{"id":93677,"date":"2018-07-06T08:52:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T08:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6ba2176a9e00d7b6e357ce336cb2e8a6"},"modified":"2018-07-06T08:52:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T08:52:08","slug":"news-story-business-and-academic-partnerships-apply-for-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=93677","title":{"rendered":"News story: Business and academic partnerships: apply for funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>There is up to \u00a340 million of funding available for businesses to collaborate with an academic or research organisation and a 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<h2 id=\"translating-academic-thinking-into-business-success\">Translating academic thinking into business success<\/h2>\n<p>A Knowledge Transfer Partnership can focus on any technology or industry area and last between 12 and 36 months.<\/p>\n<p>Funding can help UK businesses to bring in a graduate, who will work on an innovation project. This will enable organisations to turn academic thinking into business change, support growth and future development.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses should have a specific project in mind when they are applying. If a business already has a relationship with a university, college or research and technology organisation they can choose to work with them, or contact the network of Knowledge Transfer Advisers to help find a partner. Advisers can also offer additional project support including with the application.<\/p>\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#ktadviser\">Find and contact a Knowledge Transfer Adviser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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 19 September 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 and your contribution 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>Tens of millions for UK businesses to work with a university or research organisation and a graduate on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership.<\/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\/93677"}],"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=93677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}