A call is now open for staff to apply for funding to support knowledge exchange activities across campus through the Glasgow Knowledge Exchange (GKE) Fund, with a deadline of 9.00am on Monday 16 July 2018.

The aims of the GKE Fund are:

  • to support an informed and collaborative approach to the development, implementation, adoption and exploitation of research outcomes, including technologies, processes, evidence-based policy, community impact or creative outputs;
  • to support researchers to build sustained and strategic relationships of co-creation and knowledge exchange with non-academic partners, including, for example, laying the groundwork for applications to collaborative schemes such as Horizon2020 or Innovate UK, or helping to leverage funds from the private sector, Government Departments, Innovation Centres, Catapults and other regional development funds;
  • to provide early-stage investment in technologies destined for commercialisation (i.e. technical proof of concept and commercial proof of market) to support the de-risking of these opportunities;
  • to support community and public engagement initiatives, locally and globally, underpinned by research, to drive mutually beneficial interactions around research and the creation of strong, well-evidenced impact;
  • to nurture a sustainable pipeline of new impact case studies and success stories from across the university.

There are two funding streams - the GKE Small Grants Fund (for applications for less than £2,000) and the GKE Flexible Fund (for applications for grants of between £2,000 and £30,000.

Read more about this fund here

First published: 15 May 2018

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