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Empowering innovation by connecting businesses with experts
14,000+ organisations supported
£50 million invested annually
800+ current live projects
What is an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership?
We bring together forward-thinking businesses and expert academics to tackle strategic innovation challenges to deliver economic, societal or environmental outcomes.
How it works
Discover
How partnerships can bring your innovation to life
Open innovation projects bring together diverse thinking and a range of expertise. We connect eligible ambitious businesses with the right academic specialists to advance ideas.
Develop
Collaborate with leading experts
Start developing your innovation idea alongside a team of specialists from a university or research institution. You’ll be supported by an adviser, who will guide you through the KTP application process.
Deliver
Get support to make an impact
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships transform businesses. We do this by recruiting a highly skilled graduate, supervised and led by a team of academic experts, who are dedicated to the delivery of your innovation project.
