As one fund closes another one opens with October seeing the deadline of Wellcome Trust funding and the opening of the Technology Strategy Board’s latest tranche.
The deadline is fast approaching for The Health Innovation Challenge Fund (HICF) - a £100 million, five-year parallel funding partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health.
The priorities for the HICF are to:
- encourage innovative products for patient benefit
- improve the uptake of new technological advances into patient management pathways
- integrate the clinical, research, informatics and product development communities.
More information on the fund can be found on the welcome trust website with the first round application round closing on 1st October 2010.
The Technology Strategy Board are launching their latest funding opportunity in October – Technology-Inspired Collaborative Research and Development competition – which aims to stimulate innovation across key technology areas; ensuring UK businesses are well-equipped to respond to the challenges presented by the economic climate.
There is £18m available for collaborative research and development projects in the following fields:
- Advanced materials
- Biosciences
- Electronics, Photonics and Electrical Systems
- High Value Manufacturing
- Information and Communications Technology
- Nanotechnology
More information can be found on the opportunity section of the portal.