Together we can take your ambition further
Join the businesses, charities and public sector organisations working with us to tackle global challenges, boost productivity and innovate for growth.
Whether you're a start-up looking to make a difference in society, or an established company seeking to maintain a competitive edge, engaging with us can help you access the resources and opportunities your business needs to thrive.
Bringing organisations together to channel Government funding towards projects that meet regional needs is what we do best. Here are just some of the schemes which are giving businesses the funding, training and networking support they need to grow.
Grants, training and collaborative innovation tailored to food, drink and agricultural businesses.
National support for innovation in human and animal diagnostics.
Innovate for growth with our researchers through this highly successful Innovate UK-funded scheme.
UKRI-backed support for research and innovation in the arts and humanities, healthcare and biotech.
Our experienced team can work with you to harness funding to deliver collaborative projects that solve your organisational challenges.
We work closely with local networks to harness innovation funding for collaborative projects between academia and industry.
For nearly 50 years, KTPs have been helping businesses innovate for growth. With a 100% application success rate for KTP funding from Innovate UK, we have a diverse portfolio of KTPs with local and national businesses.
Whether you're developing a new product, service, system, policy or strategy, we can help you to connect with the relevant expert to deliver results bespoke to your needs and budget. Work can be charged on a daily basis or as a work package and arrangements can be tailored to suit your requirements and provide value for money.
Draw upon the existing expertise and knowledge of our academic experts either in a one-off session or long-term arrangement. They can provide:
If the knowledge you need to deliver your project doesn't exist yet, you can commission our academics to conduct research on your behalf. Examples of contract research include:
New technologies, processes and knowledge regularly emerge from the University of Kent's impressive research portfolio. Through technology transfer, this intellectual property can be applied to achieve real-world impact, commercial success and industry innovation. We can help you:
Our Kent and Medway campuses are home to a vast range of specialist facilities and spaces for teaching and research and innovation projects. Many of these are available for industry to use with academic support, including our:
