Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are one of the biggest schemes we fund as part of our commitment to knowledge exchange. The KTP scheme's mission is to strengthen the UK's competitiveness and wealth creation by enabling research organisations to apply their research knowledge to important business problems.
At the heart of each KTP is a relationship between a company/organisation and staff in a knowledge base institution. The institution's staff apply their expertise to a project that will help the development of their collaborative partner. The project is carried out by an associate (a recent graduate or postgraduate), who also benefits from an organised training programme. In the process, the business relevance of the knowledge base institution is enhanced.

If you require further information please email: esrcktp@esrc.ukri.org

Further information about KTPs, including contact details for KTP Offices and KTP Advisers is available on the KTP website.

The aim of the second wave of funding is to equip the UK to proactively tackle new and emerging air quality challenges related to changing emissions and exposure patterns and impacts on vulnerable groups of people. The programme objectives are to:

• Build a new UK interdisciplinary community at the interface of indoor/outdoor air quality emissions, exposure and health impacts.
• Deliver new knowledge that:
  • provides critical foresight on emerging air pollution challenges and associated health risks; and
  • enables us to better understand and quantify human behavioural change and practices and how to influence through communication and technology interventions in order to limit exposure routes and mitigate health risks at vulnerable stages of the life course.
• Provide consistent, evidence-based advice for stakeholders through open data and tools in order to stimulate policy and regulatory innovation.
• Stimulate business-led innovation for sustainable products and services to protect health at the indoor/outdoor interface and grow UK businesses.