HOW WE WORK WITH ACADEMIA
Our Academic Engagement Programme offers a unique opportunity to stimulate fundamental engineering research in collaboration with universities, aligning it with industry needs. Through this program, we support the entire research lifecycle, from initial development to commercialization, ensuring that innovative academic discoveries are translated into practical, market-ready solutions.
We bring together the UK’s world-leading academic institutions and strategic international partners to ensure the UK remains at the forefront of developing new technologies in the offshore renewable energy sector.
WORKING TOGETHER
Technology Development
Universities possess some of the UK’s best test and demonstration facilities for fundamental research. By partnering with us, we can offer a pathway to larger testing facilities, aiding in the technology development journey.
Expertise
Our multidisciplinary team of highly skilled research engineers and technical specialists can bridge your research with commercial demand and align it with the strategic needs of the UK.
Collaboration
We can collaborate on publicly funded projects and assemble powerful consortia of academic and industry partners. With our status as an Independent Research Organisation, we are now eligible to benefit from UKRI funding.
Knowledge Exchange
We offer secondments into and out of universities to encourage closer engagement between academic and industry stakeholders.
Commercialisation
Our dedicated SME team are able to provide academia with advice on developing and scaling up new technologies for the offshore renewables market.
RESEARCH HUBS
The Research Hubs have been at the heart of our Academic Engagement Programme.
The hubs bring a more robust, complementary offering of academic research, innovation, demonstration and representative testing to the offshore renewables sector. Pooling skills and resources provide a critical mass to leverage further funding, e.g. competitive R&D revenue (from competitive funding programmes) and existing University research programmes, into the Research Hubs. We instigated three Research Hubs with a total value of £7.8m. These have been a great success supporting over 20 doctorates and over 25 research contracts.
OUR EXPERTS
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Our researchers are actively engaged in fundamental research, making significant contributions to academic literature and presenting at leading international conferences. Take a look at our publications to learn more.
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