Funded from the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) and allocated to the University by HEFCE, this fund is designed to stimulate Knowledge Exchange activities which align to the University Strategy, the Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise Strategic Plan, and/or the Civic Strategic Plan.
These include collaborative projects with business, industry, local government, public sector or charitable organisations, community bodies, and the wider public.
The WSI Knowledge Exchange Fund invites applications for interdisciplinary socio-technical projects in the areas of web science, data science or human-centred AI, and welcomes applications from all disciplines, particularly those led by early career researchers.
Activities
These include collaborative projects with business, industry, local government, public sector or charitable organisations, community bodies, and the wider public. Projects may involve:
- developing and maturing new technologies, ideas and inventions
- co-creation of innovation
- translation of research
- commercialisation for social good initiatives
- activities which contribute to levelling up and supporting the University’s civic agenda
- placements and secondments
- CPD and external skills development
- projects focusing on equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI)
Projects must involve collaboration with an external non-academic partner and should support or undertake knowledge exchange (KE) activity.
Applications for the WSI HEIF Fund 2024-25 are now closed. Please check back in September 2025 for details of future funding.
