Overseas Application Form

Application For Overseas Membership of The United Kingdom Science Park Association

The United Kingdom Science Park Association is a Company Limited by Guarantee, membership of which according to its Articles of Association is open to Science Parks which comply with the Association’s definition of a Science Park.

The term Science Park describes:

A business support and technology transfer initiative that:
  • encourages and supports the start-up and incubation of innovation-led, high-growth, knowledge-based businesses;
  • provides an environment where larger and international businesses can develop specific and close interactions with a particular centre of knowledge creation for their mutual benefit;
  • has formal and operational links with centres of knowledge creation such as universities, higher education institutes and research organisations.
Initiatives called by other names, eg Research Park, Innovation Centre, High Technology Development, etc, where they meet the essential criteria set out above are also included within the definition.

Overseas Membership is reserved for science parks and similar organisations operating in countries outside the UK and Republic of Ireland who wish to have direct membership of UKSPA.

If, having read the above, you believe Overseas Membership of the Association is appropriate to the development you represent, please complete and return the attached form to

The United Kingdom Science Park Association
Chesterford Research Park
Little Chesterford
Saffron Walden CB10 1XL

Telephone: 01799 532050
Fax: 01799 532049
Email: info@ukspa.org.uk

Applicants from outside of the UK and Ireland need to complete the application form for Overseas Membership: click here.

If you would like to apply to be a Business Affiliate, please send a letter to the UKSPA Chief Executive Paul Wright at the above address, giving details of your company and the reason you wish to apply to be an UKSPA Business Affiliate. To send your letter by email, click here.


Name of Park
 
 
 

Location of Park – with address, if applicable
 
 
 
 
 
 

Funding Partners
 
 
 
 

Higher Education Institute(s) with which Science Park has/will have formal link
 
 
 

Brief description of property - indicate existing and planned
 
 
 
 
 

Brief description of arrangements for management of the Science Park. Indicate how a link with higher education or a centre of research is/will be maintained and in what ways the link is/will be superior to the normal industrial liaison service to local companies?
 
 
 
 
 

Brief description of letting policy
 
 
 
 
 

Any other relevant details (eg. stage of development reached by Parks not yet operational)
 
 
 
 
 

Name, address and contact details of the organisation submitting the application
 
 
 
 
 
 

Name and position of representative who will attend UKSPA meetings and to whom correspondence should be sent
 
 
 

One additional non-voting representative may be nominated to be included on the mailing list. Please give details of name, address, telephone and fax numbers, if appropriate
 
 
 
 
 

Is the development already known to an existing UKSPA Member? If so, please name
 
 
 

Address to which subscription invoices should be forwarded:
 
 
 
 
 
 


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