In June 2020, Innovate UK’s CEO Ian Campbell confirmed that the Biomedical Catalyst was to be relaunched, allowing innovative biotech companies to access a share of £30 million in grant funding.
Support offered: Innovative biotech companies will be able to access a share of £30 million in grant funding through a relaunched Biomedical Catalyst
Open to: Project must focus on the development of a product or process that is an innovative solution to a defined health and care challenge.
Application deadline: 07/10/2020
If you are a BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) founder with an existing tech business with customers and a team,or a first-time entrepreneur from a BAME background, then SETsquared Bristol’s incubation programme can fast track your growth, help you retain your existing company culture, answer the difficult questions and avoid common mistakes.
Support offered: SETsquared Bristol's Breakthrough Bursary covers 75% of Residential Startup Membership (£52.50 inc VAT per month, instead of £210 inc VAT) ) available for up to one year, an initiative kindly funded by SETsquared Alumni Members.
Application deadline: 30/09/2020
The ever increasing pressures on hospital emergency departments are well documented globally and not just in the NHS. The next competition from SBRI Healthcare seeks to reduce demand and length of stay within emergency departments.
Support offered: Successful applicants can receive up to £100,000 of funding for phase one (feasibility) and up to £1 million for phase two (development) for solutions that match the needs of the NHS.
Open to: The competition is open to single companies or organisations from the private, public and third sectors, including charities.
Application deadline: 27/08/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop digital health technologies in partnership with organisations from EUREKA countries.
Support offered: Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £2 million to fund collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research.
Application deadline: 05/08/2020
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million, including VAT, to help UK businesses and the public sector recover from COVID-19 in a sustainable manner.
Support offered: Innovate UK will fund organisations to develop and demonstrate new products or services.
Open to: Your solution must help businesses and/or the public sector in the UK recover from the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic in a sustainable manner, demonstrating the impact and potential of a clean growth led recovery and transition to net zero.
Innovate UK is investing up to £55 million to fund single and collaborative research and development projects as part of the Sustainable Innovation Fund.
Support offered: This competition is round 1 of a potential 3, focusing on temporary frameworks.
Open to: All projects must be led by a business and include at least one SME. Proposals can either be from a single business or a collaboration.
Application deadline: 29/07/2020
The Business Support Grants Discretionary fund has already supported nearly 150 businesses paying out over £530k and iis now open to receive applications from a second cohort of businesses.
Support offered: The Discretionary Small Business Support Grants help support businesses that did not meet the criteria for the existing business support grant schemes.
Application deadline: 13/07/2020
UWE Bristol has launched a new campaign to highlight the range of support they can offer businesses. “Transform Your Business” will run throughout the summer to support SMEs in the West of England that are seeking to innovate and solve new challenges.
Open to: Grants are open to businesses in any sector that want to innovate and address new challenges that have arisen from COVID-19. Applicants must be small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and based in Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Application deadline: 08/07/2020
If you are interested in Health Economics, Transformational Leadership, Collaborative Management, Efficient Working and Entrepreneurship then you are an ideal candidate for The HELM Programme.
Support offered: Training and support surrounding Health Economics, Transformational Leadership, Collaborative Management, Efficient Working and Entrepreneurship.
Stage of innovation: No innovation necessary.
Open to: NHS Employees
Application deadline: 26/06/2020
With support from the Wellcome Trust the University has funding available to support health related translational projects. TRACK funding is available to support projects which are at the stage of concept development. Please note other sources of funding available at University of Bristol to support projects in this area at different stages of development, such as MRC Confidence in Concept, EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account, and the Wellcome Trust Pathfinder award. For more information visit the University of Bristol Impact Funding webpage.
Support offered: We anticipate that individual projects funded from an institution’s award will be of the order of £25k and approximately 6-12 months in length, although this will be dictated by the needs of each project.
Application deadline: 06/05/2020
Opportunity to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver ambitious or disruptive R&D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy.
Support offered: Duration between 6 and 18 months and total eligible project costs between £25,000 and £500,000: can be single or collaborative. Duration between 19 and 36 months and total eligible project costs between £25,000 and £2 million: must be collaborative.
Open to: Application must include at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). Applications can come from any area of technology and be applied to any part of the economy.
Application deadline: 22/04/2020
Ethical Healthcare Consulting CIC are proud to offer the Minerva leadership programme, aimed at women in middle to senior positions working in a digital health and care environment who have the drive and ambition to make a difference and aspire to a more senior professional leadership role.
Support offered: A self-reflective understanding and acceptance of your unique leadership style and strengths. The critical skills and insight into how you can develop as a leader now, and in the future. Personalised leadership coaching sessions. A place on all eight one-day modules throughout 2020-21. An introduction to action learning which will enable you to address complicated issues by working collaboratively. Lifelong membership of the Minerva alumni network.
Open to: Minerva is for women working in health technology or health and care data environment, who aspire to lead. You might come from a wide range of professional disciplines, for example you might be a programme manager, clinician, senior business analyst, developer, comms expert and so the list goes on – what’s more important is that you have the right appetite for a focused senior leaders development programme and a drive to succeed.
Application deadline: 17/04/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to respond to new and urgent needs in UK and global communities during and following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Support offered: Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £20 million in innovation projects. You can claim 100% of your project costs up to the maximum of £50,000. These will be paid in advance of the project start date.
NHSX has launched a new programme to call for innovators to apply for funding of up to £25k that can support the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating during COVID-19.
Support offered: The funding is aimed at helping innovations in the community, such as remote social care, optimising staffing in care and volunteering sectors and supporting mental health services.
Application deadline: 31/03/2020
The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute is offering support for research into the novel coronavirus / COVID-19. This call is for applications to enable University of Bristol academic staff to apply for research funding in this area.
Support offered: We anticipate that individual projects funded from this scheme will be in the order of £500 - £5,000 each, and this will be dictated by the needs of each project. Please contact us if you have a research idea that would cost above this amount.
Open to: Applications must be for research work in the area of the novel coronavirus / COVID-19. The scheme is open to all academic staff members at the University of Bristol
Application deadline: 25/03/2020
The Ready Steady Go and Hello programmes help empower young people and adults to manage their healthcare by equipping them with the skills, knowledge and confidence to manage their condition by using a structured framework to facilitate discussion and education.
Support offered: Familiarise participants with the tools that can help deliver high quality sustainable healthcare for patients and families from childhood, through transition and into adult services. Discuss the psychosocial impacts of living with a long term condition and explore strategies to address these issues. Share examples of good practice and resources and identify areas that require additional resource development.
Open to: Anyone involved with patient care in both children and adult services:- the multi-disciplinary team, commissioners, representatives of patient groups, service leads, NHS decision makers.
Application deadline: 22/03/2020
The Health Foundation has announced a new £2.1m programme for partnerships developing collaborative communities where people, families, health care professionals and researchers work together to improve health care.
Support offered: Successful partnerships will receive funding of between £300,000 and £500,000 for two to three years. Successful teams will be provided with a bespoke package of support – which could include coaching, training, facilitation and learning events – worth between £30,000 and £50,000. This will help teams to learn and apply collaborative working approaches and design their partnerships to achieve clear measurable outcomes.
Open to: Funding is available to collaborations between providers of NHS services and voluntary or community sector organisations, such as charities or social enterprises.
Application deadline: 20/03/2020
The British Council and Bristol Cultural Development Partnership today launched a call for applications for the second round of Social Innovation Grants for people in Bristol to explore international partnerships and projects as part of Festival of Ideas 2020.
Support offered: A grant of up to £1000
Open to: Applicants must live in or be based in Bristol. Those applying on behalf of an organisation are eligible only if the organisation has an annual turnover of less than £500,000.
Application deadline: 06/03/2020
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Award is run by the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) in partnership with NHSX and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). It will make £140million available over three years to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most promising AI technologies which meet the strategic aims set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Support offered: £140million will be available over three years to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most promising AI technologies which meet the strategic aims set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Stage of innovation: The Award will support technologies across the spectrum of development: from initial feasibility to evaluation within the NHS. Initially, it will focus on four key areas: screening, diagnosis, decision support and improving system efficiency.
Application deadline: 04/03/2020
Many entrepreneurs find the NHS business landscape difficult to navigate – that’s why we’ve created a training programme specifically addressing the needs of healthcare innovators and covering core skills in entrepreneurship.
Support offered: An intensive, fully-funded, four-day personal development course, our Health Innovation Programme has been running since 2015, delivering high quality coaching, mentoring and personal development support.
Stage of innovation: Innovative business propositions that have real potential for health and care. This could be a product or service already in development or simply the germ of an idea but the concept must be realisable into a sustainable business model/proposition and you will need to be genuinely passionate about taking your proposition forward.
Open to: Priority will be given to applicants employed in the West of England AHSN geographical boundaries which covers Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. Applications from Wessex AHSN and South West AHSN geographical boundaries will also be considered.
Application deadline: 01/03/2020
Emerging Minds is a UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) funded research network which aims to facilitate research with the potential to reduce the prevalence of mental health problems experienced by children and young people.
Support offered: Up to £40k funding and short term cross-sector placements for early career researchers, a mentoring programme, events and workshops as well as a regular newsletter.
Stage of innovation: Research activities with the potential to generate future research opportunities and secure more substantive funding.
Open to: Funding is available for collaborations across disciplines and sectors. However, consistent with UKRI guidelines, the project lead or one of the co-leads must be based at a UK Higher Education Institution (HEI) as the funding can only be directly transferred to a UK HEI.
Application deadline: 21/02/2020
We are encouraging local women with any business ideas or side hustles to come along and learn about how we can help them to found a business and grow into commercial success.
Support offered: A free programme to help women formed businesses access world class business support, which includes workshops, coaching and mentoring from our expert advisors, as well as support to launch a crowdfunding campaign.
Open to: Back Her Business is open to UK residents with new UK projects.
Application deadline: 03/02/2020
A search has been launched during World Antibiotic Awareness Week to find innovative technologies that will support health and social care workers to overcome the challenges of tackling antimicrobial resistance.
Support offered: The successful innovators from the call will receive bespoke assistance and a financial award from the AHSN NENC and the Innovation Super Network and will be guided through the Innovation Pathway to develop the solutions.
Open to: Applications from innovators from all areas, whether businesses, individuals, universities, NHS teams or charities – who are interested in forming collaborations to develop solutions to the challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Application deadline: 31/01/2020
Do you have an idea that you want to develop into a realised design, a prototype that requires market testing or a product without a clear route to market then the Innovation Clinic might be for you!
Support offered: During the one hour session, innovators will get the opportunity to discuss their specific challenges with experts from Morgan IAT and Wessex AHSN with a view to identifying solutions and accelerating time to market.
Stage of innovation: Whether you’re at the early idea stage or feel that you’ve taken your product as far as you can on your own and need a bit of outside help, the Innovation Clinic might be just what you need to help steer you in the right direction.
Application deadline: 27/01/2020
Health tech innovators who are based in the South West can nominate their company for Medilink South Wests' Healthcare Innovation Awards happening early in 2020.
Stage of innovation: Any
Open to: Health tech innovators based in the South West of England
Application deadline: 17/01/2020
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of £1.2 million to support the evaluation of innovative medical devices, diagnostics and regulated digital health products.
Support offered: You can choose from 2 options: Planning and preparation for a study, for which total eligible project costs can be up to £100,000. A study to collect clinical performance and cost-effectiveness data, for which total project costs can be up to £500,000.
Open to: UK based small-to-medium sized businesses
Application deadline: 11/12/2019
The South West Creative Technology Network are looking for people with a connection to the South West to join their lively fellowship. People from academia, industry and in the early stages of their careers (new talent) who are curious about the future of data and creative technology, and about the positive and negative effects of data on our society
Support offered: This is a part-time, flexible opportunity to spend time away from work investigating an area of interest in data in a supportive and inspiring environment. Fellows get to work with a range of professionals from different disciplines – plus Fellows get studio space, mentoring, upskilling workshops and new contacts.
Application deadline: 09/12/2019
Innovate UK invites you to apply for the Global Business Innovation Programme comprising a programme of support and a fully funded visit to South Korea to explore opportunities for technology transfer and innovation collaboration.
Support offered: • Exclusive access to the South Korean digital healthcare sector • Pre visit briefings and 1-2-1 support to prepare you for doing business in South Korea • Targeted, pre-arranged meetings with healthcare professionals, tech and research partners • Tailored follow up support to help you exploit the opportunity
Open to: Applications are invited from SMEs developing digital health technology associated with using big data and AI, as well as devices and solutions that use digital technology to accelerate and improve healthcare outcomes, who have a strong desire to collaborate with South Korean partners and can demonstrate the capability for international cooperation.
Application deadline: 06/12/2019
This is stage 1 of a 2-stage competition. A total fund of up to £1.5 million is on offer for stage 1 to conduct research and develop a business plan for a healthy ageing ‘trailblazer’. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Support offered: You can apply for a grant of up to £100,000 to conduct research and develop a business plan.
Stage of innovation: Research and Development
Open to: For stage 1 of the competition you can apply as a single applicant. Stage 2 proposals must be collaborative.
Application deadline: 27/11/2019
Innovate UK is offering loans for game-changing innovations with strong commercial potential that will significantly improve the UK economy.
Support offered: Innovate UK is offering up to £10 million in loans.
Stage of innovation: Loans are for highly innovative late stage projects with the best game changing and/or disruptive ideas or concepts. There should be a clear route to commercialisation and economic impact.
Open to: SMEs
Are you considering a career as a clinical academic but want to experience life as a researcher before you decide? Clinical primers are aimed at medical, veterinary and dental graduates. They are designed to give outstanding early career clinicians the chance to experience a world-class research environment for the first time.
Support offered: Applications from suitably qualified clinical graduates are invited for six month biomedical/health research “primer” projects to be undertaken at the University of Bristol. These are supported by a Wellcome Trust ‘Institutional Strategic Support Fund’ award to the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute and the University of Bristol. The funding will cover clinical salary and associated project costs. For information, to date we have funded 17% of applicants to this scheme.
Stage of innovation: Clinical primers are aimed at medical, veterinary and dental graduates.
Open to: This opportunity is aimed at clinically qualified medical, veterinary and dental trainees who are at an early stage of their career.
Application deadline: 14/11/2019
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) – an NHS England initiative supported by the country’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and hosted at UCLPartners – has launched its 5th call for applicants representing high impact, evidence-based innovations. The call is open to local, national and international health and industry innovators, SMEs, charity/third sector, clinicians and academics.
Support offered: The NIA aims to support you to scale your innovation at pace for greater patient and population benefit.
Stage of innovation: Ready for Adoption & Spread
Open to: Any innovator or organisation whose product addresses one or more of the commitments laid out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Application deadline: 23/10/2019
As part of the UK’s Industrial Strategy, up to £98m will be invested in research and innovation that enables people remain independent, productive, active and socially connected for longer.
Support offered: SETsquared’s Scale-Up Programme will invest up to £35k per project into R&D project proposal development for UKRI’s Healthy Ageing funding challenge plus other opportunities.
Stage of innovation: Research and Development.
Open to: Academics (from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey), companies and consortia, including companies and academics.
Application deadline: 18/10/2019
Smart is the new name for Innovate UK’s ‘Open grant funding’ programme. This is an opportunity to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver ambitious or disruptive R&D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy
Support offered: Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £25 million in the best game-changing, innovative or disruptive ideas with a view to commercialisation. All proposals must be business focused.
Stage of innovation: Ideas significantly ahead of others in the field, set for rapid commercialisation.
Open to: Applications can come from any area of technology, science or engineering and be applied to any part of the economy. Applications must include at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
Application deadline: 16/10/2019
We've partnered with Wessex AHSN and Wiltshire Council to bring an Innovation Accelerator Programme for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Health and Life Sciences sector. The programme aims to support businesses through research, development and innovation activities with fully funded resources.
Support offered: 1:1 support from a suite of healthcare business experts available through a range of health sector specific professional services.
Stage of innovation: Applicants must have a business or be an individual entrepreneur with a registered business.
Open to: Companies either situated in, operating in or planning to relocate to the Swindon or Wiltshire area.
Application deadline: 01/09/2019
The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) is an NHS England funded initiative led by the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) to develop technology solutions for known healthcare challenges.
Stage of innovation: Ready to launch
Open to: Open to all organisations that can demonstrate a route to market for their solution
Application deadline: 14/08/2019
Do you have an innovative product or service to help people stay healthy? We are looking for products and services that give people confidence to deal with their health issues and still feel supported and connected whilst at home.
Support offered: £40,000 is available to pilot your solution in one of our healthcare member organisations, plus the opportunity to have the project evaluated
Stage of innovation: on the market
Open to: companies
Application deadline: 23/04/2019
Do you have a digital technology that could help support young people with mental health and well being? We are looking for products and services that could provide early identification of mental health issues with the aim of prevention and building resilience.
Support offered: £40,000 is available to pilot your solution in one of our healthcare member organisations, plus the opportunity to have the project evaluated.
