Digital Twin Academic R&D Accelerator 2.0

Opportunity

Join Digital Catapult’s 11-month accelerator for academics and RTOs, developing solutions to real Digital Twin challenges.

Open date: 8 Sep 2026 Close date: 20 Oct 2026

Innovate UK backs Digital Catapult to build UK’s neutral assurance capability for private 5G networks 

Press Release

Digital Catapult, the UK deep tech innovation organisation, has been selected by Innovate UK to deliver the Assured 5G Technical…

Published 2 Sep 2026

Photonics-based hydrogen sensing with King’s College London (KCL)

Publication

Digital Catapult converted research into an operational pilot-scale photonics-based hydrogen detection demonstrator with KCL.

Published 30 Jul 2026

Digital Twin Adoption Accelerator 2026

Opportunity

Apply for the Digital Twin Adoption Accelerator Programme 2026, delivered by Digital Catapult and powered by the UK Digital Twin…

Open date: 8 Jul 2026 Close date: 6 Sep 2026

Five lessons from five years of SONIC Labs

Blog

Over the past five years, SONIC Labs played a pivotal role in shaping the UK’s open and intelligent network landscape.…

Published 10 Jun 2026

UK Digital Twin Centre convenes leading universities to accelerate digital twin innovation

Press Release

UK Digital Twin Centre has announced a new academic R&D accelerator programme, bringing together The Alan Turing Institute and Cranfield…

Published 15 May 2026

Key legacies of UKTIN

Blog

With the culmination of the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN) at the end of March, Digital Catapult has explored its…

Published 6 May 2026

Smart Nano Industrial Photonics Bootcamp

Opportunity

Build practical photonics capability through hands-on training in PIC design, simulation, and prototyping, with access to Smart Nano NI infrastructure…

Open date: 16 Apr 2026 Close date: 18 May 2026

Accelerating Modelling & Simulation in partnership with CFMS

Event

Join industry and research leaders for a full-day workshop exploring how the MOOSE multi-physics simulation framework can accelerate digital engineering,…

21 April 2026 09:30 – 16:30

Smart Nano Advanced Connectivity Technology Access Programme

Opportunity

Accelerate your connected solution with real world validation on Northern Ireland’s largest private 5G and Cellular IoT testbed. Fully funded…

Open date: 16 Feb 2026 Close date: 15 Mar 2026