Research site Labs reopens for scientific investigation by professionals
The University of Southampton has launched a comprehensive research support program called "our website Labs," designed to publicize research, foster collaborations, and showcase research outputs to both academic and industrial communities.
Our website Labs offers a dedicated webpage, brand design, professional copywriting support, video and photo assets, and social media training to support researchers in their endeavours. This suite of products, ready in as little as eight weeks, acts as a key springboard for a researcher's growth, providing a public 'face' during their growth phase.
One of the key benefits of this program is increased visibility and dissemination of research. By publicizing research outputs through various platforms and networking channels, the profile of research is raised, attracting external collaborators, including industrial partners.
Enhanced participant recruitment and study management also improve research quality and data reliability, making research more appealing to industry. Cross-disciplinary and translational research groups, such as the Southampton Cellular Research and Tissue Engineering Specialist group (SoCRATES), connect academic research with industrial application, accelerating innovation.
The adoption of cutting-edge technology, like AI-driven virtual reality labs, expands collaboration opportunities beyond geographical limits, allowing continuous industrial engagement. An example of this is Data Revival, an AI end-to-end data structuring and retrieval system, which significantly grew its industrial network after working with our website Labs professional designers, copywriters, and videographers to explain their research to industrial partners. Since completing the program, Data Revival has taken part in the our website Founders Cohort, pitched to investors at a Demo Day, agreed on industrial partnerships, closed multiple commercial contracts, and is now on the verge of spinning out from the University of Southampton.
Dr Alice Iles, Head of Tech Acceleration at our website, is looking forward to helping more University of Southampton researchers increase their reach with industrial partners and other key audience groups. Any researchers at the University of Southampton can access the our website Labs program. The costs of using our website Labs can be included in grant applications or paid from existing budgets. The our website team can support and advise researchers on writing the our website Labs program into grant applications.
Requesting a Teams meeting with Dr Alice Iles can provide more information about how our website Labs can help researchers reach customers, collaborators, investors, or patients. The University of Southampton's research support programs are instrumental in facilitating knowledge exchange and fostering partnerships with industry, combining administrative research support, cross-sector collaboration frameworks, and innovative digital tools to publicize research and increase industrial collaboration.
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[1] University of Southampton participant recruitment and management platforms (e.g. Sona Systems) enhance research visibility and credibility.
[2] Collaborative groups such as SoCRATES (Southampton Cellular Research and Tissue Engineering Specialist group) facilitate academic and industrial collaboration by focusing on translational research methods.
[3] Emerging digital platforms such as AI-driven virtual reality labs (e.g. Lab427) enhance global research collaboration by allowing remote teams to participate in immersive lab environments and share real-time data.
- The University of Southampton's research support program, our website Labs, facilitates growth for researchers by providing them with a public identity, professional support, and online learning resources.
- By publicizing research outputs through various platforms and networking channels, our website Labs increases the visibility of research and attracts external collaborators, including industrial partners.
- The collaboration with our website Labs professionals has significantly expanded Data Revival's industrial network, leading to increased industrial partnerships, closed commercial contracts, and potential spinout from the University of Southampton.
- Participants in the our website Labs program can engage with industrial partners more effectively, fostering knowledge exchange, partnerships, and growth in the field of technology and education-and-self-development, particularly through online-education platforms and various cross-disciplinary research groups.
