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 ...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.
Read more ...The US-Ireland R&D Partnership has announced an extension to its support for strategic collaborative research. The tri-national programme links scientists and engineers in partnerships across academia and industry. Prioritised themes include diabetes and cystic fibrosis.
Read more ...The Health & Social Care Research & Development Division of the Public Health Agency (HSC R&D Division) in conjunction with the National Institute of Health Research Trainees Coordinating Centre (NIHR TCC), England would like to invite applications for the fifth round of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Fellowships award scheme.
Read more ...The Health and Social Care Research and Development Division of the Public Health Agency (HSC R&D Division) recognises that research findings should be translated into health or social care benefits as quickly and efficiently as possible. As such, funding is being offered under the Knowledge Transfer Scheme to aid the translation of research findings. The Knowledge
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The European Commission has published details of the 2012 Work Programme under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7, the EU’s main research funding instrument). Across a number of themes €7 billion is available. Of key interest to the healthcare research community will be the health theme €7 Billion Funding for R&D
Read more ...The Wellcome Trust has announced that applications are now open for biomedical resource grants and multi-user equipment grants as part of its themed Strategic Awards. The announcement is available on the Wellcome Trust website here and a short summary of each programme follows. Wellcome Trust Biomedical Resource Grants and Multi-User Equipment Grants – 2011 was
Read more ...The Technology Strategy Board and the Department of Health have announced £7.5 million in funding for three R&D programmes focusing on diagnosis and management of sepsis, a life-threatening illness caused by the body overreacting to an infection. Part of the Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents (DIIA) Innovation Platform, New Funding for Sepsis Detection and
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