Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Part-funded innovation projects between businesses and academic partners.
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership is open to a UK-based business of any size and a university, college or research and technology organisation including Catapults.
Partnerships help businesses to innovate, develop, grow and become more productive by employing academic expertise that they do not have in-house. Projects can focus on any type of innovation in any sector, but must aim to deliver resul…
Projects can focus on any type of innovation in any sector. They must aim to deliver results that the business would not otherwise be able to deliver.
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