AgriFood
Innovate UK KTN helps organisations interested in AgriFood innovation access the expert information, funding and connections needed to drive change. Our experts work with businesses of all sizes; locally, nationally and globally.
We create diverse connections to drive positive change.
Innovate UK KTN exists to connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking – accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.
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Explore the diverse range of UK industries supported by KTN.
AgriFood
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Creative Industries
Design
Digital
Electronics
Energy
Geospatial
Health
Industrial Maths
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
Materials
Photonics
Quantum
Robotics & AI
Security & Defence
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Transport
Water
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Investment
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Featured Sector Information
18 AI Ideas to Change the World: Unlocking AI's Potential for High-Growth Sectors in the UK
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the landscape of business, offering unparalleled opportunities to boost productivity and competitiveness. However, navigating this transformative technology can be a complex journey. Enter the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme.
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Food industry priorities for a sustainable food system - 2023
Our food system needs to deliver healthier affordable food that meets the changing needs of consumers. Nutrition for long term health and short-term satiation is key, as well as integrating sustainable sources of raw materials and energy into supply chains.
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Digital Security by Design driving investment in the automotive sector and embedded systems
The Digital Security by Design (DSbD) programme from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is transforming digital technology and creating a more resilient, and secure foundation for a safer future.
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Digital Accelerator Winners Announced
The Digital Accelerator is part of Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living programme, it is looking to stimulate digital innovation by utilising existing and emerging data to drive forward digital innovation across net zero sectors.
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Cancer patients helped by Biomedical Catalyst project
Innovate UK support is helping deliver “a wonderful innovation” that restores quality of life for cancer patients.
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UK-Canada partnership to bring new business and consumer benefits
This week sees a delegation of nine UK organisations on a market visit to Canada, to build new relationships with Canadian partners. The visit is a feature of the Innovate UK Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) they are participating in, that intensively supports innovation-focused businesses in exploring key global markets to accelerate their growth.
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Biotechnology
The Biotechnology team at Innovate UK KTN focuses on Industrial Biotechnology (IB), Engineering Biology (EB, commonly referred to as Synthetic Biology) and Microbiomes.
Chemistry
By 2050 our industry will have embraced a circular economy and be using different feedstocks, technologies and energy sources to produce chemicals. The Innovate UK KTN Chemistry team can help you navigate these changes and identify innovation that will ensure your business, research or service remains sustainable.
Creative Industries
The Innovate UK KTN Creative team helps organisations interested in innovation in the Creative Industries to access funding, expert knowledge and to make powerful and diverse connections.
Design
Human-centred design is for businesses of any size who are interested in early-stage innovation strategy. For start-ups, strategic design helps get brilliant ideas to the right market. For established businesses, it helps reposition or expand their offering.
Digital
The Innovate UK KTN Digital team helps organisations interested in Digital innovation to access funding, expert knowledge and to make powerful and diverse connections.
Electronics
Electronics is the enabler of all things digital. It is the hardware and embedded software that allows products and processes to communicate, have power, have intelligence and awareness, be controlled, be automated and operate safely. It’s built into many sectors, including health, aerospace, manufacturing and retail.
Energy
Innovate UK KTN’s Energy Team is at the centre of our work contributing to delivering the UK’s ambitious Net Zero targets. With specialists in Nuclear, Offshore Wind, Thermal Energy Systems, Batteries, Water, Hydrogen, Sustainable Energy, Grid and Distributed Systems, Electrical Energy Systems and Solar, the team has deep expertise, powerful connections and a track record of successful projects delivering environmental and societal impact.
Geospatial
The world is powered by data; turning data into information helps us make decisions across all sectors of the economy. Innovate UK KTN hosts an innovation network that focuses on connecting the data holders and data processors with the people that can benefit from the insight geospatial data can provide.
Health
Health is critical to our wellbeing as individuals, plays a key role in societal and economic advances, and presents many opportunities for environmental impact. Innovations in health & care allow us to alleviate suffering, increase quality of life and life expectancy, and manage the needs of a changing and ageing population.
Industrial Maths
Innovate UK KTN’s Industrial Maths team harnesses the power of mathematics to meet the needs of business, government and not-for-profit organisations, helping a wide range of sectors express problems and challenges in an accessible way. We also facilitate new partnerships with an extensive network of mathematical science practitioners and diverse institutions across the UK.
Infrastructure
Against an overarching low carbon agenda, our mission is to support the development of UK innovation to deliver clean, accessible and secure energy & water systems through a digitally enabled construction sector and so provide smart, resilient and successful cities and communities.
Manufacturing
Innovate UK KTN’s Manufacturing team helps manufacturers to innovate, and innovators to manufacture. We work with a broad spectrum of organisations, sectors and technology areas, advising on innovation and connecting to partners, experts, facilities and funding.
Materials
The Materials Team at Innovate UK KTN covers a broad scope of the materials life cycle, from feedstock, processing techniques, design and manufacture, testing, standardisation, resource efficiency and circularity.
Photonics
Photonics is the science and technology of light. This includes lasers, optical systems and components, as well as fibre optics. Photonics is a £13.5bn industry in the UK, with the technology used across various UK industries and in society, from optical communications and data storage to laser sensors for autonomous vehicles.
Quantum
Quantum-enabled devices present a huge market opportunity for the UK. These technologies could transform a range of sectors including transport, healthcare, infrastructure, ICT, telecommunications and defence.
Robotics & AI
From Healthcare to Legaltech, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence are significant globalised technologies that can be applied in many sectors. The extensive industrial and academic research base in the UK can support both the national and global markets in addressing key challenges impacting societies today.
Security & Defence
The UK is committed to spending a minimum 2% of GDP on defence over the next decade, and at least 20% of that spending on equipment. This commitment represents spending some £186bn on defence equipment and support in the 10 years from 2018/19. The UK is also the second largest defence exporter, winning defence orders worth £14bn in 2018.
Sensors
Sensor technologies create measurements and convert them into digital data. This data can then be analysed to inform decision making. What’s being measured could be chemical, biological, physical, mechanical or any other quantities such as chemicals, proteins, weight, dimensions and more.
Space
Space is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK, with the ambition to capture 10% of the world market by 2030. Currently, the UK manufactures over 20% of the satellites in orbit and has established a path towards launching satellites from UK soil by 2021.
Transport
Transport connects people, places, goods and services. Innovation in transport has the potential to benefit our economy, society and environment. The transport system of the future will be more efficient, cleaner and smarter, through utilising enhanced digital, communication and autonomous technologies.
Water
The water sector impacts every person, business and industry type in the UK. We turn on the tap and expect clean water. We rely on the water infrastructure, the pipes, the sewerage treatment, the rapid fixing of leaks. And we expect environmental issues to be a cornerstone of the industry and its operations.
Global Alliance
We want the very best of the world connected to the very best of the UK. That’s why we built this programme; to form international collaborations with governments, societies, enterprises, institutions and people from every corner of the globe. It is innovation diplomacy at its best.
Innovation
We are driving positive economic, societal, and environmental change through innovation.
Investment
We work with public innovation funding and private finance providers where investment can create a positive change.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
For over 45 years Knowledge Transfer Partnerships have been helping businesses innovate for growth by accessing the UK’s world-leading knowledge base.
Sustainability
The world is changing at an ever greater pace. Industry and innovators are responding, working together to create the products, services and businesses of the future. Innovate UK KTN is here to help.
Featured Sector Information
18 AI Ideas to Change the World: Unlocking AI's Potential for High-Growth Sectors in the UK
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the landscape of business, offering unparalleled opportunities to boost productivity and competitiveness. However, navigating this transformative technology can be a complex journey. Enter the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme.
Read more
Food industry priorities for a sustainable food system - 2023
Our food system needs to deliver healthier affordable food that meets the changing needs of consumers. Nutrition for long term health and short-term satiation is key, as well as integrating sustainable sources of raw materials and energy into supply chains.
Read more
Digital Security by Design driving investment in the automotive sector and embedded systems
The Digital Security by Design (DSbD) programme from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is transforming digital technology and creating a more resilient, and secure foundation for a safer future.
Read more
Digital Accelerator Winners Announced
The Digital Accelerator is part of Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living programme, it is looking to stimulate digital innovation by utilising existing and emerging data to drive forward digital innovation across net zero sectors.
Read more
Cancer patients helped by Biomedical Catalyst project
Innovate UK support is helping deliver “a wonderful innovation” that restores quality of life for cancer patients.
Read more
UK-Canada partnership to bring new business and consumer benefits
This week sees a delegation of nine UK organisations on a market visit to Canada, to build new relationships with Canadian partners. The visit is a feature of the Innovate UK Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) they are participating in, that intensively supports innovation-focused businesses in exploring key global markets to accelerate their growth.
Read more
News
Cancer patients helped by Biomedical Catalyst project
Funding from Innovate UK’s flagship Biomedical Catalyst programme and other support has helped medical technology company, Entia, to develop and deliver its remote monitoring system for cancer patients.
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News
Innovate UK welcomes Horizon Europe association as a boost for UK research and innovation
The UK government has announced the successful outcome of its negotiations with the European Commission on UK association to Horizon Europe.
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News
18 AI Ideas to Change the World: Unlocking AI's Potential for High-Growth Sectors in the UK
Innovate UK's BridgeAI programme equips businesses with the knowledge and tools needed to harness AI responsibly and ethically
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News
Cancer patients helped by Biomedical Catalyst project
Funding from Innovate UK’s flagship Biomedical Catalyst programme and other support has helped medical technology company, Entia, to develop and deliver its remote monitoring system for cancer patients.
Read More
News
Innovate UK welcomes Horizon Europe association as a boost for UK research and innovation
The UK government has announced the successful outcome of its negotiations with the European Commission on UK association to Horizon Europe.
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News
18 AI Ideas to Change the World: Unlocking AI's Potential for High-Growth Sectors in the UK
Innovate UK's BridgeAI programme equips businesses with the knowledge and tools needed to harness AI responsibly and ethically
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News
Innovating Together: Keys to Success in UK-Canada AgriFood Projects
This summer, Innovate UK and Protein Industries Canada announced that they are developing a partnership to advance innovation in the plant-based foods and ingredients sector.
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Opportunities
Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME round 4
UK registered businesses can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
Opens: 31/08/2023 Closes: 25/10/2023
Events
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11
Oct
2023
Circular Economy Innovation Network – Taking action towards circularity in aluminium
10.00 - 11.45 | Online
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