Knowledge Transfer

Research & Knowledge Transfer (RKT) is the first point of contact for all research based activities at the University of Exeter. Whether you are a researcher looking for assistance with a grant application, a business looking to collaborate with academic expertise on a particular project, or anyone else interested in research & knowledge transfer activity at the University, you should contact RKT. Click here for details on how to contact us.

Discovery
We are driven by the importance of today’s knowledge economy and the need for new technology. Therefore we have developed a process to follow best practice Innovation from incubation through to market ready products and seed funding.

Development
We have implemented industry standard market research and selection tools to evaluate investment opportunities from our portfolio of patents. Our collaboration with QinetiQ, a global technology company, enables us to stay closely aligned to industry trends and tailor our products to the markets requirements.

Exploitation
We carry out intensive market research to identify the product, market opportunity, and underlying needs to fully understand the competitive market space. From this we look for strategic industry partners to work with us to validate the proof of concept, test and demonstrate the technology. Using our comprehensive market research tool we look to determine the appropriate commercialisation strategy be it a licence agreement or company formation.

Follow the links to learn more about current exploitation activities and Case Studies.

Knowledge Transfer