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Digital Catapult: Digital Twin Industry Challenge Led Accelerator 2026

Digital Twin Industry Challenge Led Accelerator 2026 is a grant of up to £75,000 for UK small and medium-sized businesses developing digital twin technology for maritime, aerospace or defence challenges. This scheme has closed.

Run by Digital Catapult · funded by Innovate UK

Checked against the official page (digicatapult.org.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

This scheme has closed

It closed on 27 October 2026. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.

Up to £75,000 Innovate UK grant funding for UK SMEs to develop digital twin solutions for real-world industry challenges in Maritime, Aerospace and Defence sectors, with mentoring and industry access over nine months.

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closed 27 October 2026

As stated: Open date: Tuesday 15 September 2026 Close date: Tuesday 27 October 2026

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £75,000

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

UK-based SMEs with a demonstrable technology, capability or solution that could be applied to one of the four Industry Challenges in Maritime, Aerospace or Defence sectors.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

digital, electronics, manufacturing, robotics & ai, security & defence, sensors, transport, water

How to apply

Apply via the Digital Catapult website.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (digicatapult.org.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 28 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Digital Catapult before you apply.

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