Services for Faculty Members

Accelerate Your Research Impact Through Industry Partnerships

The R&D Partnership Team helps faculty members establish meaningful connections with industry and nonprofit partners to enhance research opportunities, enrich classroom experiences, and drive innovation with real-world applications.

How We Support Your Research

We facilitate introductions to potential research partners aligned with your expertise and interests, helping you build relationships that can lead to:

Research Collaboration Opportunities: Find industry partners facing challenges that align with your research strengths

Sponsored Research Arrangements: Secure industry funding for specific research initiatives

Letters of Collaboration: Obtain formal partnership commitments for grant applications

UK Innovate Industry Interest Library

The Industry Interest Library (IIL) is an exclusive searchable database for UK faculty/staff containing industry partners' research and development, licensing, and/or investment interests for collaboration opportunities. The IIL features non-confidential presentations organized by industry sector or technology area with powerful keyword search functionality. As the UK Innovate team meets with partners, we continuously update the database to help faculty identify potential partnership opportunities.

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