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Design Exchange Partnerships

Supporting researchers working with businesses, local government and NGOs across the UK

Supporting researchers working with businesses, local government and NGOs across the UK.

Design Exchange Partnerships (DEPs) are three-way collaborative projects which bring together early career design researchers, an academic supervisor and a non-academic organisation, such as a small business, NGO or public sector organisation. The projects are funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council for up to £40,000.

The partnerships seek to demonstrate tangible impact on local communities by stimulating the real-world application of high-quality arts and humanities-led design research to address challenges related to achieving green transition goals.

DEPs aim to:

  • stimulate strategic partnerships that support career development and the development of hybrid skills

  • increase the diversity of voices and actors consulted in and contributing to addressing the climate crisis

  • enable the development of new products and services that have a positive impact in the real-world

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