Productivity through Innovation

Productivity through Innovation (PtI) ran until March 2023 and was funded by the European Regional Development Fund. It was developed in partnership with the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University.

Productivity through Innovation Statistics:

120Over companies supported

50 Undergraduate internships completed

68Graduate roles created

5Businesses research projects completed

340 hours121 bespoke consultancy

Case studies

Find out how we supported some SMEs through the Productivity through Innovation programme.

Researching the impact of a medical device

Our human sciences researchers are working with Soemac which develops medical devices for sufferers COPD to better understand the science behind their product.

Innovation funding delivers results for SCITEK

Engineering consultancy SCITEK, used funding and support from our Productivity through Innovation programme to recruit a graduate to deliver an R&D project — Read the story.

Citizens Advice recruit Derby interns

Citizens Advice Mid Mercia has recently recruited two new Derby interns to help with its digital marketing, thanks to support and funding from the Productivity through Innovation programme.

Researching how HPV causes oropharyngeal cancer

Our molecular biologists are currently working on a funded research project with an independent laboratory, to try to understand more about how Human Papillomavirus (HPV) causes oropharyngeal cancer: ...

For more information

For further information on other support programmes at the University of Derby please contact our Business Gateway.

E: businessgateway@derby.ac.uk

T: 0800 001 5500

Productivity through Innovation