Invest Northern Ireland’s Proof of Concept programme is now open for applications. The programme aims to help researchers export their ideas and inventions from the laboratory to the global marketplace. HSC trusts are eligible. Up to £106,000 is available.
Read more ...A NISP Connect event at the Northern Ireland Science Park on 12th September will consider the answers to this question.
Read more ...The Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have announced the Innovative Engineering for Health partnership, a joint £30 million initiative to find biomedical engineering solutions to challenging healthcare problems.
Read more ...Northern Ireland is to contribute funds to the National Institute for Health Research so that Northern Ireland researchers may compete in a number of NIHR programmes: Health Technology Assessment, Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, Public Health Research Programme, Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme.
Read more ...Three awards for students and researchers working in medical engineering are now open for entries.
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On 9th July the European Commission announced the final calls in the health theme of Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Over €800 is available in this round. As usual proposals should be by international consortia. The following topics are included.
Read more ...The HSC R&D Division has announced that applications may be submitted for Doctoral Fellowships beginning in 2013. The Doctoral Fellowships support research training in order to increase the HSC R&D capacity and to build an evaluative evidence-based culture. This scheme is intended to enable the individual to develop a research career in the HSC by undertaking research training leading to a PhD.
Read more ...Following the previous announcement of a Biomedical Catalyst Fund, the Medical Research Council and the Technology Strategy Board have launched the scheme. The programme acknowledges that healthcare models are facing great challenges and that companies and academics must work together to develop innovative solutions. Support is available for projects arising from any sector or discipline that are aimed at addressing healthcare challenges.
Read more ...HSC Innovations is on the move. From July 2012 our postal address will have changed.
Read more ...The IET Innovation Awards, including a healthcare technologies category, are now open for entries. Administered by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), this competition provides a great opportunity to showcase emerging innovations.
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