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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · 3h

Do you work in an EU or UK public organisation responsible for the design, delivery or evaluation of R&I policy? If so please consider taking 10 minutes to share your views on the approach to new ideas and evidence, also see how your views compare to others. eu.mar.medallia.com?e=461456&d=l...

PACoP survey - final version

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · 4h

A bit late posting it, but the latest round of our seed grants programmes is currently open to support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental research ideas, which could inform research, innovation and business growth policy.

www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...

Seed Grants

Browse the 2024/2025 Seed Grants Recipients Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the second round of IGL Seed Grants will support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental…

www.innovationgrowthlab.org

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George Richardson @georgerichardson.bsky.social · Jul 1

At #metascience2025 for day 2

Come find me if you're interested in:
- tracking the impact of funding on the direction of science
- AI in science
- open source code and science

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David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social · Jun 30

A nice start to the Metascience conference in London today! It's good to be among this niche but rapidly growing community focused on making research more impactful. Great to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new, brilliant minds.

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jun 20

That's true, when I worked with the BPE stats team they didn't have to contend with that!

James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jun 20

I'm guessing I'm behind on data and definitions

James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jun 20

That's an average turnover of over £40m. That sounds pretty high. The old vital 6% report found HGFs accounted for 55% of jobs over a three year period, but that was of jobs created and about half of the contribution came from HGFs that were already large when the growth episode started.

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jun 19

From BPE it seems the largest SMEs (~38k businesses with 50+ employees) have a total turnover of ~0.9 trillion. Does the scale-up figure include those that have become large or even those that started large? Is it about share of revenue growth rather that total sales? www.gov.uk/government/s...

Business population estimates 2024

Annual business population estimates for the UK and regions in 2024.

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jun 19

Does anyone know how this stat is calculated "There are over 34,000 scale-ups in the UK — just 0.6% of SMEs — yet they generate a staggering £1.4 trillion in turnover, contributing 55% of all SME revenues."? www.gov.uk/government/n...

First ever Entrepreneurship Advisor appointed to the Treasury

Alex Depledge MBE appointed by the Chancellor as first ever Entrepreneurship Advisor appointed to Treasury to address barriers for high growth businesses.

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · Jun 17

What’s the return on government support for R&D?

To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Mar 19

Ah okay. Thanks. I was worried I'd exposed an inability to spot a massive "download the summary report button"

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Mar 18

Hi Tera, yes good to see this progressing. Is there a copy of the draft report available to read?

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Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 Hiring news! 🚨 I’m looking to hire five really important new roles. Each will lead a major new innovation programme to tackle one of five major national challenges.

A text box with the words: R&D Mission Programme: Mission Challenge Directors

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Feb 26

I still hope to be able to apply the Business Basics model to other policy areas and strengthen links with academic research

James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Feb 26

At least when it comes to policy it would also be good to create more opportunities to combine or at least align research and programme funding.

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Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · Feb 24

In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...

Call for Proposals: The Labor Economics of Frontier AI - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Feb 19

Very excited to announce the launch of the IGL Masterclass Series: Designing Field Experiments, an opportunity to gain insights from leading experts in the fields of science, innovation and productivity. IGL and CFXS have teamed up to bring you a pilot version, starting in March 2025

Designing Field Experiments - An IGL Masterclass Series

The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL) and the Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy (CFXS) are launching a masterclass series designed to provide insights into how to design field experiments in…

www.innovationgrowthlab.org

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · Feb 7

📢 The Call for Proposals deadline has been extended by one week!

Proposals are due by 23:59 GMT on Friday, 14 Feb. We are accepting proposals for virtual pre-conference symposia, in-person panel sessions, and talks or posters on any topic related to metascience: metascience.info/call-for-pro...

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · Jan 27

New post! Looking at who benefits more from technologies that make discovery easier; literal maps, genome wide association studies, and machine learning.

Do Prediction Technologies Help Novices or Experts More?

It can go either way

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jan 26

Perhaps. Another push back is that SME policy doesn't matter.
Either way I've always thought it would be good to raise the focus on economics and outcomes. With a need for better data on the overall activity as well as properly testing the causal impacts of individual programmes

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jan 26

Yeah, my now IGL colleagues also tried to estimate several years back (I was at the time in BIS trying to dodge their FOIs). But to link subsidies to declining productivity are we assuming they've got larger; less effective or opportunity cost has risen?

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jan 26

Hi Paul, it'd be great to find out more about that data and your findings.
But I was also thinking about the subsidies themselves. How has the scale and (in)effectiveness of those changed?

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jan 26

Do they have some data on trends in the scale and targeting of the latter?

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Jan 23

Only a few hours until IGL launches our “Experimenting in University-Industry Collaboration” Handbook.
Enough time to change you plans and join us or at least sign up to get a copy

Launch of the “Experimenting in University-Industry Collaboration” Handbook

As part of our work on university-industry collaboration, the Innovation Growth Lab has been developing a handbook analysing key issues in university-industry collaboration and proposing experimental…

www.innovationgrowthlab.org

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jan 21

Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

International Fellowships 2025

The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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