The deadline to enter the Engineer Technology & Innovation Awards is Friday 17 July 2009.

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70 people attended the latest in the KTP Centres in Scotland Seminar Series at the Merchants House in Glasgow on 31 March. The Seminar showcased how organisations can benefit from working with academics and also provided an opportunity for knowledge exchange professionals to share best practice.

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The John Logie Baird Programme is open for entries and the deadline has been extended to 17 December 2009.

To be part of this programme and take advantage of the unique set of benefits visit www.johnlogiebairdawards.co.uk or call 0845 300 8991.

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50 delegates attended the last Associate Seminar for 2009 at the Piping Centre in Glasgow on 28 October. The Seminar showcased a variety of companies showing the benefits from working with academics and also provided an opportunity for knowledge exchange professionals to share best practice.

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The KTP Scotland Awards Ceremony took place on 2 February 2010 at the Doubletree Dunblane Hydro in Perthshire.

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The KTP Centre received four new Grant Offer Letters during March. Visit the Projects page for more info.

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The West of Scotland KTP Centre has now generated £25.5M in KTP Grant.

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The West of Scotland KTP Centre has recently received Grant Offer Letters for the following projects:

• Barr Limited and the University of Strathclyde
• Fearsom UK Limited and Glasgow Caledonian University
• Biofilm Limited and the University of Strathclyde
• Cooper Software Limited and the University of the West of Scotland
• If Only Holidays Limited and Glasgow Caledonian University
• UK Whitegoods Limited and the University of the West of Scotland

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View Digital IP's new website at: www.digital-ip.com

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The 2014 Commonwealth Games will provide the potential for businesses of all sizes to bid for contracts. An online information service has been launched where firms can pre-register their interest (www.glasgow2014.com/businessportal). 

Could access to local academics and researchers through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership help you win more business? If you would like to discuss further please contact the West of Scotland KTP Centre.

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The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has recently announced a funding boost for SMEs undertaking KTP. The increased funding will reduce the company partner's contribution from 33% to 25% for the duration of the incentive period. The incentive period will run between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010 and apply to new KTPs and also existing projects that are still running at 1 April 2009.

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Businesses and HEIs from across the UK celebrated a year of outstanding achievements in innovation at the annual UK KTP Awards in London on 5 March 2009.

The awards recognised the most successful KTP partnerships. In total nine partnerships were presented with the Winning Partnership Award, selected from a list of over 204 eligible nominations.

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