Contract Research
If your company has an innovative idea or concept that you wish to deliver but lacks the resource and knowledge in-house to achieve it, commissioning contract research with NTU can help.
Driving innovation through contract research
Contract research puts you in the driving seat. This is paid for directly by your organisation and focuses on finding a solution that will specifically benefit your business and you will own any intellectual property created.
These projects have a pre-determined scope or specification within which our academics will work to in order to deliver the desired solution professionally and confidentially. We can be based on your company site or work within our own state-of-the-art facilities.
To find out more about contract research, get in touch at workingwithyou@ntu.ac.uk, or call +44 (0)115 848 8899.
Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, 86% of NTU’s research impact was found to be either world-leading or internationally excellent. The overall quality of each Unit of Assessment NTU submitted to REF in 2021 also saw an improvement from the previous REF in 2014.
Our latest research
Read about some of our previous research work.
Thu 10 Sep 2026
Funding for project to improve pregnancy monitoring with new placenta research
Scientists have received funding for a new project to investigate the dynamic interactions between the mother, placenta and fetus in pregnancy, with the aim of developing a monitoring tool that can be used in a range of settings, including at home to help detect complications earlier.
Why should we care about safety in prisons?
Wed 09 Sep 2026
New research reveals gap between the value of play and the conditions to support it
Wed 09 Sep 2026
NTU professor awarded prestigious fellowship by the Academy of Social Sciences
Thu 03 Sep 2026
New research links betting shop locations with higher crime in England’s most deprived communities
Fri 14 Aug 2026
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Research at NTU
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