An event by Invest NI and Enterprise Europe NI will focus on funding opportunities from the Technology Strategy Board and Framework Programme 7. For stratified medicine up to £7.5m will be invested in the development of novel and innovative diagnostic tests and assessments. Forthcoming FP7 themes will be considered.
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The £25k Awards competition, administered by the CONNECT programme in the Northern Ireland Science Park, is open to researchers in HSC trusts. The contest is a commercial educational experience designed to encourage researchers and individuals to act on their talents, ideas and energy to produce tomorrow’s leading commercial opportunities.
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The Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre at Altnagelvin Hospital has announced its 4th Annual Translational Medical Conference in May 2012. the theme is ‘Inflammatory Processes and Cardiovascular Disease – Innovative Healthcare for Challenging Times’.
Read more ...In the Belfast Trust entries are now being invited for The Chairman’s Awards 2011 to recognise the achievements of health and social care teams throughout the Trust.
Read more ...As previously, HSC Innovations reminds 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.
Read more ...Many of the model agreements used to govern collaborative research involving the HSC trusts have been updated. Changes include new definitions of staff, which affects indemnity arrangements, and anti-bribery provisions.
Read more ...Stratified medicine is a priority area for the Medical Research Council (MRC), which will commit £60m to this area over the next four years. MRC has now invited researchers to submit outline proposals for funding for the development of disease-focussed consortia to stratify disease. Up to £60m is available over 4 years.
Read more ...As part of a package of measures to drive growth in the UK’s life sciences sector, the Prime Minister has announced a three year £180 million programme to support some of the UK’s leading life science companies and academia, enabling them to move more quickly from discovery to commercialisation.
Read more ...The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced that its ‘Experimental Medicine Challenge Grants’, focusing on ‘Studies of Disease Mechanisms in Humans’ will be launched in early 2012. Projects should address substantial, important medical questions. The anticipated funding range is £2-4m per 5 year award.
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