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
This competition has 2 awards:
- feasibility studies award: to explore and evaluate the commercial potential of innovative scientific ideas
- primer award: to conduct a technical evaluation of your idea through to proof of concept in a model system
Feasibility studies award
The aim of the feasibility studies award is to explore and evaluate the commercial potential of innovative scientific ideas through:
- reviewing research evidence and identifying possible applications
- assessing business opportunities
- investigating the intellectual property position
- validating initial concepts or existing pre-clinical work through experimental studies
- identifying areas for further development
These ideas should be for 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
Funding and project details
- total project costs of up to £200,000
- get up to 70% of your eligible project costs if you are an SME
- projects should last between 3 months and 1 year
An SME must lead the project. The project must be carried out in the UK.
Primer award
The aim of the primer award is to conduct a technical evaluation of your idea through to proof of concept in a model system, using:
- experimental evaluation (lab-scale)
- initial demonstration using in vitro and in vivo models (not human clinical trials)
- 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
Funding and project details
- total project costs of £200,000 to £1.5m
- get up to 70% of your eligible project costs if you are an SME
- projects are expected to last 2 years
An SME must lead the project. The project must be carried out in the UK.
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