Ecosystem directory
Where Britain's research capability sits.Find who you need.
Fernweh / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0Research institutes, Catapult centres, Innovation & Knowledge Centres and national laboratories are separate entities in their own right — searchable by the industries they serve and the places they sit in.
27 research organisations listed · no paid inclusion
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- The Alan Turing Institute
Research institute · London
The UK's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.
- The Francis Crick Institute
Research institute · London
Biomedical discovery institute researching the biology underlying health and disease.
- Digital Catapult
Catapult centre · London
Catapult centre for advanced digital technology adoption across UK industry.
- Connected Places Catapult
Catapult centre · London
Catapult centre for cities, transport and place innovation.
- Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
Catapult centre · London
Catapult centre supporting cell and gene therapy development and manufacture.
- Wellcome Sanger Institute
Research institute · Cambridge
Genomic research institute working at population and pathogen scale.
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Research institute · Cambridge
Molecular biology research laboratory funded through the Medical Research Council.
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Research institute · Oxford
National laboratory providing large-scale scientific facilities and space instrumentation.
- Satellite Applications Catapult
Catapult centre · Oxford
Catapult centre supporting the commercial use of satellite data and services.
- Energy Systems Catapult
Catapult centre · Birmingham & the West Midlands
Catapult centre working on the transition of the UK energy system.
- National Graphene Institute
Research institute · Manchester
Research institute for graphene and two-dimensional materials.
- Greater Manchester health innovation partnership
Research institute · Manchester
Health research and data partnership working across hospitals and universities.
- Advanced manufacturing Catapult capability, North West
Catapult centre · Manchester
High Value Manufacturing Catapult capability serving North West industry.
- WMG
Research institute · Birmingham & the West Midlands
Applied research group working with manufacturers on electrification and materials.
- Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Research institute · Bristol & Bath
Joint robotics research laboratory operating across two universities.
- National Composites Centre
Catapult centre · Bristol & Bath
High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre for composites design and manufacture.
- Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Catapult centre · Sheffield & Rotherham
High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre working with industry on production processes.
- Nuclear AMRC
Catapult centre · Sheffield & Rotherham
Catapult centre supporting the nuclear manufacturing supply chain.
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Research institute · Liverpool City Region
Research institution specialising in infectious and tropical disease.
- Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Catapult centre · Newcastle & the North East
Catapult centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal technology, with large-scale test facilities.
- Centre for Process Innovation
Catapult centre · Teesside & the Humber
High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre for process and biologics scale-up.
- National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Catapult centre · Glasgow & the Central Belt
High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre supporting Scottish manufacturing.
- Centre for Secure Information Technologies
Innovation & Knowledge Centre · Belfast
Innovation and Knowledge Centre for cyber security research and commercialisation.
- National Oceanography Centre
Research institute · Southampton & Portsmouth
Marine science institution operating autonomous underwater vehicles and ocean research infrastructure.
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Research institute · Cornwall & Plymouth
Marine research institute working on ocean observation and Earth observation data.
- John Innes Centre
Research institute · Norwich & the East
Plant and microbial science research institute.
- Quadram Institute
Research institute · Norwich & the East
Research institute working on food, gut health and microbiology.
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Directory last verified: 15 August 2026
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