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£50 million boost for Catapult activity and capability in Chancellor’s Autumn Statement 2023

Last week, the Government's Autumn Statement announced a £50 million boost to Catapult funding to further enhance projects across energy, manufacturing, transportation, digitalisation and healthcare.

Connected Places

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National Highways announces winners of roadworks innovation competition

Three innovative technologies that promise to improve people’s experiences of roadworks have been selected for trial on England’s motorways and A-roads. Each company will receive up to £60,000 to take their ideas forward in a competition launched by National Highways and supported by Connected Places Catapult.

Connected Places

National Highways announces winners of roadworks innovation competition

Three innovative technologies that promise to improve people’s experiences of roadworks have been selected for trial on England’s motorways and A-roads. Each company will receive up to £60,000 to take their ideas forward in a competition launched by National Highways and supported by Connected Places Catapult.

Satellite Applications

UK provides high-resolution greenhouse gas data to UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory

The UK is to provide high-resolution greenhouse gas data to the United Nation Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), as part of a contract between Satellite Applications Catapult and UK Space Agency to provide GHGSat archive data to public and private UK organizations for R&D purposes. The direct measurement initiative will see GHGSat satellites make 300 observations at sites identified by IMEO, with mission time funded by the UK Space Agency.

Cell and Gene Therapy

Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult focuses on strategic areas to further unlock the full potential of the UK advanced therapy industry

The Annual Review 2023 outlines future changes needed to fully unlock the industry’s health and economic potential for the UK and to continue the impressive progress made to date. This includes broadening the application of advanced therapies to more diseases; increasing access to more effective products; increasing efficiency in production; and securing tomorrow’s workforce.

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Digital Catapult Anniversary: A decade of strategic technology innovation and economic stimulus

Digital Catapult, the UK authority on advanced digital technology, proudly celebrates its ten-year anniversary, marking a decade of stimulus and impact in sectors such as telecoms, defence and the creative industries, fostering innovation, developing new industrial sectors and driving early adoption across the UK.

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Flexibility Markets Unlocked: Arup, Electron, and Energy Systems Catapult partner on feasibility study

Global sustainable development consultancy Arup, in partnership with Energy Systems Catapult and Electron, have been successful in securing funding from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to carry out a feasibility study assessing the development of innovative technical solutions to facilitate system-wide integration of multiple flexibility markets.

High Value Manufacturing

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Funding for High Value Manufacturing Catapult’s industrial transformation in Autumn Statement

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult has received funding in the Government’s Autumn Statement to drive green growth in the UK. Following the Chancellor’s speech on Wednesday 22 November, Innovate UK, working with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), is investing an additional £145 million into the UK’s innovation ecosystem.

High Value Manufacturing

Funding for High Value Manufacturing Catapult’s industrial transformation in Autumn Statement

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult has received funding in the Government’s Autumn Statement to drive green growth in the UK. Following the Chancellor’s speech on Wednesday 22 November, Innovate UK, working with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), is investing an additional £145 million into the UK’s innovation ecosystem.

Compound Semiconductor Applications

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Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult receives £4m to deliver a resilient future telecoms network for the UK

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult has been awarded £4m from Innovate UK to help deliver a resilient and energy efficient future telecoms network for the UK. The funding will help expand Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult’s activities across the future telecoms landscape and develop new compound semiconductor technologies to improve the speed, energy efficiency and security of our communications networks.

Compound Semiconductor Applications

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult receives £4m to deliver a resilient future telecoms network for the UK

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult has been awarded £4m from Innovate UK to help deliver a resilient and energy efficient future telecoms network for the UK. The funding will help expand Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult’s activities across the future telecoms landscape and develop new compound semiconductor technologies to improve the speed, energy efficiency and security of our communications networks.

High Value Manufacturing

£12m to deliver the UK’s national battery materials scale up facility

The Faraday Battery Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK, has awarded the High Value Manufacturing Catapult £12m to deliver a battery materials scale up facility through its centres CPI and WMG.

Government-backed support for innovators to take clean tech to India

A new clean tech challenge call, backed by UK government, has launched to help build new and innovative UK-India partnerships, which accelerate energy system decarbonisation in India. ITES (Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems), led by Energy Systems Catapult and the Indian Institute of Science, and supported by Innovate UK and The British High Commission in India, has now opened applications for its second challenge call following the success of its first 19-strong cohort earlier this year.

Satellite Applications

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£47 Million Investment to Supercharge Space Infrastructure Across the UK

The Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund (SCIF) has awarded more than £47 million for 12 projects which will be doubled by match funding from the sector, representing over £98 million of new private/public investment in space research and development infrastructure. Further projects will be announced in the coming weeks.

Compound Semiconductor Applications

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Improving safety in adverse weather conditions using state of art vehicle sensors

A collaboration project involving Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult is helping to make autonomous vehicles safer for passengers by testing state-of-the-art sensors in adverse weather conditions.

Offshore Renewable Energy

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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult statement: CfD Allocation Round 6

Statement and analysis from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in response to the UK Government’s announcement on Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 (AR6).

Offshore Renewable Energy

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult statement: CfD Allocation Round 6

Statement and analysis from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in response to the UK Government’s announcement on Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 (AR6).

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DAERA announces pioneering Net Zero Accelerator Programme with Digital Catapult

DAERA has announced a new innovation programme to provide local businesses the opportunity to access the UK’s world class technology community to tackle challenges they face in the drive towards Net Zero. The Department is to partner with Digital Catapult Northern Ireland, to support the launch of their Tenfold NetZero Accelerator Programme. The programme aims to help in the delivery of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reductions locally as required under the Climate Change (Northern Ireland) 2022 Act (the Act) and so contribute to the UK Government’s target of zero carbon emissions by 2050.

DAERA announces pioneering Net Zero Accelerator Programme with Digital Catapult

DAERA has announced a new innovation programme to provide local businesses the opportunity to access the UK’s world class technology community to tackle challenges they face in the drive towards Net Zero. The Department is to partner with Digital Catapult Northern Ireland, to support the launch of their Tenfold NetZero Accelerator Programme. The programme aims to help in the delivery of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reductions locally as required under the Climate Change (Northern Ireland) 2022 Act (the Act) and so contribute to the UK Government’s target of zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Connected Places

National Highways accelerator selects four low carbon firms

Four low carbon innovations promising significant environmental savings have been chosen to be trialled on the strategic road network, as part of a new demonstrator programme. National Highways’ Accelerating Low Carbon Innovation programme, delivered by Connected Places Catapult, is a £1.7 million programme designed to find innovative solutions for net zero carbon maintenance and construction.

Offshore Renewable Energy

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s flagship technology accelerator programme opens for new companies pursuing offshore wind success

The national Launch Academy supports early-stage companies as they progress into the UK’s offshore wind supply chain and is now an industry recognised programme. To date, Launch Academy has supported 47 companies, raised £22.6m in private investment, £6.5m in grant funding and had 48 patents filed through both the national and regional Launch Academy programmes across the UK since 2020.

Catapult Network

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Exploring a Catapult legacy with Stuart Martin

We sat down with Stuart Martin, CEO of Satellite Applications Catapult and founding member of the Catapult network, to talk about the mark he’s left on the UK space sector and the evolving mission of Catapults over his 10-years at the helm.

Medicines Discovery

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New Expert-Led Consensus to Shape the Future of MND Drug Discovery and Development Research

Medicines Discovery Catapult, MND Association and My Name’5 Doddie Foundation have partnered to generate new guidance for the MND drug discovery community

Cell and Gene Therapy

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Leading industry surveys demonstrate continued growth in the UK’s cell and gene therapy sector

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, an independent innovation and technology organisation specialising in the advancement of cell and gene therapies, has today published two industry reports based on market assessments and surveys with the findings demonstrating sustained and continued growth in the UK’s advanced therapy and bioprocessing industries over the past several years.

Cell and Gene Therapy

Leading industry surveys demonstrate continued growth in the UK’s cell and gene therapy sector

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, an independent innovation and technology organisation specialising in the advancement of cell and gene therapies, has today published two industry reports based on market assessments and surveys with the findings demonstrating sustained and continued growth in the UK’s advanced therapy and bioprocessing industries over the past several years.

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