1 September 2009
New Shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) to
boost information exchange
Summary
As of July 1st 2009, UK business and third sector organisations
are able to benefit from modifications to an existing support
programme that has been running for nearly 35 years. A funded
programme of shorter KTPs, which enable effective collaboration
between business, third sector organisations and academia, is being
launched nationally by the Technology Strategy Board. The shorter
KTP programme aims to offer organisations the opportunity to
undertake shorter-term projects. It is designed to be flexible and
act as a stepping-stone for businesses that have not worked with
higher/further education institutions before. The shorter KTP
should play a key role in enabling small businesses to explore
benefits of collaboration. Since 1975, the KTP programme has helped
over 5,000 organisations pursue strategic development objectives.
Shorter KTPs should enhance the existing activity of business
support and innovation, and should increase competitiveness,
productivity and performance through exploitation of knowledge from
the UK’s knowledge base. For more information, see the press notice
from the Technology Strategy Board here:
http://www.innovateuk.org/content/news/press-release-shorter-knowledge-transfer-partnersh.ashx
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships provide companies and academia
with real opportunities to make the most of their intellectual and
capital resources. We urge companies across science and engineering
to consider how the KTP scheme might benefit them.
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