Aims/priorities: The Innovate UK Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) scheme will support a Knowledge Base partner, in working with their Business Partner, to deliver a short, rapid and targeted intervention. This intervention will accelerate the evaluation or development of an innovation project or concept, with the potential for a significant impact for the Business Partner.
Projects must be focused on improving treatment, recovery, and harm reduction, prevention for people with drug or alcohol addictions.
Each project will establish a new partnership or consolidate an existing collaboration between the Knowledge Base and the Business Partner through knowledge exchange activity.
Who can apply? To lead a project an organisation must:
- Be a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult.
- Collaborate with a UK registered business of any size, eligible public sector organisation, charity or charitable business with four or more full time employees.
Grant amount: IUK and its funding partner The Office for Life Sciences, have allocated up to £2 million in this round of the AKT programme, which will contribute towards the total eligible costs of the individual projects.
The maximum grant will be £35,000 per project.
Application process: Applications are made online.
More information is available at the IUK website.
Deadline: Applications are open between 12 May 2025 and 2 July 2025 (11:00).
Contact information: Email: enquiries@iukbc.org.uk