KTP Awards
The Annual KTP Awards
The annual Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Awards celebrate the exceptional achievements of graduates, universities, and businesses driving innovation across the UK.
Public Voting Now Open for KTP Golden Award 2025
The Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Golden Awards mark 50 years of transformative impact, collaboration, and innovation delivered by exceptional projects, partnerships, and practitioners across the UK and beyond.
Following a competitive shortlist process, we are delighted to invite the public to help select the standout winners in this landmark anniversary year.
Due to the impressive quality of submissions made to this competition, and difficulties in fairly comparing the widely varying nature of bids, the Judging Panel took the decision to make two Awards within ” The Art of Successful Collaboration” category. This will now separately recognise collaborators across both TCS/ KTP Partnerships and Practitioners.
How to Vote
Help us recognise the projects, partnerships, and people who have made a lasting difference. Learn about the finalists in each category below, then cast your vote using the GoodGrants platform below.
Voting closes at 5pm on Friday, 17th October 2025.
Golden Awards Finalists
Explore the finalists in each category:
Driving innovation for the future
- Queen’s University Belfast & Macrete Ireland Ltd
- Birmingham City University
- The University of Manchester & Arup
Knowledge with Impact
- Queen’s University Belfast & Navico
- University of Bristol & Helitune
- Professor Jim Briggs & The Learning Clinic Ltd
The Art of Successful Collaboration (Partnerships)
- Angela Ruskin University & Detoxpeople Ltd
- University of Aberdeen & Vertebrate Antibodies
- Manchester Metropolitan University & Aquacheck Engineering
The Art of Successful Collaboration (Practitioners)
Cast Your Vote
Visit our secure voting portal to submit your choices in each category.
Voting is open to all. Every vote counts – help us celebrate those who have made an enduring impact through knowledge transfer, innovation, and collaboration.
The 2025 Awards Competition
The Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Awards 2025 competition is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who submitted an application. Entries will now be reviewed by our internal Knowledge Transfer Advisors, followed by our Judging Panel.
We’re excited to celebrate the innovative impact of your Knowledge Transfer Partnership projects. Thank you for sharing your successes and helping to showcase the power of collaboration and positive change.
The 2025 Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership Awards are fast approaching – and the standard of submissions has once again been exceptional.
After a detailed review by our expert judging panel, we are proud to announce the finalists for this year’s awards:
Changing the World Award
- Check4Cancer Ltd – University of Essex
- Dunsters Farm – Manchester Metropolitan University
- Routes to Work – University of the West of Scotland
Best Knowledge Transfer Partnership Award
- Aggregate Industries (Holcim UK Limited)/ Leeds Beckett University
- Routes to Work/ University of the West of Scotland
- Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd/ University of Reading
Academic of the Year Award
- Dr David Hughes – Jackson Lees Group Limited/The University of Manchester
- Dr Firdous Nazir – TNEI Services Limited/Glasgow Caledonian University
- Professor Chris Sangwin – IDEMS International/University of Edinburgh
Technical Excellence Award
- Datatecnics Corporation Ltd – University of Exeter
- Saraco Industries Limited – The University of Manchester
- Soapworks Limited – University of Glasgow
Business Transformation Award
- Detoxpeople Ltd – Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation
- Dunsters Farm Limited – Manchester Metropolitan University
- 3Dental Manufacturing Ltd – University of Northumbria
Best Knowledge Base KTP Support Team
- Aston University
- The University of Essex
- West of Scotland KTP Centre
Future Leader Award
- Ali Maysara Mohammed – Vision Surgery & Research Centre Ltd/University of Bradford)
- Ansu Mary Alex – Moore Concrete/Queen’s University Belfast
- Charlotte-Rose Kennedy – Renato Software Ltd/Birmingham City University
- Daniel Niepsch – UBU Environmental Limited/Manchester Metropolitan University
- Dr Simeon Skopalik – Soapworks Limited/University of Glasgow
- Hang Xu – IST Power Limited/The University of Manchester
- Ray Holder – Smartify Holdings Limited/University of the West of Scotland
- Shay McEvoy – AB Pneumatics Ltd/Queen’s University Belfast
- Thomas McKinney – MOPO (Mobile Power)/University of Sheffield
- Usama Jamil – Ashtead Engineering Company Limited/Kingston University
Best African Agriculture KTP Project
- University of the West of England, Bristol and Obafemi Awolowo University and Taro-Agric Consulting
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership Awards 2025
All finalists are invited to attend the Awards Ceremony, where the winners of this year’s KTP Awards will be revealed.
Join us in Manchester on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, from 15.30 – 20:00, as we recognise the outstanding partnerships driving UK innovation forward.
Spaces are limited – register now to secure your place at this year’s celebration of innovation.
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