The 2021 KE Award Winners were announced at a dedicated, digital ceremony on the 18th of November 2021, hosted by PraxisAuril and sponsors UK Research and Innovation. Each category was presented by one of our volunteer judging panel. Congratulations to the following awards winners:
KE Partnership of the Year - Presented by David Secher; PraxisAuril Founder & Patron
SUNRISE - Swansea University
Academic Engagement of the Year - Presented by Gurmit Kler; University of Birmingham, Director of Business Engagement
Turing Data Study Group - The Alan Turing Institute
KE Deal of the Year - Presented by David Bembo; Cardiff University, Director, Research and Innovation Services
Apollo Therapeutics: Attracting major investment to empower a uique, multi-university portfolio-based biopharmaceuticals venture - UCL Business on behalf of Imperial College London and University of Cambridge
KE Team of the Year - Presented by Simon Bond; SETsquared Partnership, Innovation Director
Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in the Mathematical Sciences - KTN / ICMS / INI / Newton Gateway
Place-Based Initiative of the Year - Preseted by Fariba Soetan; The National Centre for Universities and Business, Policy Lead, Research and Innovation
Space Park Leicester - University of Leicester
Pandemic Pivot of the Year - Presented by Alex Chaix, UK Research and Innovation, Head of Commercialisation
Testing Times at University of Exeter - University of Exeter