Innovate UK supports innovation and growth in a number of different ways and Catapult centres are a key element. A Catapult is where the application of research is accelerated, and where new technologies are further developed, scaled up and realised.
Catapults provide businesses with access to their expertise and facilities, enabling them to test, demonstrate and improve their ideas. By fostering collaborations between industry, government, research organisations, academia and many others, Catapults are helping to create the best environments for innovation.
The Catapult Network brings together nine leading technology and innovation centres spanning over 40 locations across the UK. Catapults are physical centres with cutting-edge R&D infrastructures including hubs, laboratories, testbeds, factories and offices, as well as technical experts that prove and adopt breakthrough products, processes, services and technologies.
Catapults work with small, medium and large businesses, to understand the challenges they face and support them in the development of solutions that will help improve their business performance. Catapults projects have helped thousands of innovative businesses across a wide range of sectors, such as manufacturing, space, health, digital, energy, transport, telecoms, the urban environment and many others.
The very best of the UK’s businesses, scientists, technical specialists and engineers work side by side on late-stage research and development, helping industry get high potential ideas to market, fuelling business growth, and increasing productivity.
The Catapult Network bridges the gap between research and industry and helps tackle the biggest challenges that society and industries face today through focusing on the following areas:
• Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
• Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult
• Connected Places Catapult
• Digital Catapult
• Energy Systems Catapult
• High Value Manufacturing Catapult
• Medicines Discovery Catapult
• Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
• Satellite Applications Catapult
Full details of the catapult network can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/innovate-uk-how-catapult-centres-can-help-your-business and https://catapult.org.uk/
and support accessing Catapults is available through Innovate UK EDGE advisors at www.innovateukedge.ukri.org.
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