Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 6
Supports rapid partnerships between United Kingdom businesses and academic teams to transfer innovation into commercialization.
Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Round 6 (AKT 6) is a GBP 2.5 million Innovate UK programme that operates as a fast-track variant of the standard KTP scheme. Like its parent programme, AKT 6 funds three-party collaborations in which a UK business, an academic institution (or Research and Technology Organisation or Catapult), and an embedded KTP Associate — a skilled recent graduate — wo…
Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships linking UK businesses with academic institutions and embedded skilled graduates to deliver innovation projects, following the standard KTP three-party structure but with an expedited assessment and delivery process.
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