UK innovation agency Innovate UK has announced the shortlist for its Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) Awards 2024, with Tozer Seeds up for prize
Having reviewed hundreds of applications for various innovative projects, the expert panel of judges for the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) Awards 2024 has unveiled the shortlisted finalists.
Tozer Seeds has reached the final three on the shortlist for the Best Technical Excellence Award, with the winners for each category announced in Birmingham on 27 November.
“Regardless of who wins in November, this is already a great achievement and a recognition of a really successful partnership between Tozer and Professor Katherine Denby at the University of York,” said Jamie Claxton, director of R&D at Tozer. “The team led by Dr Viviana Rosati has done fantastic work on speed breeding and gene editing of vegetable crops. Viviana has been a great KTP associate, and we’re delighted to have her now continuing her KTP work as an employee of Tozer.”
Tozer said that KTPs helped to drive innovation through “dynamic collaborations between the business and academic worlds”.
“Their goal is to help companies to grow through their development and commercialisation of new products, processes and services, supported by an outstanding innovation ecosystem that is agile, inclusive and easy to navigate,” the company said.
“When considering the goal of the KTP scheme, we can conclude that the outcome for Tozer has been great,” explained Claxton. “That’s why we look forward to continuing our work with Innovate UK in the future.”
