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Partnerships

Working with the University of Sheffield can have a significant impact on your organisation, whether you are a multinational blue chip, a forward-thinking SME, a charity or an NGO.

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Opteran Technologies

Commercialising our research

We can merge our talented minds with your enterprise and create opportunities for you with key investors.

Shaping the future of your business

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Developing regional partnerships

We actively grow regional partnerships, which can develop from a single meeting and small project to multiple collaborations and long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships.

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Partners and collaborators

Partnerships share research, strategies and knowledge. By working together Sheffield can find solutions for local, national and global challenges.

Examples of our partnerships

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How we can support you?

You can directly benefit from our talent pool of students, our training and professional development courses, translational research centres, and our world-class facilities.

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Powerful partnerships

Why are partnerships important to universities?

From consultant projects and Knowledge Transfer collaborations to significant international alliances, we have a long history of powerful partnerships. 

Why are university partnerships important?

Adam Cartwright, Head of Internet of Things Applications at Siemens explains why our partnership is so special.

News

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University of Sheffield’s Energy Innovation Centre partners with Drax to advance carbon capture research

Renewable energy company Drax has become the latest founder member of the University of Sheffield’s newly-launched Energy Innovation Centre, to drive forward research into next generation carbon capture technology.
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Future of cancer research in Yorkshire receives £8.9 million funding boost

The University of Sheffield and Yorkshire Cancer Research have announced seven world-leading research studies that will aim to help more people survive cancer by exploring new solutions in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
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Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian, Managing Director of the Energy Innovation Centre at the University of Sheffield, speaking at the opening of the centre.

University of Sheffield Energy Innovation Centre, with Boeing as a founding member, opened by Lord Callanan

A new centre that enables businesses to carry out innovative research and development projects with some of the largest and most exciting equipment in Europe, has opened at the University of Sheffield.
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Northern Gritstone injects £2m into bioplastics developer Floreon

A university spin-outs vehicle which has raised hundreds of millions of pounds to back some of Britain's most promising start-ups is investing a seven-figure sum into a low-carbon bioplastics developer.

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Access to our students 
The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.
Access to equipment and facilities 
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Research impact case studies 

Contact us

We're here to answer any queries you have and point you in the right direction directly to the team who can help you. Email collaborate@sheffield.ac.uk

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