Environment YES – raising awareness of commercialisation in postgraduate and postdoctoral scientists
There are a few places still available on the Environment YES competition, an innovative competition aimed at raising awareness of commercialisation of research amongst early-career researchers. It’s a great way to raise your profile and complete your career skills training. Entrants participate in teams to form imaginary companies and formulate hypothetical business plans which they then present to a panel of equity investors. Through a 3-day workshop, participants receive training from entrepreneurs, patent lawyers and industry representatives in the business skills necessary to recognise, protect and harness the commercial potential of scientific research outputs.
Environment YES runs alongside the hugely successful Biotechnology YES competition which has provided entrepreneurial business training for over 3500 researchers from across the UK since its launch 17 years ago. A recent review (see http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/web/files/reviews/1007-biotechnology-yes-review.pdf ) of the scheme has highlighted that many former participants found YES to be very influential in developing their careers, with several starting their own companies and many more becoming business professionals within the bioscience sector.
Environment YES particularly welcomes applicants from the environmental sciences but is open to post grad students and early career post docs from most disciplines.
Please contact Tracey@biotechnologyyes.co.uk or visit http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/available/schemes/yes/ for an application form. See the Graduate School web pages for information about expenses:http://www.liv.ac.uk/gradschool/events/cs/yescompetitions.htm