Innovation for Productivity

Working with partners, we’re driving innovation and productivity to give businesses the edge. Ambitious plans, made together.

We're supporting businesses across South Yorkshire through our research collaborations, access to translational facilities, and provision of skills development - nurturing the conditions for more breakthroughs and enabling partners to develop more nationally significant clusters of innovation-led industries across the region.

Shaping the South Yorkshire economy

We’re supporting industry collaborations to drive innovation, productivity and growth across the region - the Innovation Network - South Yorkshire provides a networking forum for sharing knowledge and ideas between businesses and academics.

Innovation Network

Woman using large machine in AMRC composites centre

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)

The University AMRC’s work and its partnerships are helping to attract major investment in the region providing a tremendous boost - driving productivity and attracting multinational manufacturers like Boeing and McLaren, linking them up to local supply chains.

Growing ambitions

South Yorkshire Investment Zone

Research and innovation has already driven industrial transformation in South Yorkshire. The new Investment Zone builds on our innovation assets across the University of Sheffield Innovation District (USID) and establishes the region as the best place to start, scale or relocate a business.

Driving innovation in South Yorkshire

Robot with four legs — Opteran Technologies

Northern Gritstone is focused on northern England university spin-outs.

Northern Gritstone, an investment company founded by the universities of Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester with initial support from Research England, has allocated its first two investments to Sheffield-based businesses.

Northern Gritstone

architectural drawing of the GTIMC facility. View from outside.

Advancing scientific discoveries into life-changing treatments

A pioneering gene therapy innovation centre at the University of Sheffield is set to advance scientific discoveries into promising treatment options for millions of patients with life-threatening diseases.

Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre

Student at Magnomatics — Anjali Manoj, Mechanical Engineering Student

Supporting local industry partners

Partnerships with local businesses provide a pipeline of talent for them to draw upon, alongside access to world-leading facilities and expertise. Student placements at local engineering company, Magnomatics, support their skills needs whilst research collaborations place them at the forefront of technology development in their field.

Our industry case studies