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The West of Scotland KTP Centre was delighted to attend the Interface Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2026 in Stirling on 19th March, and we’re thrilled to congratulate our winners in the following categories:

🌟Innovation of the Year 
Inspectahire Instrument Company Ltd in partnership with University of Strathclyde

🌟Innovator of the Future
Firdous Nazir, Glasgow Caledonian University and TNEI

👏 Huge congratulations to all the finalists and winners: your achievements continue to inspire and strengthen Scotland’s innovation ecosystem. More details can be found on the Awards' website.

We are delighted to celebrate the outstanding individuals and teams connected with the West of Scotland KTP Centre who have been shortlisted for the Interface Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2026.

We are proud to see representation across multiple award categories:

🌟Innovation of the Year
Inspectahire Instrument Company Ltd in partnership with University of Strathclyde

🌟Innovator of the Future
Firdous Nazir, Glasgow Caledonian University and TNEI

🌟Inward Investment Impact
Troo in partnership with University of Glasgow

🌟Making an Environmental Difference
Montrose Port Authority in partnership with University of Strathclyde

🌟Trailblazing AI Collaboration
John G Russell (Transport) Ltd (Russell Group) in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University
 
Many congratulations to all shortlisted nominees across all categories. We look forward to supporting our nominees and celebrating their achievements at the Awards ceremony in Stirling on Thursday 19th March.
 
For more information and to see the full shortlist click here: Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2026 finalists revealed | Interface Online

🎉 We’re Finalists! 🎉
We’re thrilled to share that we have been selected as a finalist in The Art of Successful Collaboration (Practitioners) category for the KTP Golden Awards 2025! 🏆✨

This national recognition celebrates the most impactful and transformative people, projects, and partnerships engaging in KTP over the past 50 years. Being shortlisted is a huge honour.

We are very pround to announce the results of the Interface Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025, which included many individuals associated with the West of Scotland KTP Centre:

🏆Innovator of the Future

🌟 Dayi Zhang (Inspectahire Instrument Company Ltd & University of Strathclyde)

🌟 Matthew Gibson (Ailsa Reliability Solutions Ltd. & University of Strathclyde

🏆Making an Environmental Difference

🌟 Renewable Parts in partnership with University of Strathclyde

🏆 Knowledge Exchange Champion

🌟 Highly Commended - Bryan McCann (Glasgow Caledonian University)

🏆 Knowledge Exchange Heroes

🌟 Susan Armstrong LLB (Glasgow Caledonian University)

Congratulations to everyone across all categories. For more information and to see the full list of winners click here.