Innovate UK – Innovation in Health and Life Sciences Round 3
Competition open now
Competition Closes at 12 noon on 6th December 2017
Innovate UK is investing up to £15 million in innovation projects that support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop innovation in health and life sciences (H&LS). These should address challenges in H&LS that lead to increased agri-food productivity, quality and sustainability or improved healthcare outcomes.
Projects must show significant innovation in one of the following priority areas:
– increasing agricultural productivity
– improving food quality and sustainability
– advanced therapies (cell and gene therapies)
– precision medicine
– medicines discovery
– pre-clinical technologies
– advanced biosciences
Proposals must show how projects will enable a significant change in competitiveness and productivity for at least one UK SME involved in the project. Innovate UK are accepting applications for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in H&LS at this time.
Project Eligibility
To be eligible for funding you must:
– be a UK based business of any size or research and technology organisation (RTO)
– carry out your project work and intend to exploit the results in the UK
To lead a project you must:
– be an SME if you wish to work alone on a project of 12 months or less and with costs up to £100,000
– work in collaboration, including at least one SME, if your project has costs over £100,000 and/or is longer than 12 months
Non-academic RTOs may lead a project providing:
– they are able to state clearly why the RTO, and not one of the business participants, should lead the project
– they collaborate in the project with at least 2 or more businesses (including one SME)
– their involvement is no greater than 30% of the total eligible project costs
– the project shows a compelling route to market, most likely through the non-lead partners