We work for government departments, Research Councils, Regional Development Agencies, Devolved Administrations, Higher Education Institutes and Public Sector Research Establishments to promote Knowledge Transfer and the government’s innovation agenda.

Qi3 has an unusual and perhaps unique methodology for support of Knowledge Transfer and Technology Commercialisation for our public sector clients:

• We treat Knowledge Transfer as a ‘brokering’ process and have achieved consistently high performance for our clients using our sales-based methodology
• As a team, we are used to creating and developing products and companies, we are engaged in delivering results, not just advising
• We sit at the intersection of technologies and markets and offer a true combination of business support and technology marketing. This approach allows us to work in the best interests of business whilst ensuring effective Knowledge Transfer for our public sector clients

We have five key areas of public sector activity:

• As PPARC Industry Coordinator, we promote industry and interdisciplinary engagement with research groups supported by PPARC
• As the UK CERN Technology Transfer Officer we promote industry and interdisciplinary partnerships with CERN
• As Technology Champions for Research Councils UK (RCUK) we promote interdisciplinary research through the RCUK Basic Technology Research Programme
• We also deliver the business training, coaching and mentoring for the Research Councils’ Business Plan Competition
• We carry out studies on issues of industry engagement, Knowledge Transfer strategy, establishment of Technology Seed and Early Stage Venture Finance, market and technology mapping

Our unusual combination of contacts at the cutting edge of research, knowledge of public sector funds available for technology transfer, and our practical business experience means that we can provide public sector organisations with a unique service.

For information on some of our public sector clients, please see our Partners section.