Innovate UK and other funders: Knowledge transfer partnerships

16/11/2023

31/01/2024

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a UK registered business or not for profit organisation, to partner with a ‘knowledge base partner’, (either a UK higher education (HE) or further education (FE) institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult). The KTP partnership brings new skills and the latest academic thinking into the business partner to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project. The knowledge base partner recruits the ‘associate’ to work on the project. The associate has the opportunity to lead a strategic development within the business developing new skills and gaining valuable experience. Innovate UK has allocated up to £9 million in this round of the KTP programme, which will contribute towards the total costs of the individual projects. The number of public sector management KTPs is limited to a maximum of 10 applications per competition round.

Your application must be for a specific, strategic innovation project that tackles one or more challenges faced by the business partner. It can be any kind of project and must show: - why the business needs this KTP - what new knowledge is required by the business - what new capabilities will be embedded as a result of the KTP.

Eligibility Note Each Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a partnership between the following: - a UK knowledge base, acting as lead organisation and submitting the application - a UK registered business, not for profit organisation or eligible public sector organisation.