LU is Open For Business

Whether a business, public sector body or community organisation, Lancaster University has the expertise, the facilities and the commitment to help shape and achieve your objectives.

Creating win-win relationships at the local, regional, national and global levels is our goal.

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COVID-19 Update for Lancaster University External Partners (see below)

11,000

Over 11,000 successful partnerships.

Lancaster University works with a number of public sector organisations including the NHS, the Environment Agency, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships, police authorities and GCHQ.

Lancaster University works with a range of community not-for-profit organisations to equip them with the skills or knowledge required to make a positive impact of society and people’s lives.

Impact of Covid-19

Update for partners

Research

No matter the size or nature of your business, talk to us about your research needs – we are here to help.

People

Lancaster's success depends on the talented, creative and committed people who work hard to make this University so special and distinctive.

Consultancy

Our consultancy services translate our world class research knowledge into real impact for our business partners.

IP Commercialisation

Our team supports the dissemination of research outcomes via the commercialisation of ideas and new technologies. Find out about our technology available for Licensing and our Spin-out Companies

Grow your business

Discover our programmes designed to help small and medium businesses innovate, develop and grow.

Develop your workforce

Explore our range of development programmes or create a programme as unique as your organisation.

Access student talent

Tap into our student community, and discover a fresh stream of energy, perspectives and ambition.

Join our community

Become a member of our networks, be a guest speaker or nurture the leaders of tomorrow.

KTP

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is a UK-wide programme which has been helping businesses for over 40 years to improve their competitiveness and productivity by connecting them to the UK’s rich academic resources.

Facilities

We invest massively in the development of our research facilities to ensure that our staff, students and collaborators have the very best equipment to help them in their work.

News & Events

Discover the latest news from Lancaster University, including news about our research, enterprise and teaching activities that may be of benefit to your business.

Impact Acceleration Account

We are pleased to announce that the University has been awarded the sum of £840,000 to renew its EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account for the period 2017 – 2020. This fund is intended to accelerate the development of external impact from EPSRC research by funding projects in collaboration with external partners.

Research & Enterprise Services

Research & Enterprise Services (RES) is Lancaster’s professional services department helping generation of income through research projects and research-related commercial activities.

This includes opportunities for businesses to engage with research and consultancy projects, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, degree apprenticeships and the very best of our students.

Lancaster University to provide more than £11.4 million in support to regional business

North West businesses and the regional economy is set to benefit from more than £11.4 million of support through three new programmes launched by Lancaster University.

Bats inspire detectors to help prevent oil and gas pipe leaks

Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines.

INITIATE Is open for collaboration

Lancaster University is part of a newly launched Internet research testbed that will enable businesses and researchers to develop new cutting-edge communications technologies and services.

“Universal memory” is, in essence, a memory where the data is very robustly stored, but can also easily be changed; something that was widely considered to be unachievable – until now.

“Universal Memory” research passes new milestone

Physicists at Lancaster University have demonstrated how their invention of a new type of memory device could transform the way computers, smartphones and other gadgets work.

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Contact Us

If you have a clearly defined project already, you can register interest online in minutes and one of our team will contact you.

If you have an idea or challenge you want to talk through or need us to help scope the project for, or want to find out more about our other activities, please contact:

Mark Bowen
Business Gateway Manager

Tel: +44 (0)1524 510877
Email: m.bowen1@lancaster.ac.uk