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Innovation through collaboration

April 24th, 2014

Facilitating Innovation Through Collaboration

West of Scotland KTP Centre Graham Hills Building, 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QE

Dr Stuart McKay

West of Scotland KTP Activity: 300+

CEED Members - KTP history

KTP Mission

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

is Europe’s leading programme helping businesses to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK knowledge base.

Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, presenting the Overall Winning Partnership Award to Cherry Pipes Limited at Innovate ‘11

Embedding a NEW capability, demonstrating innovation, impact and challenge

Sponsors

Project Eligibility

“The Technology Strategy Board’s core funding for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships will not be restricted to any specific business sectors or technologies, and will continue to be used in a way that is responsive to the needs of businesses and organisations across the UK”

Criteria for Support of Knowledge Transfer Partnership Projects April 2011

West of Scotland HEI Performance

• 40% of Scotland’s KTP portfolio delivered through Universities in the West;
• Strathclyde #1 in Scotland & #3 in UK with 24 KTP projects (Sheffield 28, Queens 31);
• UWS historically top-10 in UK ~ portfolio ~10 projects;
• GCAL, GSA and GU also active – 11 projects currently active:

Academic Departments

Engineering (34%) Management (18%) Computing (14%) Sciences (15%) Design (5%) Other (14%)

Where is KTP on the innovation spectrum?

8 1 6 5 9 7 4 3 2

Idea concrete; application determined Demonstrator performs Idea developed Prototype/ demo developed Product prepared for (serial) production

Product Development Design/Develop Develop/Prodn Research

Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

Product & associated processes mature

KTP

Partnership Structure

• UK registered Co;
• NHS;
• Councils & LEAs;
• Charity & NFPs;
• RTOs;
• Micro to large orgs.
• 2:1 or better;
• Recently qualified;
• Based at company site;
• Works FT on project;
• 1/2day per week;

Partnership Structure

4 1 3 2 5 ……or partners

• r partners……

Budgets , Grant Rates and Timescales

Average project budget £65 - £75kpa / per associate; £27k-£35k (employment budget) + £6k (T&S, Cons., Training); SMEs up to 67% grant ( ~£22kpa cash contribution); Large companies up to 50% grant (~£33kpa); Project duration 6 – 36months; Submission windows every 2-m; Decision within 4-weeks and free to appoint / recruit thereafter; 100% application success rate (WoS KTP Centre);

Business Benefits

Benefits per Associate project*

• Increase in annual profit before tax

£261,000

• One-off increase in profit before tax

£33,000

• Plans for further collaboration

84%

*(2012/13 Annual Review) In addition to the numbers shown above, a KTP project typically results in:

• 3 new staff being employed, including the associate;
• 20 staff being trained;
• Over £86k being invested in research and development activity;
• An anticipated increase in annual exports of £266k.

Case Studies – Engineering

“To develop a robust vascular graft device

performance modelling capability using Finite Element Analysis.

• Prof David Nash & Dr Bill Dempster – Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.

Case Studies – Business

• Prof Alan Wilson, Marketing;
• Prof Xiu Yan, DMEM;

Case Studies - Science

• Prof Alex Mullen, SIPBS

“To develop fast dissolving films containing active pharmaceutical ingredients”

P.S. Auto Grinding Project

• £200k Grant;
• 2 Associate 30-m KTP;
• New Product Design;
• Control System Dvt;

Academic Team

• 2 Professors;
• 2 Research Fellows;
• 2 Departments;
• ½ day per week;

Additional Support

• Staffing & prototyping;
• Recruitment;
• Project Management;
• Financial Management;
• Jane Pollock, Account Manager;
• David Balkind, Innovation Advisor;
• Stuart McKay, KTP support;

KTP Awards

2012 UK KTP Award Finalists

• now recognised as a global leader in this emerging technology;
• achieved turnover growth of 40% from 2010 to 2012;
• created a manufacturing ‘toolbox’, to produce a wide variety of chip designs;
• has manufactured QCLs for systems that detect explosives at a safe distance and

can counter heat-seeking missile attacks on aircraft (a world first);

• KTP Associate retained as Senior Engineer;

2012 UK KTP Award Finalists

• attracted £1m in venture capital investment;
• had the opportunity to bid for provision of satellites, each in the region of £400k;
• £1m with numerous R&D funded mission feasibility studies;
• won the 2011 Sir Arthur C Clark award for Achievement in Commerce;
• KTP Associate retained as Senior Systems Engineer.

2012 UK KTP Award Winner

• secured a major production contract with the UK MoD and an upgrade contract with the

South African Air Force, as well as securing annual maintenance contracts with MoD and the German armed forces;

• established new technical links with AgustaWestland;
• recruited 12 new employees, including ten engineering staff;

Determining if KTP is an option……

Is this Knowledge Transfer Vs Consultancy and will it help the company make a step change in capability.

• Have you articulated the Knowledge being transferred?
• Is a capability embedded?
• Is it a legacy worth having?
• Will the company make significant additional profits in the near term?
• Is it a great project for the academic and associate team?

If YES to the above – let’s talk KTP

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