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Benefit from a partnership with us
Partnership is at the heart of how The Data Lab works as an Innovation Centre. Our mission is to help Scotland maximise value from data — and lead the world to a data-powered future. This can only be achieved through collaboration with public and private sector partners. Our whole ethos is about moving forward with companies to help them gain the most benefits from the power of data.
We build partnerships with businesses in two main ways:
- by helping companies collaborate with data specialists.
- by providing partnership opportunities.
Both of these bespoke services will help your company innovate and grow.
In addition, in 2022 we are launching The Data Lab Academy, and are actively looking for partners to work with us on this exciting project to grow Scotland’s data and AI talent pool.
Collaborate With Specialists
We provide contacts, funding and project management support to enable businesses like yours to collaborate with data science researchers and specialists, on innovative and beneficial data projects.
Partnership and sponsorship opportunities
Linking up with The Data Lab as a Partner is a cost-effective way to raise your visibility amongst Scotland’s data science community. We’ll help you reach key audiences using a flexible approach that offers year-round opportunities.
Partner with The Data Lab Academy
Since 2014, we have provided full scholarship funding to over 880 students on MSc courses in Data and AI-related subjects at 11 Scottish Universities. We also help these students to develop their employability skills — preparing them for the world of work.
The newly launched Data Lab Academy aims to grow the IMPACT of this work. With the support of our Partners, we aim to reach out to all the students on the MSc courses we support (not just our funded students) and offer them access to our networking, employability skills and work placement training.
We’ve helped…
3,000
Businesses harness the power of data
395
New jobs in data
Speak to our partnership team to find out how we can help your business meet its goals.
Find out how we’ve helped Scotland’s businesses leverage the power of data:
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Highland Heat Harvesters: Using AI to accelerate a novel waste heat recovery device
Heating accounts for a significant proportion of the UK’s carbon emissions, with more than 23 million homes relying on gas-fired boilers and 92% of non-electrical energy consumption in non-domestic buildings attributed to gas boilers. Highland Heat Harvesters (HHH) has developed an innovative flue gas heat recovery device that captures waste heat from boiler exhaust gases
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Scottish Government: Building FinOps capability through student talent
The Data Lab’s placement programme is helping shape Scotland’s data and AI talent pipeline by connecting students with industry. The Scottish Government recently took part in the programme, hosting MSc student Oliwer Szmytkowski, whose placement supported the development of cloud cost reporting dashboards as part of an emerging FinOps project. The Challenge While studying for
News about our work helping businesses:
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Beat by beat: What vital sign monitoring taught me about data
In our latest guest blog, Mo Kouli, a PhD student in Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Innovation at the University of Edinburgh, reflects on what working with intensive care data has taught them about vital sign monitoring. Drawing on their research with the ICU-Heart team, they explore why continuous blood pressure waveforms offer far more detail
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Interface opens applications for Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards
Applications are now open for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2027, Scotland’s flagship celebration of business–academic collaboration, inviting applications from businesses, organisations, and academics throughout Scotland. The annual awards, organised by Interface, celebrate the people and collaborations turning ideas into innovations and opportunities into impact. Free to enter with 12 categories, the award recognises innovation, impact
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The Data Lab joins the CyberScotland Partnership
The Data Lab is delighted to announce that it has joined the CyberScotland Partnership (CSP), alongside CBI Scotland, further strengthening Scotland’s collaborative approach to building a safe, secure and resilient digital nation. The Data Lab brings expertise in data and AI-driven innovation, skills development and industry and academic engagement, complementing the Partnership’s mission to raise
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