KTP is a highly versatile innovation engine. Whatever business you’re in, and whatever your innovation challenge, KTP may be a highly effective solution to bring about positive strategic change.
KTPs work by matching your information need with the right expert knowledge, held within one of the UK’s world class knowledge bases (university, research organisation or catapult).
To better understand the diversity and flexibility of KTP, browse some KTP Case Studies, organised by sector below, to see how KTP delivers real innovation impact across all sectors of the economy, in businesses big and small, right across the UK.
You’ll also find some great examples of KTP success in our KTP Awards brochures:
Find food waste sickening? KTP helps food sharing app tackle £15bn a year problem
OLIO and University of Nottingham
KTP reduces Food Waste by Detecting Potato Defects early
BHive Innovations and University of West of England
Improving production control and quality consistency of traditional cracker manufacturer, Rakusen’s, using Industry 4 technologies
Rakusen’s and University of Bradford
Driving the sustainability agenda
Asda and University of Leeds
Transforming Organic Baby Food Market
Ella’s Kitchen and University of Reading
Collaboration leads to £4.2 million supermarket deal for Devon dairy
Langage Farm and University of Plymouth
Improving dairy calf welfare and lifetime productivity
Tesco and Liverpool University
Sophisticated royalties calculator empowers musicians
Sentric Music Group and Loughborough University
KTP project helps launch revolutionary publishing platform
Distinctive Publishing and Durham University
Enhancing Competitiveness in Virtual Reality Production
Wild Rover Productions and University of York
Helping Chatsworth measure its economic impact
Chatsworth and University of Derby
Collaboration and interpretation of research at National Trust places to demonstrate academic impact and move, teach and inspire visitors
National Trust and Manchester University
Changing audience interaction
The Hallé Concerts Society & The Open University
Creating a Living Archive of Dance Festivals
Serendipity and De Montfort University
KTP helps create a psychologically informed and therapeutic service for children awaiting adoption
St David’s Charity and Cardiff Metropolitan University
Co creating a novel approach to the Youth Justice System
Positive Steps and Manchester Metropolitan University
Development of Wellbeing Identification and Support Platform (WISP), creating immersive, digital tools to help people dealing with impacts of trauma
Inspire Workplaces and Ulster University
Transforming the Business Model in a Social Enterprise
Ashton Community Trust and Queen’s University Belfast
Inspiring the Digital Generation with a Love of Reading
Book Trust and the Open University
The National Trust Partnership: Connecting cutting-edge Oxford University research with the National Trust’s places and collections
The National Trust and Oxford University
Partnership to help housing association residents influence services
Byker Community Trust and Newcastle University
Tackling cybersecurity risks amid the pandemic: KTP helps develop new software
Ampliphae and Queen’s University Belfast
KTP helps develop tools to counter Fake News and Online Misinformation
Logically and University of Sheffield
Revolutionising pet healthcare
Vet-AI and University of Leeds
Carbon Reduction in IT Hardware
Techbuyer & University of East London
Accelerating Wireless Communications
AcclerComm and University of Southampton
Market leader in solar photovoltaic (PV) drone inspection and software solutions adopts AI for fault detection
Above and Essex University
Driving eMobility forward: Siemens and Newcastle University collaborate with a KTP to tackle battery life-span
Siemens and Newcastle University
KTP helps close the Energy Performance Gap
arbnco and University of Strathclyde
How do you reduce the radar “clutter” of wind farms?
Trelleborg and Loughborough University
Enabling Reliability in Renewable Energy
IXYS UK Westcode Ltd and University of Nottingham
KTP to recycle cars also creates energy, saves money and contributes to prisoner rehabilitation
Recycling Lives and University of Central Lancashire
Taking the Froth off Energy Costs
Windswept Brewing Company and University of the Highlands & Islands
Award-winning webcasts for GPs, powered by a KTP
University of Reading and Red Whale
Developing a neonatal Ambulance Trolley
Paraid and Birmingham City University
Evolutionary Augmented Reality Technology helps children with Asthma
Orbital Media and University of Suffolk
KTP develops Antibody Library
Fusion Antibodies and Queen’s University Belfast
KTPs supporting innovation in mental health
Selection of case studies
Bridging the commercialisation gap and improving wound care
Crawford Healthcare and Manchester University
Developing next generation lenses
Raynor Interocular and Aston University
Speeding up diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer for NHS and private patients
Check4Cancer and Essex University
Addressing Housing & Net Zero Challenges
Platinum Electrical Engineering & Northumbria University
Ground-breaking design of a calculation suite for designing masonry support systems
Masonry Support Systems and Queen’s University Belfast
KTP helps close the Energy Performance Gap
arbnco and University of Strathclyde
KTP develops innovative Hollow Pile technology reducing carbon emissions
Keltbray and City, University of London
THIRD PARTY CASE STUDIES
Supporting the digital evolution of property sales and marketing
KTP between Grŵp Llandrillo Menai and Fifth Wheel Co unlocks manufacturing innovation
Grŵp Llandrillo Menai and Fifth Wheel Co
Traditional pottery transforms manufacturing operation
Burleigh Pottery and University of the West of England
Epigem’s KTP with Northumbria University to develop medical device for cattle disease testing leads to company transformation
Epigem and Northumbria University
KTP helps embed Industry 4.0 techniques to transform business visibility and efficiency
Beverston Engineering and Liverpool John Moores University
Reimagining the humble standpipe
Aquacheck Engineering and Manchester Metropolitan University
Embedding academic research into a manufacturing company
WMG Warwick University and WH Tildesley
KTP transforms manufacturing for copper castings specialist
Peel Jones Copper Products and Teesside University
Enabling the circular economy
Aquapak Polymers Ltd and Heriot-Watt University
KTP to recycle cars also creates energy and saves money and contributes to prisoner rehabilitation and homelessness
Recycling Lives and University of Central Lancashire
KTP Associate develops whole new class of ionic liquid with improved environmental credentials
Kilwaughter Minerals and Queen’s University Belfast
Sugru, the mouldable glue, gets an innovative new fix
FormFormForm and Queen Mary, University of London
Helping industry develop innovative food packaging material
Bobst and Manchester Metropolitan University
Revolutionising Jewellery Insurance Claims
SBS Insurance and Birmingham City University
KTP Associate uses AI to develop intelligent data driven fraud prevention and detection service
Kennedy’s LLP and University of Manchester
Law Firm enters KTP with University of Essex to develop pricing tool
Stephenson Harwood LLP and University of Essex
Market leading provider of financial data and intelligence on the alternative assets market, automates analytical processes
Preqin and Essex University
Driving eMobility forward: Siemens and Newcastle University collaborate with a KTP to tackle battery life-span
Siemens and Newcastle University
Revolutionising railway inspections with AI via a KTP
Omnicom Balfour Beatty and University of York
Green military machine? Innovation helps make equipment more environmentally sustainable
SC Group and University of Exeter
KTP Project Wins $1 million Mobility Unlimited Challenge for Ultra-lightweight Intelligent Wheelchair
Phoenix Instinct and University of the West of Scotland
Machine vision solution for autonomous vehicles
Aurrigo and Aston University
"KTP projects pave the way to businesses who want to exploit the latest advancements but do not have the expertise or confidence to do so. Through input from academic experts advising on the latest research in the field, and unrelenting support and guidance from Innovate UK, success is way more attainable."
Head of Data Science, Charles Clinkard
"The KTP not only provided the project management and skilled people....but the support of the University academic supervisors [made] it as current and evidence based as possible. A KTP was one of the only ways to achieve this."
VP Clinical, Oviva UK
"My KTP was challenging but very rewarding at the same time. I have received an unique opportunity to work in the industry and academia at the same time, which is very advantageous. I became a better researcher and worked with different departments at the company, which gave me a great idea of how I want to shape my career path". Find out more about Agneiska's experience in this longer profile piece here.
arbnco / University of Strathclyde
"For me, the KTP role has really been a life changing opportunity.... I hadn’t heard of KTP until I applied for my role, however after the experience I have had I recommend it to anyone - especially graduates as it’s a great bridge between university and ‘real life’. It is certainly a decision I will never regret".
Northumbria Pharma / University of Sunderland
"I am privileged to work both with gifted academics at the University of Cambridge, and bright minds at Vizzuality, a change agency for a sustainable and fair future. I am grateful for this unique opportunity to work in a job that I love and believe in."
Vizzuality/University of Cambridge
"The Management KTP initiative is fantastic for any growth-oriented SME, such as RBP, and we cannot recommend this programme highly enough."
“Through KTP, I’ve found a graduate role which offers both academic and industry experience in equal measure. My role is intensely immersive, which I put down to the considerable degree of autonomy the KTP framework affords. Our project is a win-win for its stakeholders, may lead to job creation and will reduce our Carbon footprint. That’s satisfying.” See a longer profile piece about David Beattie's KTP here.
Davidsons Feeds/James Hutton Institute
"KTP is like a beautiful interwoven fabric of academia and industry."
KTP Associate, Cosmotec Ltd and University of Salford
"KTP provides a superb pathway for knowledge transfer, enabling academic research to be applied to deliver impact to real world solutions".
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
"The KTP has been a revolutionary programme, enabling the business to completely standardise the design process with the added luxury of achieving high accuracy at a high speed.”
IG Masonry Support Systems General Manager
"Working with OLIO and the University of Nottingham has helped me develop personally and professionally. It has helped me contribute the skills and knowledge I have gained so far, as well as develop new skills in the fast-paced domain of data science. OLIO is dedicated to addressing one of today’s greatest challenges- food waste, and I am grateful to be part of this solution."
University of Nottingham / OLIO
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