At the Technology Strategy Board, we want to help to broker success by enabling business, industry, research and learning organisations to collaborate on innovative projects and reach their full potential.
But we don't stop there. Our role is to support and direct you to the most suitable available support that will allow you to meet your business needs. In doing this we appreciate that our ‘customers' are at very different stages, have ranging levels of resource, and importantly will operate at vastly differing scales.
"Get Involved", is your starting point to establish your position on the roadmap to success.
We have started this simple roadmap with some key starting points under ‘"Who are you?", but we are keen to hear from you so that we can add your situation to the starting grid. If you feel that you have a different starting point, please let us know by using our contact form and help us to develop this so that others can get involved.
Knowledge transfer processes
| Who are you? | What do you need? | What you can gain through us | Which direction? |
| Looking for new suppliers, partners or customers - or just new ideas? |
A subsidised network in a community of interest |
New connections between businesses |
Knowledge Transfer Networks |
| A company with limited resource wanting to explore a new technology or market? |
Medium term programmes to transfer academic knowledge to business |
Specific knowledge transfer and people development |
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships |
| Lots of ideas that you know the value of, but need more resources than you have available? |
Support for research and development programme involving several companies and/or universities |
Almost fully developed product or service and elements of a supply chain |
Collaborative Research and Development |