UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop innovative ideas that will help solve healthcare challenges. The aim of this competition is to develop innovative healthcare technologies and processes that will help provide:
This competition has 2 awards:
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The aim of this award is to test a well-developed concept and show its effectiveness in a relevant environment. It will do this through:
- experimental evaluation (lab-scale)
- initial demonstration using in vitro and in vivo models (not human clinical trials)
- exploring potential production mechanisms
- early-stage prototyping
- product development planning
- intellectual property protection
These ideas should be for innovative healthcare technologies and processes that will help provide:
- disease prevention and proactive management of health and chronic conditions
- earlier and better detection and diagnosis of disease leading to better patient outcomes
- tailored treatments that either change the underlying disease or offer potential cures
Innovate UK have allocated up to £8 million to fund innovation projects in this competition.
Feasibility Studies AwardThe aim of this competition is to explore and test the commercial potential of early-stage ideas through:
- reviewing research evidence and identifying possible applications
- assessing business opportunities
- investigating intellectual property issues
- validating initial concepts or existing pre-clinical work through experimental studies
- identifying areas for further development
These ideas should be for innovative healthcare technologies and processes that will help provide:
- disease prevention and proactive management of health and chronic conditions
- earlier and better detection and diagnosis of disease leading to better patient outcomes
- tailored treatments that either change the underlying disease or offer potential cures
Innovate UK have allocated up to £2 million to fund innovation projects in this competition.
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