Deadline: 28-May-25
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, design accelerator to support NHS Organisations to speed up the development of novel community based patient access models that are safe, effective and resource efficient.
This will open up the possibility that new obesity treatment options could be accessed by eligible patients through the NHS in anticipation of the release of additional funding for the implementation of pathways involving new medicines
Scope
- This will open up the possibility that new obesity treatment options could be accessed by eligible patients through the NHS in anticipation of the release of additional funding for the implementation of pathways involving new medicines. You must:
- have the capacity to run an accelerator to start by 1 July 2025 and end by 30 September 2025
- describe your design accelerator programme in detail, including outlining the business case and implementation plans
- describe plans to engage with eligible businesses such as pharmacies
- provide detailed information on eligible costs
- include an assessment and evaluation plan
- support organisations with the potential to enable fair, impartial and sustainable forms of community participation in research across the UK.
Funding Information
- Up to £3 million has been allocated to fund an innovation project in this competition. Funding will be in the form of a grant.
- Your total eligible project costs will be 100% funded up to £50,000. Total eligible project costs detailed within your application must not exceed the maximum project size. If your total eligible project costs do exceed the maximum then your application will be made ineligible.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your project must:
- have total project costs of up to £50,000
- last up to 3 months
- carry out all of its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- start by 1 July 2025
- end by 30 September 2025
- Lead organisation:
- To lead a project your organisation must:
- be a UK registered Integrated Care Board (ICB) or equivalent entities in the devolved nation health administrations
- not act in any way to gain selective commercial or economic advantage from the outputs of this project
- To lead a project your organisation must:
- Subcontractors:
- Subcontractors are allowed in this competition.
- Subcontractors can be from anywhere in the UK and you must select them through your usual procurement process. You can use subcontractors from overseas but must make the case your application as to why you cannot use suppliers from the UK.
- You must provide a detailed rationale, evidence of the potential UK contractors you approached and the reasons why they were unable to work with you. They will not accept a cheaper cost as a sufficient reason to use an overseas subcontractor.
- All subcontractor costs must be justified and appropriate to the total project costs.
- Organisations applying to this competition can only lead on one application.
For more information, visit Innovate UK.