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The 1st Edition of “reSHAPE: Investing in Impact at Scale”
On November 4th, we held the first annual reSHAPE event in collaboration with the Aspect Network,…
Helping SHAPE ideas into reality
ARC helps you transform your research and ideas into ventures that can help transform society and the economy. Our accelerator programme will support you with training, mentors and market validation to build the venture you need to deliver your ideas and research.
What we do
The ARC Accelerator, formerly called the SUCCESS Programme, is a first-of-its-kind opportunity specifically designed to help SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts) academics and researchers to develop ideas based on their research into businesses or ventures to help people, society and the economy.
The 7-month programme is open to SHAPE researchers (students and alumni are not eligible) from institutions that are part of the Aspect network.
ARC is an Aspect project
Aspect (A SHAPE Platform for Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Transformation) is a network for organisations looking to make the most of commercial and business opportunities from Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SHAPE) research.
While the commercialisation pipeline for STEM research is well established, the benefits and profile of research commercialisation within SHAPE are less well known. Aspect seeks to redress this balance by connecting universities, businesses, academics and industry leaders to turn ideas into commercial solutions and solve pressing social challenges.
How we can help you
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Learning
Our 7-month programme is specifically designed to support SHAPE researchers become entrepreneurs we focus on the skills and experiences SHAPE researchers needs
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Shape Networks
Running for several years we’ve established contacts across sectors for SHAPE researchers such as Business, Government, Education, Finance and International Development
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Peer Support
ARC is above all a community of SHAPE researchers building ventures to generate impact front their research, the community is 50 strong and growing each year
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Lifelong Support
Alongside the ARC alumni group ARC is running events
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Funding
ARC has funds available to support some ventures alongside a growing list of investors and philanthropists to help SHAPE entrepreneurs develop their venture
Want to get involved?
Do you have a passion for SHAPE innovation? Do you have the drive and ambition to transform your ideas into impactful ventures that make a real difference?
ARC is a 7-month accelerator programme open to SHAPE researchers (students and alumni are not eligible) from institutions that are part of the Aspect network.
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I’ve found the ARC program incredibly useful as it’s met me where I am. So I’m at that step where I’m starting to think about market validation, the people to contact, doing a lean canvas. And all of that has been super helpful to progress our team’s thinking about how we approach this and how we package it to get us to the next step.
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ARC is a great programme for academics thinking about commercialisation. It helped fill in those unknown unknowns about what it takes to commercialise your research, connects you to a network of people who have proved invaluable to our venture, and has the right amount of flexibility given the demands of academic life.
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ARC has been particularly good at getting me to engage not only with sectors where I already understand the challenges and opportunities, but also those where I might not have conceived Senseful AI applying. Beyond the commercial opportunities the ARC programme has helped reveal, this has led to collaborations feeding back into my research.
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reSHAPE: Investing in Impact at Scale – London, 4 December 2022
Come join us for the first annual reSHAPE event at the RSA (Royal Society of Arts,…
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The ARC Roadshow: Scotland – Glasgow, 31 August 2022
Come join our launch event at the Advanced Research Centre, hosted at the University of Glasgow,…