1. David Chapman: Knowledge Exchange Manager
UHI Knowledge Exchange Services
Support Available For UHI & Academic Partner Staff
UHI Research Conference – 29th
October 2010

2. "Houston we have a problem" Tom Hanks: Apollo 13, 1995

3. Knowledge Exchange Services
• KE / Commercialisation Support
• KT 1st
Steps / IP Presentations
• KT ‘Healthchecks’
• Events
– Internal upskilling & business focussed
• Business Service Brochures
• Commercialisation Innovation Awards (CIA)
– Available now
• Business Opportunities / Funding

4. Knowledge Transfer Drivers
Student Projects
Mini KTPs
SFC R&D
Vouchers
Access Facilities
Consultancy
Classic KTPs
Feasibility
Studies
SMART Awards
Licensing
Staff
Interchange
Proof of Concept
CASE
Studentships etc
SPIRIT / Horizon
SEEKIT
Knowledge & People
Exchange Opportunities

5. Applications Now Open!
• Open to all business sectors
• Sole traders, Social Enterprises &
Development Trusts
• <5 Awards left to make
• Open application process
•Completed by December 2011

6. Case Study
A Spirit of the Future and of the Past …………
• HI Links Feasibility Study Award – 3 way partnership
• Specialist whiskies from old crop varieties
• Profit sharing agreement
• Estimate for 25 casks / 10, 000 bottles of whisky in 2016
“It's been great fun developing this project with HI Links and we look forward to toasting the
success of the whisky with them - a spirit as much of the future as it is of the past”
Mark Reynier – MD, Bruichladdich

7. HI Links Contacts
Knowledge Transfer Managers
David Chapman
Tel: 01463 279 366 E-mail: david.chapman@uhi.ac.uk
Fiona Smart
Tel: 01463 279 257 E-mail: fiona.smart@uhi.ac.uk
Events Manager
Charlotte Ball
Tel: 01463 279 368 E-mail: charlotte.ball@uhi.ac.uk
Part Time Project Administrators
Karen Bruce Tel: 01463 279 256 E-mail karen.bruce@uhi.ac.uk
Stuart Knight Tel: 01463 279 462 E-mail
stuart.knight@uhi.ac.uk