Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) give your organisation the opportunity to access new expertise, develop new products and services, and unlock industry-leading solutions – all at a reduced cost.
Facilitated by a high-calibre graduate who transfers expertise from our academics to your organisation, KTPs are perfect when an organisation is looking to innovate but can’t acquire the necessary skills, know-how or expertise through recruitment or consultancy alone. KTPs are sponsored by Innovate UK, who can fund between 50-75% of the costs.
We have a successful track record in KTPs, having delivered over 100 projects to partner organisations enabling them to access our world-leading expertise.
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Exeter Innovation in numbers
95%
We are the leading Knowledge Base partner for KTPs in South West England, with a 95% KTP funding success rate
100
We have successfully delivered over 100 KTPs – with 85% KTPs rated ‘outstanding’ or ‘good
Award winning
National KTP Award winners for ‘Business Impact and Transformation’ and ‘Technical Excellence’ (2022).
Let's work together:
Sophie O’Callaghan
Head of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Contact: s.v.g.ocallaghan@exeter.ac.uk
Laura Buchanan
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Manager
Contact: l.s.buchanan2@exeter.ac.uk
“The 3-way partnership has been extremely effective, with the University of Exeter providing deep subject matter expertise applied in an industry-sensitive way and the associate proving to be an outstanding candidate”
Steve Austen
Engineering Director, Supacat Ltd.
“The KTP has exceeded our expectations regarding the success with which a data scientist has been able to improve the operations of the company, i.e., automating processes that were previously performed manually.”
Steve Paine
CEO Applegate Marketplace
“This was the perfect project for us: short, sharp, intense and focused on solving an immediate problem. The partnership with University of Exeter was fantastic, to get access to such multi- and inter-disciplinary expertise all in one place and so easily was incredibly powerful.”
Mike Allen
Chief Science Officer, Seaweed Generation
