Research & Knowledge Transfer

The Research & Knowledge Transfer (RKT) team provides the first point of contact for all information regarding the University's research and knowledge transfer  activities.  It manages the University’s RKT strategy and linked investments such as the science strategy.  It also coordinates our links with business and key project partners.

Project Opportunities

RKT provides intelligence and early warning of new initiatives, national and international developments and the priorities of the major funding bodies. 

Project Management

We offer a project management service for all academic schools and their partners to help them develop and handle large-scale collaborations particularly across disciplines and different funding bodies.  We also help schools with proposals and support for EU funded projects, international projects, contract research, collaborative studentships, and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.  In 2008-09 we worked on over 500 projects worth over £150m.

Commercial Partnerships

We help structure and manage commercial partnerships, joint ventures and commercial consultancy.   We also manage the University’s intellectual property policy and have specialist development capabilities in the exploitation of intellectual property and can introduce funding and development partners to help launch new ideas. The University’s own commercial companies, Exeter Enterprises and University of Exeter in Cornwall Enterprises are run by RKT.

Business and Other Partners

The University undertakes around 1000 projects with businesses, healthcare providers, local authorities and economic development agencies each year and our services for them bring in around £25 million per annum.

Innovation Centre

The team is based at the Innovation Centre on the Streatham campus and in the Peter Lanyon building in Cornwall.

The recent addition of a second phase to the University’s Innovation Centre provides over 32,000 sq ft of office and laboratory space for knowledge based companies undertaking research and development.

Contact us

Research & Knowledge Transfer
The Innovation Centre
Rennes Drive
University of Exeter
Exeter
EX4 4RN
UK

Tel: 01392 262397
Fax: 01392 263686

Email: rkt@exeter.ac.uk