Impactful innovation
Helping industry develop deep tech innovations for a better future.
We’re in the business of impact
We catalyse transformative change and track the long-term outcomes of our work for people, places, and our planet.
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Investing in people and communities
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Innovating in products and processes to improve peoples’ lives
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Nurturing place-based innovation to transform regions
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Collaborating on projects that address climate change
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Seeding industry with high-value jobs and next-generation skills
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Driving national economic growth from manufacturing
Lifetime Impact
1200+
projects undertaken
£386m+
worth of CR&D projects led and partnered on
£58m
privately contracted R&D activities
£5
of R&D activity leveraged for every £1 of R&D grant received
1 in 5
projects involved a collaboration with an academic institute
1400+
business collaborations (60% of which were SMEs)

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