WHO WE ARE
The Catapult Network brings together nine leading technology and innovation centres spanning over 65 locations across the UK. We are independent not-for-profit private organisations transforming the UK’s capability for innovation in sectors of strength.
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WHAT WE DO
The Catapult Network supports businesses in transforming great ideas into valuable products and services. We are a network of world-leading technology and innovation centres established by Innovate UK. We deliver impact across the UK economy, enabling businesses to thrive in global markets.
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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.
The 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 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 Catapult Network across the country are addressing the critical challenges that are pivotal to our nation.
The 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.
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Digital
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UK’s creative production edge to be sharpened by nine AI pioneers
Nine pioneering British startups will join Digital Catapult and industry supporters including the BBC and Amazon Web Services (AWS), to develop and bring to market solutions set to drive innovation in the country’s creative industries. Each team will be awarded £50,000 to develop a prototype using artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise, enhance and augment creative production, and address various challenges that will grow the UK’s creative economy.
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Medicines Discovery Catapult Welcomes University of Liverpool Researcher in Residence for Complex Medicines Study
A researcher from the University of Liverpool (UoL) will benefit from Medicines Discovery Catapult’s specialist advanced microscopy technologies and expertise to support a study into the immune interactions of complex medicines. Dr Danielle Brain is a postdoctoral researcher within UoL’s Immunocompatibility Group, led by Professor Neill Liptrott as part of the Intracellular Drug Delivery Centre (IDDC).
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