About Us

Interface brings together Scotland’s academic and business communities to deliver economic, environmental, and social prosperity for Scotland.

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Established in 2005, Interface brings Scotland’s business and academic communities together.

With connections into all Scotland’s universities, colleges and research institutes the Interface team is based regionally to support businesses, third and public sector organisations by building collaborations with academia.

Interface’s free and impartial service has helped thousands of businesses to save time and money to access academic expertise, research, funding, technologies and facilities which enables them to solve challenges, innovate, grow and ultimately become more sustainable.

By working closely with the academic community Interface supports their priorities helping to ensure that collaborating with businesses makes an impact to research and learning and drives regional economic transformation.

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Facts & Figures

With established links to thousands of world-class leading experts, Interface finds and introduces companies to the perfect academic partner.

Key Stats October 2024

Annual Impact

During the 2022/2023 period we’ve brokered collaborations to create and protect jobs, deliver new products, processes and services, and increase turnover, profits and productivity for organisations. However, there’s more to the Interface story, read now.

Discover the Interface Annual Review.