Awards for business alliance projects

A MAJOR Covid-19 testing facility and a camera in a pill for the early diagnosis of bowel cancer are among the eight winning collaborations in this year’s Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards.

Now in their sixth year, the awards recognise developments achieved through partnerships between business, academia, public bodies and social enterprises.

The programme is organised by Interface, the business-academic matching service set up in 2005.

“The judges were incredibly humbled and impressed by the innovation and creativity, exemplar partnerships and overall impacts of the applications across all eight categories,”

Interface director

Siobhan Jordan said.

“From responses to the Covid-19 crisis, to breakthrough technologies in health, circular economy and poultry genetics, the winners are an impressive showcase of the incredible collaborative work which goes on every day in Scotland, and a celebration of the people behind the partnerships from all industry sectors and across all academic disciplines.

“They bring renewed admiration for knowledge sharing between businesses, social enterprises, public bodies such as the NHS, universities and colleges across Scotland.”