This document discusses governing and managing collaborative applied research and development (R&D). It outlines three levels of collaboration - communication, coordination, and co-investment. It also describes three governance options for collaborative R&D - full co-investment, coordination, and communication. The full co-investment model involves pooled resources and integrated management, while the communication model keeps resources separate. Key aspects of governance include clarifying expectations, articulating the value of collaboration, setting decision-making processes, and using program management agreements and research contracts. Scoping research questions, understanding end-user contexts, and clarifying knowledge needs are also important strategies.

1. Governing and Managing Collaborative Applied R&D Lessons from the front line

2. 2 Outline Applied R&D Collaborative Applied R&D Governing and Managing Collaborative Applied R&D

3. This presentation owes a great deal to many insights, tips and advice offered sagely, cheerfully and sometimes provocatively over many years by Peter Cullen — a champion in maximising the influence of research and telling truth to power.

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10. A sensible approach for common & cross-cutting issues

11. Efficiency in investment

12. Best use of limited resources

13. Builds critical mass

14. Reduces duplication

15. Sharing risk

16. Be very clear why you arecollaborating

17. Invest in relationships

18. “fund the arrows”

19. explicit accountability

20. watching transaction costs

21. Attribution can be hard

24. can be complemented by stakeholder and/or technical advisory panel(s)Project-level research contract Contracts for clarity and shared understanding, not litigation A key instrument for managing knowledge outputs (assuming smart design)

26. Possibility for genuine integration of effort, shares risk

27. Most efficient use of limited resources, maximises critical mass, minimises risk of duplication and confusion

29. Risk of lowest common denominator approaches

31. Retains capacity to coordinate effort across multiple partners

33. Increased risk of duplication

35. Partners retain autonomy and brand identity (and risk)

37. Higher risk of duplication and inefficient use of resources

39. 14 Strategy – program and project level Scoping research questions is critical $$ invested at this end have a short payback period Be very clear (SMART) about program objectives Understand the adoption context of the intended end-users before considering research methodology Understand the nature of the knowledge need Understand the type of knowledge required Understand where knowledge sits c.f. other factors market or policy failure, values, institutions etc knowledge may not be the key limiting factor…

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