Access our Expertise

Our partnerships are far-reaching and diverse. Successful businesses are crucial for economic growth and we believe that by partnering with us we can help to grow and continue the success of your business.

How we work with industry

We take pride in our award-winning approach to working with business, with dedicated account management teams, many of whom are drawn from industry, and by developing innovative approaches to partnerships and collaboration, IP and licensing and our consultancy offerings to develop products and services.

We can quickly understand the appropriate businesses that would benefit from our research and other activities and work to ensure the best outcomes for all, at local, national and international levels.

Get in touch

If you have a current business issue that you would like support with, be it in research and development, refocusing your business strategy, understanding how to get involved with innovation sectors, or you would like more understanding of the Industrial Strategy funds and how to access them, then please do get in touch.

Research Impact

Our innovation ecosystem at the University of Birmingham enable impactful social and economic change by delivering innovative products and services. Our academics work effectively with business through a range of meaningful knowledge exchange activities, while at the same time, acting as a commercial function for the University, generating income through our business work.

Currently, over two-thirds of our research active academics are involved to some degree with business-related activities and our cutting-edge research across all funder channels contributes £885M to the economy annually. Every £1 million invested in research at the University results in an additional economic output of £5 million.

Addressing business issues

We offer a number of support initiatives for businesses, from sector specific regional impact programmes for SMEs to strategic R&D projects funded by Innovate UK, such as Smart grants and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP). KTPs are a mechanism to embed knowledge and expertise from the University, via a Graduate, into the business, in order to deliver impact and productivity to the bottom line; and are available for companies of any size.