Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a three-way collaboration between a business or not-for-profit organisation, an academic team and a qualified graduate. The project can last between 1 to 3 years. 

Funded by Innovate UK and Research Councils, KTPs are an established and successful initiative to drive innovation and growth through the transfer of expertise from a university to an external business. The University can help to explore a new idea or strategy, by adding the outside expertise a business needs by collaborating with an academic. And with up to £100,000 of the project costs funded, KTPs take the risk out of an innovation strategy.

Benefits for you:

Through KTPs academics are able to:

• develop business relevant teaching materials
• write real-world case studies
• gain improved understanding of the challenges businesses encounter
• identify new research themes and undergraduate and post graduate projects
• find new opportunities for collaborative research
• publish research papers

Find out more

If you are interested in working with an external business or have been approached by one, putting your research into practice and gaining insights from industry, contact the KTP team to find out more about our current partnerships.