on Key sta&s&cs about RTI: Revenue of around $780 M in Fiscal Year 2014 100% from compe&&vely won awards About 1/3 interna&onal development About 2/3 physical and social science research 4,200 staff worldwide 2,300 in RTP 500 at U.S. regional offices 1,400 outside of the United States 75 Research Partnerships with Universi&es 458 Peer Reviewed Publica&ons (FY 2014) 400 Patents under management 5 living spinoffs including Taxol cancer drug
STRIDE USAID s Science, Technology, Research and Innova&on for Philippine Development 5 year, $31 million C/A implemented by RTI with 4 partners (Rutgers, Florida State, WDI, PBEd Launched September, 2013 Seeking to spur inclusive economic growth by boos&ng science and technology research in the Philippines Working with Philippine academic ins&tu&ons to transform their capacity to produce research and graduates relevant to industry Mission 1: Industry/Private Sector Engagement Mission 2: STI Capacity Development Mission 3: Enhancing Ins&tu&onal Policy and Management Capacity 7
What is innova&on? 8
Types of Innova&on (See hgps://www.doblin.com/tentypes/ for all 10 type descrip&ons) Room for all types of innova&on in interna&onal development. Be agnos&c. 9
US Model: Innova&on- Induced Growth (Na&onal Science Founda&on. et. al.) 10
RTI Innova&on Ecosystem Model 11
Innova&on Ecosystem Scorecard Overall Values for Philippines Full assessment, execu&ve summary, and presenta&on available at: hgp://stride.org.ph/news- and- events/news/white- paper- on- philippine- innova&on- ecosystem 12
1. Reform of procurement rules for research ac:vi:es Key Finding: Restric&ve regula&ons make procurement of equipment and consumables for research slow and complex. Equipment may arrive aner grant expires. t Origin is na&onal enabling environment challenge u Research progress slowed or stopped: Universi&es can t deliver results in &mely manner; Businesses do not gain / lose confidence in research v and w extension collabora&on with universi&es due to poor/slow performance. x Philippine innova&ons are late to market for licensing and/or spinoff, and miss opportunity for top publica&ons. y Faculty discouraged, may abandon research profession or leave Philippines STRIDE Ac:on: Work through GUIRR to secure exemp&ons from procurement regula&ons for grant- s&pulated research equipment, or other appropriate measure(s) to reduce process- &me. 13
Virtuous Circle of Research Impacts. 1. Scien&fic Good research advances the field and builds competence (e.g. faculty and students) 4. Poli&cal Recogni&on of research relevance to society and business strengthens poli&cal consensus for funding STI IMPACT 2. Ins&tu&onal Strengthens ins&tu&onal capacity, reputa&on, network embeddedness 3. Commercial/ Social Research and innova&on used to solve business or societal challenges
Implica&ons for Innova&on Programming Avoid the Na&onalis&c Innova&on Error. Cross- sectoral programming is most useful to build the ecosystem Mul&ple types of innova&on and pathways into marketplace and society Good vs. bad innova&on is usually a distribu&onal ques&on. There will be winners and losers 15