The eighth Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards has opened for entries to celebrate exceptional business-academic partnerships.

Interface, an organisation committed to developing and supporting collaborations between business and research communities in Scotland, will host the Awards ceremony in person on Thursday 23 March 2023.

Applications are being invited in eight categories from businesses, public sector organisations, third sector, universities, research institutes and colleges which are leading the way towards economic growth, societal improvements and environmental advances in Scotland and beyond.

The categories are:

Innovation of the Year: Awarded to an innovative product, process or service that has been developed over the past five years. Applications should demonstrate how the academic partnership has been fundamental in supporting the product, service or process innovation.

Innovator of the Future: Open to Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associates, Further Education and Higher Education students or Postgraduate Students (including those who have undertaken an Innovation Voucher Student Placement) who have been hosted or sponsored for a minimum of three months by a business, public sector organisation or third sector based in Scotland for a specific project.

Knowledge Exchange Champion: Recognising an individual in academia (university, research institute or college), business, public sector organisation or third sector organisation who has made an outstanding contribution to Knowledge Exchange.

Knowledge Exchange Heroes: Recognising an individual or team behind the scenes in an academic research & innovation or research enterprise office who has/have played a pivotal role in assisting knowledge exchange projects between organisations and academia.

Making a Social Difference: Celebrating collaborative projects which have achieved significant social impacts that contribute towards a better and fairer future; ultimately promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

Making an Environmental Difference: Celebrating collaborative projects which have achieved significant environmental impacts that ultimately contribute towards a better and more sustainable future; tackling climate change challenges as well as positively contributing to the Scottish Government’s ambitious net zero targets.

Multiparty Collaboration: Open to groups of three or more parties working together on an innovative research project; the group must include research partners from Scottish academia and at least one organisation

Powerful Partnership: For an academic – business collaboration that has demonstrated long term strategic partnering and the benefits to both the business and the academic teams achieved through knowledge exchange

The deadline for applications is Friday 9 December 2022.

For further information on the awards or application forms please go to The Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023 | Interface Knowledge Connection (interface-online.org.uk)

If you are interested in submitting an entry to the awards, then Research & Innovation can help you with your submission. Contact Louise Mitchell - louise.mitchell@glasgow.ac.uk .

First published: 10 October 2022

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