STFC Innovations Partnership Scheme (IPSI)

STFC Innovations Partnership Scheme, usually called IPSI, is a Science and Technology Facilities Council route for knowledge exchange between STFC research and commercial users. The scheme is now between cycles: the fellowship route last ran in 2020, and the broader grant route last ran in February 2022. It sits inside STFC's wider industry-facing offer, with a clear emphasis on moving physics and space-science expertise into application. The fellowship call funded a university to employ a knowledge exchange professional for up to four years, with STFC covering 40% of the full economic cost and the host institution providing the remaining 60%. The broader grant route is UK-based and open to UK-registered companies and universities, while excluding individuals, non-profits, and research organisations. The applicable STFC research base spans nuclear physics, particle physics, astronomy and space science, and accelerators and computing. This is best for applicants who need a bridge between an STFC research domain and a commercial use case, especially where specialist know-how, transfer activity, or industrial engagement is the real value. The route rewarded people who could translate technical capability into a partner-facing outcome and, in the fellowship version, sustain that work inside a university. Today it reads as a dormant pathway rather than an active open call.

No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.