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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)

These are best for businesses looking to develop a new product, service or process. You might be aiming to accelerate growth or overcome a specific technical, capability or skills gap without the risk of recruiting at pace.

Staff, KTP students and collaborative companie memmbers in a Teesside university lab

KTPs help businesses innovate by bringing in specialist capability, usually through a funded Associate, supported by academic expertise. This enables knowledge exchange, accelerates growth and helps businesses adopt new ways of working or bring new solutions to market.

The partnership is structured around clear business objectives, milestones and outcomes, ensuring progress is focused on delivery and long-term capability building.

Targeted expertise to overcome a barrier or deliver an innovation project

A structured partnership with academic input

Progress towards scalable products, services and processes



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