Member Event: UEA & New Anglia LEP ‘Funding Fit’ – Supporting Innovation in Business

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Engagement Workshop in partnership with the University of East Anglia (UEA)

About this event

Do you have an idea for your organisation but don’t have all the in-house expertise needed to develop it? Or are you an academic who is keen to apply your knowledge and expertise to real-world challenges? A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) may be the answer. KTPs link organisations, an academic team and a research associate (graduate or post-graduate). This dynamic, three-way partnership collaborates to deliver a strategic project – to innovate, drive change or new product or service development, embed knowledge and deliver growth. As part of the programme, Management KTP focuses on embedding better leadership, strategic and management practices to improve business performance. Part of the cost of a KTP is funded by a grant from Innovate UK. SMEs receive a grant rate of 67% of the project cost and large companies receive 50%. The scheme is also open to organisations in the third sector, who receive a 75% grant. At this Funding Fit seminar, you’ll hear directly from businesses and academics who have engaged in the KTP scheme and how this has helped to develop new business growth and create impact for academics. Format:

• 11.00am – Registration and refreshments
• 11:20am – Welcome to the Funding Fit series from Julian Munson, Head of Enterprize Zones & Innovation, New Anglia LEP
• 11:30am – Introduction to KTP: Jan Stringer, Knowledge Transfer Adviser – Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and London East & Central
• 11:50am – Case studies – hear from organisations and academics about the benefits of KTP!
• 12:10pm – Q&A Panel
• 12:20pm – Next steps – How UEA can support the process
• 12:30pm – Networking lunch
• from 1.30pm – KTP Surgeries (optional – see below)