Who we work with – Researchers and Academics
Turning research and innovation into industrial adoption, productivity and growth
We help UK academics connect research with industry, accelerate technology adoption, support scale-up and strengthen commercial research and development.
Why work with us?
HVM Catapult provides a practical route to translate research into commercial R&D, technology adoption, industrial capability and economic growth.
Commercial R&D and innovation
Develop stronger, industry-relevant research programmes and partnerships that support investment and commercialisation.
Technology adoption and diffusion
Validate technologies in industrial environments and reduce barriers between discovery, demonstration and use.
Scale-up and industrial competitiveness
Access engineering expertise, demonstrators and industrial insight to strengthen productivity and competitive capability.
Growth sections, clusters and supply chains
Connect research with manufacturers, regional innovation clusters, supply chains, challenge owners, end users and adopters.
Translating research into industrial impact
How can we support you?
We support researchers working on challenges relevant to advanced manufacturing and other growth-driving sectors, helping translate research into industrial adoption, stronger capability and regional growth.
Get in touch
Share your idea and timing.
Explore fit
We identify the best centres to work with.
Shape the work
We define the adoption route and industrial role.
Agree next steps
We clarify facilities, expertise and contributions.
Move to delivery
We confirm responsibilities and timescales.
Research, funding and facilities:
- Commercial R&D and collaborative research projects
- Funding proposals and industrial impact planning
- Technology validation, demonstration and scale-up
- Researcher mobility and secondments
- Doctoral training and skills development
- Pilot manufacturing and specialist testing facilities
- Support for industrial adoption and commercialisation pathways.
Access to industry, clusters and supply chains:
- Understand industrial challenges and technology priorities
- Engage with manufacturers, end users and potential adopters
- Access industrial networks and innovation clusters
- Explore commercialisation and scale-up routes
- Support technology adoption and diffusion
- Build partnerships that contribute to productivity and industrial competitiveness
- Identify supply-chain and resilience considerations.
What do we need to know?
Strong enquiries describe the industrial challenge, the barriers to adoption and the outcomes that could improve productivity, resilience, competitiveness or growth.
What we need from you
- Funding call and deadline
- Project outline and industrial challenge
- Relevant sector, frontier industry, cluster or supply chain
- Technology adoption or commercialisation pathway
- Scale-up, validation or demonstration needs
- Productivity, sustainability, competitiveness or resilience benefits
- Companies, end users or potential adopters you want to reach
- The HVM Catapult role, facilities and expertise requested
- Any contribution or letter of support request.
Questions we may ask:
- What industrial challenge are you addressing?
- Which manufacturing sector or frontier industry could benefit?
- How could the technology be adopted?
- What barriers to adoption exist?
- What productivity, sustainability or competitiveness benefits could result?
- How could the work contribute to UK growth or industrial capability?
- Which organisations may be potential adopters?
Industrial impact fit
We prioritise opportunities with a credible route from research to industrial application. The strongest proposals explain how the work could strengthen UK capability, support commercial R&D, improve productivity, accelerate adoption or contribute to resilient supply chains.
Letters of support
Letters are carefully reviewed and not automatic. Early engagement allows HVM Catapult to help shape the proposal, agree a credible industrial role and strengthen the adoption and impact pathway. Please allow at least four weeks before the funder deadline where possible.
Contact us
If you want to understand our expertise, facilities, industrial networks and collaborative opportunities, get in touch.
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