Invest NI KTP — NI Top-Up
Supports small and growth-minded Northern Ireland firms through knowledge transfer partnerships with graduate development placements.
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme is a UK-wide initiative delivered by Innovate UK (UKRI) that enables businesses to collaborate with a university or research organisation by embedding a recently qualified graduate as a KTP Associate over a placement of approximately two years. In Northern Ireland, Invest NI and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) contribute a top-up that reduce…
Subsidised technical or management graduate placements connecting Northern Ireland businesses with university expertise, with Invest NI and UKSPF topping up the Innovate UK contribution.
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