Knowledge Transfer

Within a modern, knowledge-driven economy, knowledge transfer is about effective linkages between third-level education and industry.
We believe in ‘transferring’ the best ideas, research results and skills to and between universities, other research organisations, businesses and the wider community to enable innovative new products and services to be developed.
Our suite of programmes supporting knowledge transfer is focused on developing partnerships that bring together businesses, research bodies and recent graduates to work on mutually beneficial company-based projects.
A graduate placement programme helping businesses improve competitiveness through better use of knowledge and technology
A programme fostering research, development and technology transfer within academia, and assisting universities to increase their capability
A programme supporting the pre-commercialisation of leading edge technologies from local universities and helping researchers export their ideas from the lab to the global marketplace
A programme strengthening Northern Ireland’s industrial competitiveness by improving its market-driven and commercially-focused technological research capability