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Official Launch

Health Secretary launches universities' science partnership

Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon spoke at Strathclyde, 15th Dec 2009, at the official launch of a venture capitalising on the academic and commercial strengths of lasers, optics and semiconductors.   

Ms Sturgeon said: “It is great to see the University of Strathclyde leading this collaboration between Scottish and American institutions. This programme has the potential to benefit Scotland immensely through the creation of new businesses and by strengthening our academic-industry links both here and with the US.”

Cohrerent Scotland Ltd, M Squared Lasers Ltd, SELEX Galileo Ltd and Thales Optronics Ltd have been in close discussion with SU2P and have helped shape the programme. These companies are intended to be the first industrial partners in SU2P.   

Full press release, presentations and video click here

Stanford Symposium Sept 2009

Scots in Stanford

A Scottish delegation attended the Stanford Symposium and spent time with various directors and faculty of Stanford as well as meeting some of the SPRC industrial affiliates. Three Scottish companies attended with a view to joining the SU2P programme and they were very  impressed with the event and the broad offering. 

 

 

Stanford visitor

Tom Baer, President of the Optical Society of America, visits Scotland from Stanford University

Partners

The academic SU2 Partners are:

  • California Institute of Technology
  • Glasgow University
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Stanford University
  • University of St Andrews
  • University of Strathclyde

 Other Partners include:

  • LINC Scotland
  • Photonics KTN

Links to all partner institutions and group pages are here.

 

Content

Welcome

NEWS

The First Annual SU2P Symposium will take place on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd March 2010 in Glasgow, for more information and/or  to register click here.

The advertisement and application forms for Entrpreneurial Fellowships 2010 are now available. Applications close on 8th March 2010.  Here.

The current calls for Staff Exchanges and Pilot Projects closed on 31st January. A new call will be announced around the start of March 2010.

 

 

Welcome...

 

The Universities of Strathclyde, St Andrews, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow, together with Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), are collaborating in a project which has won funding worth £1.6 million over three years from the Science Bridges awards, announced by Research Councils UK (RCUK).

 
The project, SU2P, is designed to capitalise on leading research in the photonics sector, in fields including life sciences and renewable energy, and the commercial opportunities the research offers.
 
It also aims to bolster existing links between universities and businesses in Scotland and the US.
 

 The three-year venture between the six institutions will focus on:
 
    • Biophotonics, including stem cell imaging and neuroscience photonics
    • Solar cell devices and characterisation
    • Integrated photonics
    • Solid-state laser engineering and nonlinear optics
    • Photonics sensors, including atom and quantum optic sensors and environmental science and technology

 The project will give talented young researchers the opportunity to experience working in laboratories in California. It will also enable businesses in the US and the UK to share ideas and expertise with academics in both countries.    
 
Professor Allister Ferguson, Deputy Principal of Strathclyde and Principal Investigator in the Collaboration, said: "This is an ambitious and inventive programme aimed at delivering huge social and economic benefits. We are pleased to have secured funding from RCUK Science Bridges to work towards this goal.
 
"Photonics is a sector with vast capacity for innovation in research and for commercial opportunities. It is dominated in the UK by small companies, and we aim to build on that capacity through this venture, by broadening and strengthening the links in photonics between Scotland and California.
 
"Through this project, we intend to build enduring relationships which will form the basis of a network with sustainable economic impact."