The Knowledge Transfer Network is building a new UK network, showcasing the benefits of new product development design teams inspired by nature. This event showcase how biomimicry and nature inspired solutions are being used in established innovation processes from a section of innovative companies and it’s an opportunity to learn about how to implement and benefit from Nature Inspired Solutions. What are Nature Inspired Solutions? In the past Biomimicry or Biomimetics started from simple imitation of natural organisms. Over time, it has evolved through integration and combination with modern science and engineering to help us discover new materials, ways of combining nano/microstructures, applications, and alternative ways of production and process design thinking leading to nature inspired or bio inspired engineering. Rather than imitating the whole plant, animal or biological process, nature-inspired solutions aim to uncover the underlying mechanisms and apply them in the design of new products, processes or systems in a structured way. This Nature Inspired Solutions Special Interest Group (NIS SIG) aims to convene and grow the nature inspired solution community and accelerate innovation through cross-sector collaborations. Find out more about the Nature Inspired Solutions Special Interest Group at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/nature-inspired-solutions

1. The KTP Programme
#KTNUK #ktnuk_ktp @mark_matchett
Mark Matchett
Knowledge Transfer Adviser
West Midlands
07583 075148

2. What is KTP? ...
A High Impact strategic business project
For plans that seem more uphill than normal
KTN – The organisation
KTP -The programme
KTA – Programme advisers
KTM – Sector Leaders

3. • Taking an investment approach
• Creating the right environment
• 2.4% GDP spent on R&D
• Industrial Strategy
Connecting and collaborating
Commercialising ideas requires
more than just funding.
Businesses need the right
people, facilities, expertise and
connections to turn their ideas
into profitable goods and
services. Experts in our KTN help
businesses identify and
understand opportunities from
emerging technologies or
from other technology or sector
developments, brokering
relationships and building
collaborations to maximise
impact.
• Artificial Intelligence and
data
• Ageing society
• Clean growth
• Future of mobility
Grand Challenges

4. KTN - What we do
Build connections. Drive innovation
Energy ; Built Environment ; Space Application ; Enabling Technologies ; Health and Care ; Emerging
technologies ; Digital Economy ; Resource Efficiency ; Agriculture and Food ; High Value Manufacturing;
Transport ; Urban Living.
KTP

5. • Business led R&D
• Other departments
– DFT, Highways England
– OLEV
• SBRI
• Support Network

6. What’s on offer from Innovate UK
• Thoughts about – how to double profitability.
• Can you see any opportunities.
• Can you get there through Business As Usual
approach.
• NO….
More support through LEP’s, Growth Hubs, regional initiatives, technology clusters, EEN
CR&D – SMART Grants all main sectors ISCF UKI2S , FOAK , Catalyst Programmes
KTP

7. KTN – A Triparite
approach
• 1 grant claiming
partner
• Considered an
investment
• Has to be a strong
business case
• Its about a capability not
just money

8. Management Capability
• Formal management systems
• Proven technologies new to the company
• Targeting SME’s
• Targeting 50-60 MC project this year
• Example
– Complex supply chains
– Mapping leading and lagging indicators in supply chains
– To enable better decision making
• Management Information – decision making -
• Design thinking

9. Management Capability
• Targeting SME’s whose productivity <75% sector ave.
– Using the ONS on-line tool
• An approach might be
– Understand the biggest cause of low productivity
– Measure it to manage it – targeting benchmarking
– A deep dive into the identified areas
• Logistics, Accounting, Marketing, Reward system…
• Outcome must be fully implemented system not a
feasibility study – but could be a follow on
programme from a feasibility study.

10. Project areas
• Formal Marcomms planning, Strategic Marke+ng
• Business process re engineering
• Evidence based approaches
• Digitaliza+on
• Organisa+onal Psychology
– Strategic thinking, Coaching, Planning, Structure
• Design philosophy
• Market led, strategic approaches
• HR, reward systems…

11. Nature Inspired Solutions
• Fits KTP if the companies
challenge is knowledge
based.
• Could be applying this to a
new application
• Could be manufacturing
scale up
• Could be to investigate other
similar concepts
• But it must make you money
hips://nano-magazine.com/news/2019/9/18

12. Nature inspired solutions
https://nano-magazine.com/news/

13. • Types of project
• Work packages
• Collaboration
• Project costs
• Startups
• Affordability
• Business case
• App’ Support
Contrast with CR&D funding
• Usually scoped
• Varied to suit
• Business/Uni
• Scope/project
• Yes
• Post award
• RTM/unresolved
• Light touch
• Open
• More prescribe
• Lower max value
• 1 Co/ 1 Uni + Ass
• 75% Ass/ Uni
• Caveats
• Pre award
• Fully resolved
• Full service
Feature Grant KTP

14. Who Benefits
3

15. 105
Knowledge Base
partners
Up to
£8for every
£1 we’ve
invested
£218m
Of all UKRI projects
5.5%
Up to
£1.7bnin added value
to the economy
104
Current investment in KTP
Industry match
funding in KTP
£82m
798Businesses
838Associate Places
549 currently in
post
Innovate,
Co-funders
& Industry
(2015 to date)
Figures to mid March 2019

16. Grant Funding Rates
SMEs 67%
Large companies 50%
• A strategic project run and managed by a University for a company at
the company, that’s bought into at the top level.
• The University gets paid in part by Innovate and in part by the
company.
What does a KTP look and feel like
• Costs the company £25-30k PA single Associate.
• Company fully involved and integrated into the programme of work,
decisions made jointly.
• Your actually not a project partner in the funding sense of the word – so
R&D tax credits also come to mind

17. Typical 3 year KTP Budget

18. Current Competitions
Open Now
Currently Open closes 11 Dec-19
Followed by Feb
6 Open calls PA for KTP
every 6/8 weeks, August
break.

19. Contact your local Knowledge
Transfer Adviser
Google – KTN KT Advisers
Universities
Google – Guidance KTP
Mark.matchett@ktn-uk.org
07583 075148

20. Wave 3
• Challenge | Lead KTM
• Accelera+ng Detec+on of Disease | Terry O’Neill
• Commercialising Quantum Technologies | Bob Cockshok
• Digital Security by Design | Jon Kingsbury
• Driving the Electric Revolu+on | Paul Huggek
• Future Flight | Michelle Carter
• Industrial Decarbonisa+on | Peter Clark
• Manufacturing Made Smarter | Malcolm Harold
• Smart, Sustainable Plas+c Packaging | Sally Beken and Brian McCarthy
• Transforming Founda+on Industries | Robert Quarshie