Innovate UK, GB: Launchpad: health technology, West Yorkshire, Round 1 Collaborative Research and Development (CR&D)

02/11/2023

13/12/2023

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is to invest up to £2 million in innovation projects. The funding will support projects across the three Launchpad competition strands that target the innovation cluster in West Yorkshire. The aim of this competition is to support outstanding innovation projects led by businesses. Your project must lead to increased investment into research and innovation. It must contribute to growing business activities and economic impact in the cluster. Your proposal must explain how your team and project will contribute to equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) in the cluster. Your project’s total grant funding request must be between £150,000 and £1 million.

Your project can focus on one or more of the following: medical devices diagnostics, including In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) digital health, including data driven health technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) other health technology innovations that can be shown to be in scope.

Applicant type Academic Institution; Commercial or Private Sector; Government or Public Sector; Non-profit Career stages Early Career and Emerging in Field; Mid-Career to Established in Field Eligibility Note Your project must: have a total grant funding request of between £150,000 and £1 million last between 6 and 18 months intend to exploit the results from or in the UK start at the earliest on 1 April 2024 end by 31 March 2026.