<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/E368DDB8-8733-4CA4-80ED-20E234735D35" ns1:id="E368DDB8-8733-4CA4-80ED-20E234735D35"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/362276FA-9E5A-44ED-B712-530B69176157" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/362276FA-9E5A-44ED-B712-530B69176157" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2016-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/2327C9A8-7881-45F9-AA62-4163F837CEE0" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2013-03-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">508750</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>The University of Manchester And BEP Surface Technology Limited</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Knowledge Transfer Partnership</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>To embed expertise in copper electroplating at mechanistic level and optimise electrodeposited layers to meet KBS-3 copper canister specification for high-level nuclear waste.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>