Post on 21-Jul-2020
Darlene.m.Russell@uhi.ac.uk
CREATE, at Inverness College UHI,
offers:
• Entrepreneurship extra-curricula
opportunities
• Student entrepreneurship training
• Regional SME development and
growth workshops
• Academic and researcher
enterprise development
programme
WELCOME TO CREATE!
carol.langston.ic@uhi.ac.uk
www.createhighland.com
@createhighland
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IDEAS FROM MANY INDUSTRY SECTORS…
2017 WINNERS
ADDITIONAL PACKAGES AWARDED
SOME PREVIOUS WINNERS
An Introduction to KTP
North of Scotland KTP Centre
Knowledge Transfer PartnershipsUK’s Premier Knowledge Transfer Programme
Associate(s)
CompanyAcademic
Institution
Partnership
Skill base /
Knowledge
Industrial /
commercial
challenge
Access university research expertise to help increase profits
*Funding available*to apply research and build industrial links
With up to 67% grant support available
To be eligible for KTP
• Company partner required (~70% of leads come from academics)
• Project must be strategic to the company and needs to make £££s profits
• Company > 4 employees
• 12 months minimum to 36 months maximum
• Recent high quality graduate employed
• 12 -24 month Post Doc KTP to commercialise research now possible
Academic Benefits
• Support provided through all stages from initial concept to project completion
• 95% success rate with over 225 project awards
• Project costed using fEC and counts to REF
• KTPs have “Impact”
• Graduate registers for part time MPhil / PhD
• Published Papers
• Case studies / placements / projects
The Future: Sector Groups
Open Programme
Applications from any technology area or sector
Emerging and Enabling Technologies
Identifying and investing in technologies and capabilities that will lead to the new products, processes and
services of tomorrow
Health and Life Sciences
Focused on agriculture and food and healthcare, underpinned by bioscience and medical research and
enabled by engineering and physical sciences
Infrastructure Systems
Optimising transport and energy systems and integrating them with other systems such as health and
digital
Manufacturing and Materials
Advancing manufacturing readiness so R&D and technology developments increase productivity and
capture value in the UK
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Manufacturing and
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Infrastructure Systems
2017 2018
The Future: Sector Groups
Innovate UKKTP sector deadlines
2017 - 2018
Want to know more?Contact The North of Scotland KTP Centre
• www.ktp-link.co.uk
• Supporting universities for 20 years.
• Over 200 programmes to date.
• 95% success in securing funding.
• Provide support through all stages from initial concept to
project completion.Mr Robin Brown
Tel. 01224 262278
robin.brown@ktp-link.co.uk
Knowledge Exchange Placement Programme (KEPP)
• Funding up to ~£50k per year
• 6 to 24 months projects
• Graduate employed by company
– Salary funded £22k and £26K
• The business contribute 28-34% of eligible costs
• SME to own the IP
• Contact Karla Sam-Sin (karla.sam-sin@hient.co.uk )
Support to help small and medium-sized businesses to improve their competitiveness by developing new, highly innovative and commercially viable products and processes to the benefit of the Scottish economy.• Feasibility studies: up to £100k funding of eligible costs (70% for small SME and 60% for
medium SME)
• early stage R&D, the outcome of which will enable informed decisions on the technical and commercial viability of a new product or process
• R&D Projects: from £75k to £600k (35% eligible costs)
• Funding a pre-production prototype of a new product or process
• Support is available at up to maximum grant of £600k
• The minimum total project cost must be £75k
SMART: SCOTLAND
• Space Technologies
• Aquaculture/Agriculture
• Seal deterrent
• Lameness detection
• Fish farm husbandry
• Environmental sustainability
• Natural fibre insulation
• Life Sciences
• Diabetes treatment
• Novel Bio manufacturing platform
• Medical equipment
• Sustainable food/fuel/feed from renewable resources
• Innovative wheel chair
• Digital displays
• Anti-fraud technologies
• Cryogenic cleaning
• Innovative pest control
SMART: SCOTLAND
• IP and Commercialisation:– That you own, or have rights to exploit, the intellectual property
– All intellectual property developed throughout the project will be owned by the company receiving grant funding
– How commercial prospects for the end product or process will be achieved, with realistic and effective routes to market
• For further information contact:
• Margaret.Letham@scotent.co.uk
• Direct line - 0141 242 8444
• Andrew.McFarlane@scoent.co.uk
• Direct line - 0141 242 8320
• https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/services/develop-new-products-and-services/smart-scotland/overview
SMART: SCOTLAND
Darlene.m.Russell@uhi.ac.uk