Funding for Innovation

Sue Dunkerton, HealthTech and Medicines KTN11 December 2012

Building a Healthy Nation throughBusiness Innovation

The HealthTech and Medicines KTN (Health KTN) supports business innovations through partnerships, access to funding and knowledge transfer

• Bringing together & facilitating collaborations with a common goal

Connecting Partners

• Identify and influence new and existing sources of funding

Access to Funding

• Opening doors to wider networks of people/organisations

Knowledge Transfer

Clinical Needs

Stratified Medicine

Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents

Regenerative Medicine

Assisted Living

Health KTN Priority Areas

Novel Therapies

Emerging Medical Technologies

Synthetic Biology

High Value Manufacturing

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Research Councils- Responsive Mode Research, KTA

TSB National & MRC- Biomedical Catalyst Research Councils- Case Awards, Industrial Case Awards, CDTsEurope- Networks of Excellence

DH/NIHR- i4i

Research Councils- Managed programmes, IKC’sDevolved Administration/ Regional Funding- Regional Growth Funds, Smart: ScotlandEurope- AAL

Europe- Framework 7 cooperation Health/NMP/ICT, Research For SMEs, AALDoH/NIHR- Health Innovation Challenge Fund

Devolved Administration/Regional Funding- R&D Grant Scotland, Welsh GovernmentTSB National-Innovation Platforms, Collaborative R&D, Catapults, Biomedical Catalyst

TSB National- Grant for R&D, Biomedical Catalyst , SMART, Innovation VouchersEurope-PPP’s, Research for SMEs, Eureka/Eurostars

TSB National- SBRI, KTP, Biomedical Catalyst Devolved Administration/Regional Funding- Manufacturing Advisor Service (MAS)

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Finance For InnovationTechnology Readiness Level for Finance for Innovation in the UK and Europe. Businesses

Business AngelsVenture CapitalistsPrivate Investors

Useful websites for more information:

•Technology Strategy Board (TSB) National www.innovateuk.org •Europe www.fp7uk.co.uk•Devolved Administration- www.scottish-enterprise.com, www.bis.gov.uk/RGF , http://wales.gov.uk/funding•DH/NIHR www.nihr.ac.uk •Research Councils www.rcuk.ac.uk

Technology Strategy BoardTechnology – Inspired Innovation Funding call

DH and NIHR funding

• i4i Product Development Award – 100% funding, England and Wales only

• i4i Challenge Award – 100% funding, lead applicant must be in England

• Health Innovation Challenge Fund – 2 themed calls a year (UK wide, with Wellcome Trust)

• Healthcare Technology Cooperatives - Provide an excellent route into the NHS for selected areas of unmet need 2 pilots, 6-8 launching 2013 (based in English Trust, open to national and international businesses)

Devolved Administrations and European Funding

• Devolved Administrations :Welsh Assembly Government (WAG)–£100m Welsh Life Sciences Fund

Scotland–SMART: SCOTLAND–Research and Development Grant–Proof of Concept Fund

• Eurostars – Supports UK SMEs• EU Framework Programme FP7 – Topics: Health, NMP, ICT, IMI (JTI)• Horizon 2020• Ambient Assisted Living

UK Government

KTN Support incl. Support Map

www.healthktn.org

http://www.healthktn.org/supportmap

Innovation Support Map

Accessing Clinical Needs

Selling to the NHS

Complying with

Regulations

Accessing Funding

Accessing Research

Capabilities

Accessing Market

Information

Accessing Business Support

Accessing Networks