Catapult centres in the UK David Golding Head of European and Global Engagement
Innovate UK • UK’s innovation agency - a national public body set up by government to stimulate business innovation • Sponsored by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy • 300 people mostly from business • Responsible for investing over € 600m per year in innovation
A Simpler Offer to Business & FUND CONNECT Investment to undertake To expertise, funding, high- impact and risky partners and special projects facilities
The Innovate UK Family Seeking to help more companies grow and scale - Connections - To expertise / research - To partners - To customers Working - Locally - Nationally - Globally
Catapults - background Background • Over the last 20 years – • most of the UK public sector research establishments either privatised or closed • large corporates closed or downsized their own R&D facilities moving to an open innovation model • Taylor Review in 2002 on nanotechnology saw the need to establish Micro and Nanotechnology Centres to support industry take-up with plan to establish two centres initially • Twenty-four MNT centres established between 2003 and 2007 generally built on existing University or business expertise, with the intention of most becoming, in time, self financing • Regional Development Agencies in England and Wales abolished in 2009-10 having made investments in some regional centres
Catapults - background Background • Innovate UK (Technology Strategy Board) in 2009 looked at the UK innovation system and identified the need for centres to address gaps • Work led to the Hauser Review on ‘The Current and Future Role of Technology and Innovation Centres in the UK’ – published March 2010 • Hauser Review looked at a number of international examples – • Carnot Institutes - France • Fraunhofer Institutes – Germany • TNO – Netherlands • GTS network – Denmark • Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) – Finland • Inter-University Micro Electronics Centre (IMEC) – Belgium • Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) - Taiwan • Electronics and Communications Research Institute (ETRI) - South Korea • The National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) – Japan
Catapults - background Hauser review of Technology and Innovation Centres - 2010 14 recommendations • UK Government should establish, and provide sustained funding for a network of elite business-focused national TICs in areas where the UK has the potential to gain substantial economic benefit • Publish a national strategy for the TICs • Location needs to consider the national nature of the TICs, research excellence and business strength • Core funding for each of the TICs must be properly costed • Funding must be of the order £5 -10m per annum per TIC, over on average, a 10 year period (subject to review), to deliver meaningful benefit • Funding should incentivise the TICs to draw upon the outputs of the research base and other TICs • TICs need to attracting highly networked and trusted managers and staff with relevant business and technical skills
Catapults - background Hauser review of Technology and Innovation Centres - 2010 14 recommendations (continued) • Link to Government innovative procurement to help commercialise the outputs • Each TIC should be overseen by a business led steering group • A Management Board should be created to oversee the network of national TICs • The Government should create a unique brand recognising a significant UK contribution to science such as the work of James Clerk Maxwell • A web-based database of TICs and related institutions offering services to business should be created • The Government should develop an offer to support UK businesses access world leading expertise in TICs overseas, particularly in the EU • Promote UK centres to businesses and similar centres internationally, and help the Centres develop international links and attract inward investment and funding
Catapults • Part of a world-leading network of technology and 11 innovation centres • Bridge the gap between businesses, academia, research Catapults and government • A long-term investment to transform the UK’s ability to create new products and services • Open up global opportunities for the UK and generate > £1. 6 bn sustained economic growth for the future Private & public sector investment • Established and overseen by the Innovate UK
What is a Catapult centre? • Business-focused technology and innovation centre that makes world-leading technical capability available to businesses to solve their technical and business challenges • Provides: • Access to world-leading technology & expertise • Reach into the knowledge base for world-class science • Capability to undertake collaborative R&D projects with business • Capability to undertake contract research for business • Create a critical mass of activity • Skills development at all levels
Technology Readiness Levels
Catapults Helping business to identify, adopt and exploit Core Projects innovative technologies Key challenges and barriers A unique technical capability Industry & research advisory groups Demonstration projects Disseminate to industry CR&D Commercial Innovation in collaborations Bring together customers, SMEs & blue-chip companies Access to unique facilities & expertise Technical & management resource Develop & demonstrate at scale Partners in Projects (IUK & EU) Reduce risk of implementation Expertise at unlocking funding Direct contracts for projects Easy access for SMEs
Intellectual Property • Core Funded - 100% Catapult funded – IP owned and managed by the Catapults – Responsibility to disseminate and make available – Catapult free to use, license, share, dispose of, within State Aid rules • Contract - 100% Customer funded – Foreground rights generally remain with customer – All IP generated is owned by the Customer • Collaboration Activity - Funding divided between partners – Collaborators own the IP dependent on what they put in (funding input, Know-How, equipment, ideas, etc) OR – Assign ownership to a single collaborator, deal with any claims to the IP through subsequent licensing on a ‘need and use basis’. – Catapult can own IP or act as ‘mediator’
High Value Manufacturing Catapult Catalyst for the future growth and success of UK Manufacturing Its 7 Centres offer access to: World class open-sourced manufacturing technology at industrial scale The UK’s best relevant university research 2000+ specialist engineers, technicians & scientists Opportunity to collaborate and co-innovate Full range of manufacturing capabilities, from raw materials to product development, optimisation and automation Exceeding performance targets Generating approx. 40% of its income from industry contracts
Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult Pathfind therapies into the clinic and out and • Technology platforms into the market • Gene modified Immune cell • Core projects with direct investment • Somatic Cell Sourced largely from university sector • Cell Plasticity • Rounded phase II data package • 3D technologies • Investible propositions • Viral Vector technologies Assist industry to progress to commercialisation • Point of care manufacture • Collaborative R&D £10m pa • Seamless Freight • Contract research £10m pa • Inward investors
Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Centre • 7,700m2 world-leading GMP manufacturing centre due to open in 2017 in Stevenage • Highly-skilled workforce • Cluster development • J&J Innovation Centre • GE Healthcare show laboratory • Tokyo Electron • GSK • Cambridge University • UCL • ISPR Therapeutics • Viable logistics – a gateway to Europe and beyond experienced local
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult • The UK’s flagship technology testing, demonstration and research centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy • Delivering prioritised research, in collaboration with industry and academia, underpinned by deep technical knowledge and world-class test and demonstration facilities • Enhancing understanding from data, enabling innovation and reducing risk and cost
Satellite Applications Catapult Driving economic growth through the exploitation of satellites, and linking space organisations with new markets. • Focusing on four priority programmes, Maritime, Transport, Explore Markets and Explore Technology. • Strong SME engagement – providing business support and expertise to enable the translation of ideas from concept to market. • Building enabling platforms, e.g. Planning Applications Tool - Keyne Eye, and Project Eyes on the Sea, to help combat illegal fishing. • Providing expertise and access to ground and in-orbit test facilities. Developing, operating and exploiting small-sat technology. • Facilities, expertise, relationships and ‘trusted convener’ to develop ideas in collaboration to encourage and support the exploitation of knowledge.
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