The Catapult Network

driving innovation and growth to benefit society, the economy and the environment

About Us

Building long-term national resilience

Our Catapults

Catalysing regional technology clusters and high-quality jobs

Our Impact

Boosting inward investment to support home-grown innovation

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Accelerating business and market growth for a better future

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Maximising productivity and efficiency in the UK

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Scaling up business performance through innovation

Our Leadership

Unlocking prosperity and growth in local places

Creating the future through innovation

WHO WE ARE

The Innovate UK Catapult Network provides a unique combination of cutting-edge R&D facilities and world-class technical expertise to support UK business innovation. Catapults are a critical element of Innovate UK’s portfolio of products and services, where the application of research is accelerated, and where new technologies are further developed, scaled up and realised. The Catapult Network is made up of nine world-leading technology and innovation centres with more than 65 national locations.

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WHAT WE DO

The Innovate UK Catapult Network provides access to cutting-edge research and development facilities and innovation ecosystems to support businesses with new innovations, from concept through to adoption in the marketplace. The Catapult Network fosters collaborations between academia and industry to produce new science-backed knowledge and solutions that drive positive change, create jobs and stimulate investment.

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PROSPECTUS

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GROWTH STORIES

Learn how Catapults are helping businesses to de-risk innovation, promoting growth and prosperity across the UK.

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Through the holistic support we provide to our sectors, Catapults are playing a critical role in harnessing the benefits of research and innovation to build the industries of the future, creating new jobs and growth and tackling the biggest challenges facing society.

Guy Newey

CEO of Energy Systems Catapult

Through the holistic support we provide to our sectors, Catapults are playing a critical role in harnessing the benefits of research and innovation to build the industries of the future, creating new jobs and growth and tackling the biggest challenges facing society.

The Innovate UK Catapult Network is a really important part of the UK’s innovation ecosystem. The talent, the skills, the connections that we have already built up with and through the Catapult Network are extremely important assets for the UK.

Stella Peace

Interim Executive Chair of Innovate UK

The Innovate UK Catapult Network is a really important part of the UK's innovation ecosystem. The talent, the skills, the connections that we have already built up with and through the Catapult Network are extremely important assets for the UK.

The Innovate UK Catapult Network has an important role to play in the UK’s post-pandemic recovery. Bringing together researchers and innovators from across the public and private sectors is vital to our efforts to support a dynamic and vibrant economy in which new ideas, products and services flourish.

Ottoline Leyser

Chief Executive of UKRI

The Innovate UK Catapult Network has an important role to play in the UK’s post-pandemic recovery. Bringing together researchers and innovators from across the public and private sectors is vital to our efforts to support a dynamic and vibrant economy in which new ideas, products and services flourish.

Whether it’s fighting the pandemic, helping create a greener and more sustainable world or transforming healthcare, cities or digital futures for people nationwide, our teams in the Innovate UK Catapult Network across the country are addressing the critical challenges that are pivotal to our nation.

Matthew Durdy

CEO of Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

Whether it’s fighting the pandemic, helping create a greener and more sustainable world or transforming healthcare, cities or digital futures for people nationwide, our teams in the Innovate UK Catapult Network across the country are addressing the critical challenges that are pivotal to our nation.

The Innovate UK Catapult Network wholeheartedly echoes the Government’s call that science, technology and innovation are integral to future UK growth. By continuing to work together, we can inspire a new generation of innovators, boost business growth, and make the UK a global science superpower and innovation nation for decades to come.

Katherine Bennett

Chief Executive Officer of High Value Manufacturing Catapult

The Innovate UK Catapult Network wholeheartedly echoes the Government’s call that science, technology and innovation are integral to future UK growth. By continuing to work together, we can inspire a new generation of innovators, boost business growth, and make the UK a global science superpower and innovation nation for decades to come.

NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NETWORK

High Value Manufacturing

Katherine Bennett appointed as The Welding Institute president

Katherine replaces Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who became the Institute’s first female president in 2022.

Offshore Renewable Energy

£9 million offshore renewables growth programme for North East England celebrates success

Katherine replaces Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who became the Institute’s first female president in 2022.

Medicines Discovery

Medicines Discovery Catapult selects prominent UK life sciences leader, Professor Sir Mike Ferguson, as its incoming Chair of the Board

Katherine replaces Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who became the Institute’s first female president in 2022.

Compound Semiconductor Applications

CSA Catapult appoints Head of Quantum to accelerate UK transition from research to deployable systems

Katherine replaces Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who became the Institute’s first female president in 2022.

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