Dr Yolande Cordeaux

Yolande is the Knowledge Transfer Facilitator (KTF) for the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. She supports her academics, at all stages of their career, and across all chemical sciences, in realising the full impact of their research. She also supports external collaborators in partnering and building relationships with the Department and, by connecting with the KTF network, the University at large.

See below for details of the support available, further information and useful links related to:

• Funding Opportunities
• Grant & Award Applications
• Entrepreneurial Learning & Support
• Innovation & Technology Competitions
• Academia-Industry Partnering
• Science & Policy
• Public Engagement

Funding Opportunities

Signposting current and future funding opportunities for research, equipment and infrastructure.

Help identifying relevant resources (e.g. online searching, funders’ RSS feeds, themed emailed newsletters with funding calls, related workshops & webinars)

Useful links:

• Research Professional (bespoke searching)
• Innovate UK Business Connect (themed searching) Key themes include:
• Energy Health Materials Chemistry Sustainability Agri-food Manufacturing Biotechnology Electronics Sensors 
• You can also learn about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with industry here 

Grant & Award Applications

• Review of grant proposals for external funders, including assistance with identifying and articulating "expected impact” and "engagement with external stakeholders" sections for RCUK proposals.
• Assistance preparing applications for internal funding calls, e.g. for the EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA).
• Assistance preparing applications for Vice Chancellor’s Impact and Public Engagement Awards.

Entrepreneurial Learning & Support

The University offers many ways to support entrepreneurship amongst its researchers, at all stages of their academic career and business development.

• The Entrepreneurship Centre, at the Judge Business School, hosts regular seminars and networking sessions (e.g. the free-to-attend series Enterprise Tuesday) as well as running a variety of tailored learning programmes to support researchers at different stages of innovation.
• The Maxwell Centre, offers PhD students, Post-Docs and researchers in the fields of Physical Sciences and Technology early entrepreneurial support via its Impulse Programme .
• Post-doctoral researchers may be interested in joining Entrepreneurial Post-Docs of Cambridge (EPOC) to stay abreast of current opportunities. Students wishing to test out their business ideas and the market “need” may be interested in gaining hands-on experience through Cambridge i-Teams.
• For anyone seeking support in commercialising their research (e.g. via consultancy, reagent sales, patenting/licensing or spin-out companies), I can help you connect with the University’s technology transfer office; Cambridge Enterprise. 
• Cambridge Enterprise have a free online course for anyone who would like to learn about consulting. 

Please get in touch at any stage, if you would like to discuss a business idea / new technology / ways to commercialise the outcomes of your research.

Innovation & Technology Competitions

Please get in touch if you would like any assistance with:

i) identifying local, national and international technology competitions in your field.

ii) preparing applications

iii) pitching your ideas

Academia-Industry Partnering

For Industry: Find an expert / departmental expertise mapping (to industry challenges & interests), overview of “how to work with us”, introduction to other departments in the University, opportunities for event sponsoring.

For Academics: Assistance with identifying collaborative partners (and funding opportunities), signposting local, national and international academia-industry networking events.

For Both: Organising & hosting academia-industry events from 1:1 and small group meetings to workshops and symposia.  Assistance identifying internal and external funding opportunities.

Events

One Nucleus Events

RSC events

Useful Links

Innovate UK Business Connect Events

Cambridge Network Events

Science & Policy

If you are interested in how your research findings and expertise may influence policy, would like to know how to engage with Parliament, or learn more about the policy-making process, you may find the following links useful:

• Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP)
• Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange (CUSPE)
• Ways to Engage with Parliament
• Parliament Outreach Office (for events / workshops)
• Parliament Fellowship Schemes
• Current Open Calls for Evidence
• Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST)
• Published POST notes
• On-going / in preparation POST notes (that you may wish to contribute to)

Public Engagement

If you are interested in public engagement (how to get involved, what training / funding is available, what’s on) you can find out more at the University’s Public Engagement team website, through which you can also subscribe to their monthly bulletin. 

Please get in touch if you would like assistance preparing for a public engagement event or in applying for the Vice Chancellor’s Public Engagement Awards.

Other useful links:

• The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) offers a hub of resources, ideas and training opportunities.
• The Royal Society of Chemistry has funding to support events engaging the public; further information available here.