Knowledge Exchange funding: Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts

Come and join us at St Andrews University on Wednesday 21st February to hear about funding opportunities available to help kick-start and establish Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Transfer projects with external organisations such as businesses, charities and not-for profit organisations. This is specifically focused on opportunities for Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts.

We will be joined by external speakers from Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), East of Scotland Knowledge Transfer Partnership (EoS KTP) Centre and Interface who will provide information on the services they offer to support external collaboration, and Edinburgh Innovations who will share examples of SHAPE-led Knowledge Transfer Partnership projects.

Find out more about the benefits of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP's) and Scottish Funding Council Innovation Vouchers and how these funding schemes can help transfer knowledge from your research into tangible impacts.

Speakers:
Anne-Marie Haughey is the Centre Manager for the East of Scotland KTP Centre which provides full lifecycle support for any Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) projects undertaken by Edinburgh Napier University, The University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, Queen Margaret University, St Andrews University and Stirling University.

Serena Broadway is the Senior Knowledge Transfer Adviser for companies based in the East of Scotland and is responsible in developing and managing Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) between local business and academia. St Andrews is one of her nominated institutes and she can help with connecting to other teams at Innovate UK KTN.

Shelley Breckenridge is part of the Interface Business Engagement team her focus is on raising awareness of the value of our universities, colleges and research institutes, building relationships and driving business demand for innovation through academic partnerships. Shelley has a background in International Business and Modern Languages and has worked in sales and business support, most notably in the Food and Drink sector.

Fiona Pilgrim is KTP and Social Science Commercialisation Executive at Edinburgh Innovations supporting University of Edinburgh academics to apply their research and expertise through working with companies. With colleagues at the University of Glasgow, she delivered an ESRC funded project investigating how Social Science Academics could engage more effectively with the KTP scheme.