Exeter Innovation division services
Exeter Innovation provides support, guidance and navigation to academics across the University of Exeter in Business Engagement and Innovation activities. Detailed guidance can be accessed through the Ideas Hub which is a new resource from Exeter Innovation where academics can find information and help to develop and their research with businesses, governments, charities, and other non-academic partners.
Helping you to develop impact
We can help you:
- Scope the potential of impact case studies
- Identify and link up with partners
- Engage with external sector specialist to help shape projects and grow opportunities
- Support the development of impact plans for important bids
- Help you access funding for impact development through access to translational funds such as Impact Accelerator, Accounts and our own Open Innovation Fund.
Work with our specialist sector teams to help you to develop world-leading research impact.
Helping you to connect with partners
We can help you:
- Gain market intelligence on needs and trends in particular sectors
- Organise and run sector networks and workshops to get to know businesses and partners
- Identify and manage key partner contacts (we manage the University’s partner contacts database)
- Manage strategic programmes to develop long-lasting benefits with major corporate, government and NGO partners
- Engage regional regional policymakers, communities, partners, and projects
- Identify and link with international business partners
- Find like-minded academic partners across the University
Helping you to create opportunities
We can help you:
- Bid for direct research funds from industry and government
- Develop business collaborations to leverage UKRI/ EU bids
- Prepare for tenders for Government and business funding opportunities
- Assess the commercial value of new opportunities
- Build opportunities for employability with key business partners e.g. placements, course lecturing etc
- Structure relationships through for example, MOUs and Collaboration Agreements
- Negotiate deals with partners
- Develop education business partnerships such as degree apprenticeships, partnered degree programmes and CPD
Helping you to generate value
We can help you:
- Build and deliver R&D projects with partners
- Secure Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funding for your projects
- Manage intellectual property (IP) issues
- Set up ventures e.g. spin-outs, joint ventures, etc...
- Find mentors and management teams for ventures
- Seek investment funding and other sources of finance for ventures
- Set up and manage contract research and consultancy projects
- Find funding to develop partnership projects e.g., Link Fund, Open Innovation funds
- Develop Degree Apprenticeship, Professional Education and CPD partnerships.