Biomedical Catalyst 2016 – Feasibility Studies

Key Features

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop innovative ideas that will help solve healthcare challenges.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Up to £140k

Opens: 4th Jul 2016

Closes: 14th Sep 2016

! This scheme is now closed

The aim of this competition is to develop 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

The 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

The 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