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STFC Hartree: Funded digital innovation projects for SMEs

STFC Hartree Centre
Sci-Tech Daresbury
Keckwick
Daresbury
WA4 4AD

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Scale-up your small business with digital technologies.

This programme is funded by Innovate UK and will offer SMEs collaborative projects with a team of experts to help them adopt and scale up using HPC, AI and frontier technologies.

The Hartree Centre is particularly keen to connect with high-growth SMEs who want to use digital technology more effectively in:

  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Clean Energy Industries
  • Creative Industries
  • Defence
  • Financial Services
  • Life Sciences

The programme will deliver targeted innovation support activities and digital asset creation by delivering collaborative projects with SME’s tailored and centred around 4 key themes:

  • Building solid technical foundations: getting the right infrastructure, data systems and architecture in place to support growth
  • Smarter decision-making in complex systems: using AI and digital technologies to make faster, more reliable decisions in real time
  • AI that understands your industry: applying AI and other frontier technologies in a way that reflects the specific context and needs of your sector
  • Preparing for emerging technologies: understanding and safely adopting technologies like quantum computing before they become mainstream

How to apply

Complete an Expression of Interest form here.