We work with a variety of partners and in a number of ways to support business goals. Our Business Development Team also helps academics form and sustain industry-academic partnerships for innovation and collaborative research and development funding. For larger multi-disciplinary programmes, such as the Industry Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), for example, we work in cooperation with Edinburgh Innovations for wider access to University expertise, facilities and resources. Our most common models of collaboration include:We are broadly working across the following key themes:Sponsored researchGeoenergyGovernment-funded collaborative R&D programmesSpace and satellitesConsultancyDigital health and the environment StudentshipsSupporting the net-zero transition Knowledge transfer partnerships Commercialisation, licensing and company spin-out Contact our Director of Industrial EngagementProfessor Andrew Curtis Chair of Mathematical GeoscienceEmail: Andrew.Curtis@ed.ac.uk PhD training, research and access to talent We help businesses gain access to research talent and capacity Space and satellites innovation programme The University of Edinburgh is a Space University, with researchers and staff working in an extraordinary range of space-related activities. The University and networks We work closely with key stakeholder across the University, to ensure cross-sectoral collaboration and sharing of knowledge and resources. Example projects Read about some of our projects, where we benefit society and the economy by helping researchers, students and industry drive innovation. Equipment and facilities Image Many of our world-class facilities are available for commercial use or on a consultancy basis.If you are interested in using our equipment and facilities, please view our research and facilities information.Research facilitiesContact our Business Development TeamStuart SimmonsBusiness Development Executive Telephone: +44(0)131 650 8516Email: Stuart.Simmons@ed.ac.uk Ben MorseManager of Teaching-related Industrial Engagement and Strategic RelationsTelephone: +44(0)131 6509 811Mobile: 07 901 104 545Email: Ben.Morse@ed.ac.ukEdinburgh InnovationsEdinburgh Innovations is the University of Edinburgh’s commercialisation service.Edinburgh Innovations This article was published on 2024-07-01
