AQUA TT UETP COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

Their core work

AquaTT is an Irish SME specialized in knowledge transfer, communication, and impact delivery for marine and aquaculture research projects across Europe. They bridge the gap between scientific research outputs and real-world uptake by managing dissemination, training, and knowledge brokerage activities within large EU consortia. Their core business is ensuring that research results reach industry, policymakers, and society — functioning as the professional "impact partner" that translates complex science into actionable knowledge for the blue economy and food sectors.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2015–2018), AquaTT concentrated heavily on marine knowledge transfer, ocean literacy, and blue growth — keywords like "knowledge brokerage," "dissemination," "sustainability," and "marine" dominated their portfolio. From 2018 onward, they diversified significantly into industrial biotechnology (BIOCONCO2), advanced manufacturing (NewSkin, CSA-Industry4.E), environmental health (ERGO), and ocean sensing technology (TechOceanS), while maintaining their aquaculture base through projects like PerformFISH and ASSEMBLE Plus. This evolution shows a deliberate expansion from a marine-only knowledge transfer firm into a broader science communication and impact delivery company capable of serving multiple deep-tech sectors.

AquaTT is broadening from a marine-specialist into a sector-agnostic impact and dissemination partner, making them increasingly relevant for consortia in biotechnology, manufacturing, and environmental health.

How they like to work

AquaTT never coordinates — all 17 projects are as participant or third party, which is consistent with their role as a specialized service partner rather than a research leader. With 304 unique consortium partners across 36 countries, they operate as a highly connected hub, rarely repeating the same consortium but plugging into diverse teams wherever professional knowledge transfer and impact delivery are needed. This makes them easy to work with: they adapt to different consortium cultures and bring their own established methodology without competing for scientific leadership.

AquaTT has built an exceptionally wide network of 304 unique partners across 36 countries, making them one of the better-connected SMEs in the marine and food research space. Their reach spans all major EU research nations with no narrow geographic clustering, reflecting their role as a go-to impact partner that any consortium can integrate.

What sets them apart

AquaTT occupies a rare niche: a private SME whose entire business model is making EU research impactful beyond academia. Unlike research institutes that add dissemination as an afterthought, AquaTT brings professional knowledge transfer methodologies, established networks for reaching industry and policymakers, and a 17-project track record of delivering impact work packages. For consortium builders, they solve the perennial problem of "who handles communication and exploitation" with a team that has done it across marine, food, biotech, and manufacturing projects.

Highlights from their portfolio

• COLUMBUS
  Their largest H2020 budget (EUR 619K) and most mission-aligned project — dedicated entirely to transferring marine and maritime knowledge for sustainable blue growth.
• SIMBA
  Second-largest budget (EUR 469K) and marks their expansion into food system microbiome research, well beyond their traditional marine scope.
• TechOceanS
  One of their latest projects (2020–2024), focused on advanced ocean sensing technologies — signals continued commitment to marine innovation while engaging with hardware and sensor development.