{"id":92306,"date":"2018-05-25T07:41:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T07:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8c57798d14e177091377c0c872724a59"},"modified":"2018-05-25T07:41:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T07:41:13","slug":"news-story-business-academic-partnerships-apply-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92306","title":{"rendered":"News story: Business-academic partnerships: apply now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Up to \u00a340 million of funding is available for businesses to work with an academic or research organisation and graduate on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/knowledge-transfer-partnerships-what-they-are-and-how-to-apply\">Knowledge Transfer Partnership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses can apply for funding to bring in a graduate to collaborate on an innovation project. They will support you to translate academic thinking into business change, growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>The project can focus on any technology or industry area. It can last between 12 and 36 months, depending on what it is and the needs of your business.<\/p>\n<p>Before applying, you should have a specific project in mind. You can work with a university, college or research and technology organisation you already have a relationship with, or start a new partnership. Additional project support is provided through the network of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/knowledge-transfer-partnerships-what-they-are-and-how-to-apply#ktadviser\">Knowledge Transfer Advisers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Applications should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>include information about the participants<\/li>\n<li>set out the objectives of the project<\/li>\n<li>explain what the project is proposing to do<\/li>\n<li>outline the deliverables for the graduate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"programme-information\">Programme information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>applications for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships are open throughout the year<\/li>\n<li>the deadline for applications for this round is 4 July 2018. If you miss the deadline for one round you will automatically be entered into the next<\/li>\n<li>any size business or not-for-profit organisation may apply<\/li>\n<li>projects can last between 12 and 36 months<\/li>\n<li>the amount of grant you can get for your project will depend on the size of your business, typically:\n<ul>\n<li>small and medium-sized enterprises contribute around \u00a335,000 per year, about one-third of the project costs<\/li>\n<li>large businesses contribute about \u00a355,000 per year, or half of the project costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/knowledge-transfer-partnerships-what-they-are-and-how-to-apply\">Find out more about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and how to apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK businesses can team up with a university or research organisation and a graduate to work together on an innovation project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}