The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) helps businesses get the best out of creativity, ideas and the latest discoveries, to strengthen the UK economy and improve people’s lives.

KTN is the network partner of Innovate UK.

KTN links new ideas and opportunities with expertise, markets and finance through our network of businesses, universities, funders and investors. From agri-food to autonomous systems and from energy to design, KTN combines in-depth knowledge in all sectors with the ability to cross boundaries.

As a partnership of Welsh Universities, the ASTUTE Centre of Excellence provides unique access to specialised infrastructure, expertise, and skills that would not otherwise be available to companies. It is able to utilise world-leading research and expertise facilities to facilitate RD&I and knowledge exchange relating to complex interdisciplinary research challenges.

The Henry Royce Institute (Royce) identifies challenges and stimulates innovation in advanced materials research to support sustainable growth and development. This vision underpins the broad research endeavour of the national materials community.

NEL provide leading independent consultancy, calibration and testing, research and development, training and knowledge transfer services to industry. As the holder of the UK’s National Standards for flow and density measurement, NEL is one of the foremost authorities on flow measurement issues in the world today.

NEL’s services are delivered by a team of 80 expert consultants, scientists and engineers utilising the facilities of a ISO17025, UKAS-accredited calibration laboratory (No. 0009) – one of the foremost laboratories for fluid flow measurement in the world.

NGML are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO 17025:2017 for the measurement and calibration of gears.

The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) plays a leading national and international role in assuring the quality of biological medicines and diagnostics.

LGC deliver world-leading chemical and bio-measurement science (metrology) to improve quality of life, promote economic growth in the UK and ensure the sound basis for trade based on a harmonised international system of accurate and reliable measurements.

LGC underpin confidence in chemical and bio-measurement needs through our state-of-the-art measurement capabilities addressing measurement challenges of the future to foster innovation.

LGC work in partnership with governments, intermediaries and private sector organisations to support measurement needs in healthcare, food, environmental sustainability, national security and energy.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK’s National Measurement Institute, and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology available. For more than a century NPL has developed and maintained the nation’s primary measurement standards.

These standards underpin the National Measurement System infrastructure of traceability throughout the UK and the world that ensures accuracy and consistency of measurement. NPL ensures that cutting-edge measurement science and technology have a positive impact in the real world. NPL delivers world-leading measurement solutions that are critical to commercial research and development, and support business success across the UK and the globe.

The Newton Gateway to Mathematics acts as a knowledge intermediary for the mathematical sciences. It is the impact initiative of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI). Supported by INI and the University of Cambridge, the Newton Gateway to Mathematics reaches out to and engages with the users of mathematics – in industry, business, public sector and other scientific disciplines. It helps to bridge the gap between those engaged in frontier mathematical research and those working in more applied areas, by stimulating the interchange of knowledge and ideas.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a multidisciplinary research and innovation organisation at the forefront of UK science and technology. STFC provides specialist facilities, environments and people to support industry to de-risk innovation and solve industrial challenges, enhancing business growth and productivity.

STFC is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)