Catapult centres
Catapult centres are organisations set up by Innovate UK (previously the Technology Strategy Board) in the United Kingdom to promote research and development through business-led collaboration between scientists, engineers and market opportunities.[1][2][3]
Centres
ULTra at Heathrow Airport, an example of an autonomous vehicle
Current centres:
- Cell & Gene Therapy – based at Guy's Hospital, London
- Digital Catapult – based in Kings Cross, London
- Future Cities – based in Clerkenwell, London
- High Value Manufacturing – seven Technology and Innovation centres working with companies of all sizes to bridge the gap in – and accelerate the activity between – technology concept and commercialisation[4]
- Including: The National Composites Centre – based in Bristol
- Offshore Renewable Energy – wind, wave and tidal power - based in Glasgow
- Satellite Applications – based at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire
- Transport Systems – based in Milton Keynes
- Energy Systems – based in Birmingham
- Precision Medicine – based in Cambridge
A further centre will be established in 2016:[5]
- Compound Semiconductor Applications – based in Wales
Funding
Each Catapult centre is expected to raise funds equally from three sources: business-funded R&D contracts; collaborative applied R&D projects from UK and Europe (H2020), funded jointly by the public and private sectors, also won competitively; and core UK public funding.
References
- ↑ "Plan to 'Catapult' UK space tech". BBC News.
- ↑ "London's Digital Catapult Centre will open in November to inspire SMBs". The Enquirer.
- ↑ "We will help to expand skill centres, Labour tells industry". The Guardian.
- ↑ "7 HVM Catapults". Catapult.
- ↑ "New Catapult". uk.gov.
External links
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