Commission research

Use our contract and collaborative research services to explore new ideas and grow your business.

Draw upon our academics' expert knowledge, access our facilities and equipment, and join over 2,000 organisations in the East of England that we've helped to date.

Contract and collaborative research

Are you looking for academic expertise to support your organisation’s R&D activity? Contract and collaborative research may be the solution.

We’ll work with you to understand your brief and apply our research expertise to solving your real-world problems. Project timescales can vary to suit your needs.

Previous projects have helped to:

  • create new products and services
  • provide proof of concept support
  • analyse markets and evaluate existing practices to increase productivity
  • analyse systems and processes to increase efficiency.

If you're looking for a specific specialism, search our directory of experts.

Find out why so many organisation choose to collaborate with ARU.

 

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A business development team that listens to your needs

Our Partnership Development Managers are business-friendly people. Good at listening and understanding a client’s brief, they can help you quickly identify a suitable academic in your desired field, and answer any questions you might have about confidentiality, intellectual property, timescales or costings.

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