We actively partner with regional, national and international organisations making connections to our academic expertise, student talent and equipment and facilities.
We have a range of business support programmes available and would love to hear about your ideas and requirements.
Orbit is our enterprise zone, located at NETPark in Sedgefield, a hub of innovation for ambitious science and technology companies.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) can help your business to innovate and grow.
KTPs are a leading programme from Innovate UK that brings together a company, an academic team and high calibre graduate, known as an Associate, to work on an innovative project. Improve your competitiveness and productivity, through better access to research, technology and skills.
We're one of the UK's leading research universities with world-class expertise in science, engineering and technology, business, social science, the arts and humanities.
Our graduates are some of the most sought after in the UK, offering a range of knowledge, skills and experience developed by excellent teaching and internationally rated research. Browse opportunities to promote your vacancies and engage with students.
With a £45,000 grant from EPSRC IAA (Impact Acceleration Account) we employed a post-doctoral academic to work on a secondment basis with our partner Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, developing prototype software.
Intelligent Gels is a SME in the North East. This business creates novel and innovative solutions using gel chemistry. Matt Wilson, the Managing Director successfully applied to be part of the ERDF Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme.
The Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme (IIIP) is supporting Northern Accelerator spin out Atelerix to work with Newcastle University PhD student Anastassia Kostenko.
The Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme (IIIP) is supporting Hart Biologicals to work with Teesside University PhD student Lucy Butler. Lucy is working on a project to modify bacteria to produce a compound used in blood testing.
The Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme (IIIP) is supporting Magnitude Biosciences to work with PhD student Giulia Zavagno. Giulia is working on a project to screen for compounds to help with the prevention of degenerative diseases.
The Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme (IIIP) is supporting Cievert to work with PhD student Matthew Watson to analyse NHS data. Using computer algorithms and machine learning Matthew’s project helps improve patient diagnosis.
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Having transformed research commercialisation across the North East of England and North Yorkshire, the Northern Accelerator partnership has secured an additional £4.3m to expand its support and create more successful businesses in crucial sectors.
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