Collaborate to innovate: funding for business-academic projects
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships can make a business more competitive by uniting them with a university or research organisation and a qualified graduate.
Partnership programme promotes competitiveness and productivity in a business.
This financial year, up to 拢40 million is available for businesses to take part in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership.
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As announced in the Budget 2018, the programme will also be expanded over the next 5 years with 拢25 million in additional investment, creating places for more than 200 extra graduates and academics within the UK鈥檚 most innovative businesses.
Applying new thinking and know-how
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships offer businesses an opportunity to explore new ideas and approaches by bringing in a graduate.
It can help them turn academic insight into viable products and services, leading to growth and further development.
Businesses can start a new collaboration with a university, college or research and technology organisation, working with a Knowledge Transfer Adviser to set this up, or build on an existing relationship.
Applications must:
- relate to a specific project
- clearly explain the nature and goals of the intended partnership
- include details of the organisations that will take part
- set out what the graduate will be expected to deliver
Success through partnerships
Businesses currently engaged in Knowledge Transfer Partnerships include the , which operates retirement communities across the midlands and north of England.
Through a partnership with , the trust has developed a new resilience app for advisors to use with residents. 皇冠体育appy can monitor progress, identify those at risk of becoming frail and improve wellbeing and independence.
ExtraCare also has a second Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the . This will explore smart technologies for assisted living, such as how robots and intelligent sensor systems can aid mobility.
Programme information
- applications for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships are open throughout the year
- the deadline for applications is 6 February 2019. If an application misses a deadline it will automatically be entered into the next round
- projects can last between 1 and 3 years
- businesses and not-for-profit organisations of any size can apply
- the size of the grant and own contribution will vary. Typically:
- small and medium-sized enterprises contribute around 拢35,000 per year, or about one-third of the project costs
- large businesses contribute about 拢55,000 per year, or half of the project costs