Knowledge Exchange Challenge Fund

Overview

The Knowledge Exchange (KE) Challenge Fund aims to:

• Support business- and social enterprise-led challenges by connecting them with university expertise across a range of sectors.
• Strengthen engagement between the university and innovative local businesses.
• Encourage collaborative projects across the UHI partnership.

Eligible activities

The fund supports a wide range of initiatives, including:

• Feasibility studies or pilot projects for new business-led products, services, or processes.
• Activities that increase both the demand for and the quality of business engagement with university services.
• Projects that drive meaningful improvements in how entrepreneurial opportunities are promoted and delivered to students, university staff, and businesses.
• Initiatives focused on research commercialisation.

Eligible costs

Funding can be used to cover:

• Travel and subsistence
• UHI staff time
• Meeting and workshop-related costs

For more information, please contact: tourism@uhi.ac.uk