Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

‘university-industry collaboration could not be easier’

Martin Askey

KTP Programme Manager

Edinburgh Napier University

Company UniversityTeam

Challenging development project on the horizon….

Valuable knowledge & expertise

Could benefit from additional knowledge input

Keen to work with industrial partners

Bright, able & ambitious

3-way Partnership

KT AssociateAccelerated career path

‘Europe’s most successful Knowledge Transfer Programme…’

“Helping businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through

the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside with UK

universities and colleges”

•A highly effective scheme with 30 year track record

•Variety of funders co-ordinated by the TSB

•Well established and tested structure

•1300 projects at any one time

•140+ projects in Scotland

KTP Eligibility Criteria

• Strategic relevance to the business• Sound business case - commercial benefits likely to accrue• Financially stable company able to benefit from the partnership

• Stimulating and challenging for the academic team• Clear knowledge transfer and additionality • Capability ‘embedded’ in company

• Technically and commercially challenging for the ‘Associate’

• Concept generation to full implementation / commercialisation

i.e. not a pure research project

Key Features

• Project length 12 – 36 months (determined by workplan needs)

• Multiple projects possible

• Joint workplan and application development

• Associates • Employed by university partner

• Recruited by university and company partners

• Project located at business premises with company supervisor

• Academic Supervisor spends ~ half day per week at company premises on average throughout life of project

• Local Management committee every 4 months

The Associate• “Recent graduate”

• First degree ~ 1st or 2:1

• Higher degree ~ 48%

• Average age 28 years

• Degree discipline depends on project

• Ambitious and commercially orientated

• Usually have practical experience and are looking for career progression

• Independent and professional

• Potential employee in future ?

• Attracted by :– Exciting high profile project

– Training and development opportunities

– Higher degree registration

– KTP reputation and benefit to CV

Prepare full application

Application assessed by Partnership Approval Group (PAG)

Proposal funded

Usually 9 submissions a year

Typically 4-8 weeks to prepare proposal from outline approval

Outcome known 3-4 weeks after submission

Recruitment depends on marketplace

Prepare outline proposal

Outline assessed by Regional KTP Advisor

Discussion with company to ascertain needs.Identification of relevant academics Scoping project

Associate recruited

Project launched

Typical Project Budget

Annual budget ~ £55k

• Associate Salary - £27000 pa

• Training and Development - £2000 pa

• Travel - £2250 pa

• Consumables - £1500 pa

SMEs contribute 33% ( ~ £18K)

Large companies contribute 50% (~ £28K)

All payments made by the University

All claims made by the University

Partners billed quarterly in arrears

Martin Askey

KTP Programme Manager

Napier University

10 Colinton Road

Edinburgh

EH10 5DT

+44 7768 032054

m.askey@napier.ac.uk

www.ktponline.org.uk