Link to apply - Applications close October 10.

Digital Twin Adoption Accelerator - Digital Catapult | Digital Catapult

Overview

Funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre’s mission is to make digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK by actively enabling industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.

Delivered by Digital Catapult, the Digital Twin Adoption Accelerator programme will support partnerships between tech SMEs and industry, to fast-track digital twin adoption in the maritime, aerospace, and defence sectors.

The programme aims to enhance technology integration, increase readiness levels and facilitate collaboration between technology innovators and industry leaders.

Digital Catapult are inviting tech SMEs, working in the six enabling technology areas that underpin digital twins, to take part in the seven-month programme, alongside an industry partner who is seeking to adopt digital twins, to develop a solution that solves one of their adoption challenges.

Alongside grant funding of up to £100,000 from Innovate UK, participants will gain access to mentorship, workshops, and specialist support to develop a proof-of-concept and help bring the solution closer to real-world deployment.

Programme benefits

During the seven-month programme, participants will be supported by Digital Catapult and the UK Digital Twin Centre partners through:

Access to a network of industry leaders and technology experts, gaining direct insight to test, validate, and strengthen their use cases in real-world environments

Access to real-world environments to develop their solutions

Expertise from our innovation and technology teams to refine their digital twin solutions

Access to 1-2-1 mentoring


Who should apply?

The Digital Twin Adoption Accelerator programme has been designed for pre-formed partnerships between a tech SME and an industry adopter of digital twins in the maritime, aerospace or defence sector to solve a challenge to digital twin adoption.

Partner 1: A tech SMEs from across the UK working in:

  • Cyber physical systems – (Sensors and connected devices, edge computing, sensor networks, real-time monitoring)
  • Data services – (Data platforms and databases, big data processing, predictive analytics, interoperability)
  • Security and trustworthiness – (Systems for sharing data or automating decisions Cyber resilience, data integrity, secure architectures)
  • Immersive and UX – (Simulation interfaces, immersive environments, and dashboards)
  • Intelligence – (Simulation and Modelling, AI-driven decision-making, machine learning, autonomy)
  • Integration and interoperability

Partner 2: A company working in maritime, aerospace or defence industry facing challenges in their digital twin adoption journey.

The lead applicant and co-applicant of the programme may be a representative from either the industry adopter or technology supplier.


Applications close October 10. Here's the link to apply: Digital Twin Adoption Accelerator - Digital Catapult | Digital Catapult