Innovation Centres serve sectors across Scotland and are collaborative initiatives between universities and industry, aimed at tackling industry-defined challenges in areas with significant transformative potential. There are at least nine Innovation Centres, each delivering exemplary projects and offering specialised knowledge and support to businesses.
These centres blend academic creativity and invention with industry insights into markets, customers, timelines, value, and impact. They are designed by industry for industry-led collaboration, with strong support from academia and Scotland's enterprise agencies, and are guided by industry needs.
Each Innovation Centre possesses the specialised expertise necessary to help businesses understand the underlying science and develop the technology required to create new products, processes, and services for their customers. By combining creativity in design, engineering, and technology, these centres help achieve tangible results and provide support at any stage of the journey, from the initial idea to market entry.