Invest Northern Ireland has announced that it will entertain applications for a small number of Proof of Concept projects in autumn 2010. The Proof of Concept programme supports the pre-commercialisation of leading-edge technologies emerging from Northern Ireland’s research organisations. The financial assistance provided by the programme helps researchers to export their ideas and inventions from
Read more ...The new National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme was launched on 25th October 2010 and now consists of two funding streams – for early and late stage product development – to simplify the application process. The new i4i programme aspires to advance the translation of healthcare technologies for increased patient benefit through guided
Read more ...The Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme (DPFS) is a new, rigorously-assessed, funding scheme set up by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to help strengthen the translation of fundamental research towards patient benefit. It does not fund discoveries of new causes or risk factors of disease, biomarkers, drug targets, biomaterials or research tools, but takes these as starting
Read more ...HSC Innovations encourages members of staff in the HSC trusts to consider applying for the Wellcome Trust Translation Awards. Translation Awards are response-mode funding designed to bridge the funding gap in the commercialisation of new technologies in the biomedical area. Wellcome Trust Translation Awards was last modified: March 28th, 2011 by hscinnovations
Read more ...POSTPONED – see below. New date here. On Wednesday 8th December 2010 HSC Innovations will deliver a workshop on ‘Innovation to Improve Patient Care’ for members of staff in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, supported by the Northern Trust Research Office. Northern Trust Workshop – Innovation to Improve Patient Care was last modified:
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