For researchers

Turn research expertise into impactful collaborations

Surrey Innovation & Enterprise Hub facilitates the translation of academic discoveries into real-world applications. We support researchers in sharing their work beyond academia through knowledge exchange and collaborative partnerships. Our goal is to help breakthrough research reach its full potential.

Collaboration opportunities

Discuss how to turn your research into real-world impact. We'll explore funding opportunities, industry partnerships, and ways to enhance your academic profile.

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How we support researchers

From securing funding to building industry connections, we help researchers translate their expertise into real-world impact and income.

Industry connection

Our innovation experts provide advice, guidance and training to help you identify potential business partners for collaboration. We leverage our extensive industry networks and market knowledge to facilitate meaningful introductions and create opportunities.

Grant success

Our specialists will help match your research to industry-partnered funding calls and support your application. We are highly experienced in business-led grant applications and have a 100% success rate with KTP applications over the last 12 years.

Consultancy excellence

Our team handles all administrative aspects of consultancy, including support to scope and cost the project, set-up the contract, and raise invoices.

Enhanced teaching

Integrate real-world industry challenges into your teaching to enrich student learning experiences. Our team helps you develop business partnerships to bring live projects and contemporary case studies into the classroom.

PhD Accelerator

Bridge the gap between academic excellence and entrepreneurial impact. Our PhD accelerator provides the business training, industry connections, and strategic support to commercialise your research, helping you build ventures that solve real problems while leveraging years of specialised knowledge.

Impact Acceleration

The Surrey Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) provides highly flexible and internally administered funding to support knowledge exchange and the acceleration of impact.

Explore your innovation pathways

Let's unlock the potential of your research by turning your expertise into innovation opportunities, industry collaborations and additional income streams. We'll help you navigate funding options, build meaningful partnerships, and craft compelling applications that lead to high-impact case studies and real-world change.