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Academic Partnership and Knowledge Exchange

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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

We support the development of academic research, and its routes to the market, by strengthening partnerships and boosting the commercialisation of your ideas. We have strong relationships with many research organisations across the UK, and actively collaborate on research and innovation projects.

We can help you to identify and make use of the world-leading research and innovation happening all across the UK in Research Organisations. We can also support you in capitalising on, and commercialising, cutting-edge technologies and solutions.

We aim to engage and collaborate with researchers and innovators, whether they focus on a specific sector or not. By encouraging non-sectoral researchers and innovators to apply their knowledge to space-derived challenges, we can bring new ideas and collectively help to innovate and grow the UK’s space sector for a better world.

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SKILLS GROWTH

We contribute to the enhancement of space relevant training courses at Research Organisations. Through our commitments, we share our knowledge base and well-established network of industry and academic relationships.

We are dedicated to ensuring that academic programmes are future proofed, and align with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in our sector. Our goal is to support the empowerment of educational institutions and their students by fostering an up-to-date, industry-relevant curriculum, ultimately preparing the next generation of professionals with the skills and insights needed to excel in our rapidly evolving field.

If you’re working on ideas using satellites and satellite data, our experts want to support and collaborate with you.

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SUPPORTING ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS
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Space Placements in Industry

The Space Placements in INdustry (SPIN) scheme provides placement opportunities for those considering employment in the space sector and connects space sector organisations who want to find the most talented and enthusiastic people to ensure the future success of their businesses.

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Researchers in Residence

We support the Researchers in Residence (RIR) scheme, run by the Innovation Launchpad Network+, and funded by EPSRC. This activity is designed to enable leading academics to conduct cutting-edge research and innovation with one or more Catapult centres.

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Academic Expertise Portal (AEP)

The AEP within the Space Capabilities Catalogue maps the Academic Ecosystem related to space research and innovation in the UK. The AEP is designed to enable users to navigate the space ecosystem and identify researchers and institutions to collaborate with.

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Examples of opportunities to engage and collaborate with the Satellite Applications Catapult include:

  • Collaborative research and co-development of projects
  • Horizon scanning for future priority technology areas
  • Regular meetups and co-organised events
  • Support with innovation and scale-up programmes
  • Webinar series
  • Workshops, hackathons and sandpits
  • Placements and residencies for students and researchers via the SPIN and RiR schemes, respectively

Activities such as these enable wider impact of research and innovation, Knowledge Exchange (KE), reduce skills gaps, and will ultimately enhance the growth of the UKs already flourishing space ecosystem.

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Tell us about what interests you, and how you might want to get involved with our research and academic programmes and activities.

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Satellite Applications Catapult