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)
Stories
Our collaborations create high-value jobs of the future, tackle industrial and societal grand challenges, transform regions, and bring new products and processes to market.
News
Find out how we accelerate innovation to empower people, strengthen communities, and protect our environment.
Sustainability
Find out about our mission to help deliver solutions benefitting people, places, and our planet.