Partner with a world class Centre NIBEC leads the way when it comes to academic-industrial collaborations, with an impressive record of partnerships with some of the worlds leading technology companies. We have excellent working relationships with our industrial partners who value both our technical expertise and market knowledge.

NIBEC have been involved in various types of research partnership with industry across a wide range of sectors, from hard disc media to medical devices to aerospace and packaging. Types of partnerships in the past have included:

• Sponsored Research projects
• Teaching Company and KTP projects
• Fusion projects (cross border)
• PHD / CAST sponsorship
• Contract Research
• One off lab analysis work

• Expertise: Access to staff with many years experience in materials development and characterisation, along with product development knowledge.
• Unrivalled Equipment Suite & Laboratories: With its state of the art analysis and fabrication tools, NIBEC stands alone as one of the most advanced research facilities in Europe.
• Environment: With many years experience of operating an open access facility, NIBEC has developed an environment and ethos conducive to effective academic industrial collaborations.
• Funding: Partnering with NIBEC gives opportunities for prepare joint applications for research funding from a variety of funding sources.
• Commercialisation: With knowledge of various routes to commercialisation NIBEC can really help companies and technology developers take their ideas to market.

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