Deadline: 3 October 2018
Applications are open for Biomedical Catalyst 2018 round 2: late stage to support the development of innovative healthcare products, technologies and processes. These can include:
- disease prevention and proactive management of health and chronic conditions
- earlier or better detection and diagnosis of disease, leading to better patient outcomes
- tailored treatments that either change the underlying disease or offer potential cures
Funding Information
- The projects range in size from £200,000 to £4 million (total project costs).
- Projects should last 12 to 36 months and must start before 1 July 2019.
The late stage award supports projects which test a well-developed concept. It should show its effectiveness in an environment that is relevant to the use of the product or process. A late stage project can include:
- initial human proof-of-concept studies
- demonstration of clinical utility and effectiveness
- demonstration of safety and efficacy (including phase I and II clinical trials)
- developing production mechanisms
- prototyping
- market testing
- intellectual property protection
- or validation in an appropriate model system.
Projects they will not fund
- It will not fund projects that think are too early stage, for example:
- basic research
- generation of pure scientific and technological knowledge
- development of research ideas, hypotheses and experimental designs that have no practical commercial application
Eligibility Criteria
- An SME business can:
- take part in up to 3 applications in this competition round, although you can only be the lead partner in one application in this round
- lead only one active project in any one Biomedical Catalyst award at any time
- The exception to the rule on leading only one active project is when a new project is a direct progression from one award to the next category of awards. For example, applicant may already hold both an early stage and a late stage award. When the early stage project finishes, applicant may apply in this round for a late stage award to continue that specific programme of work while still holding applicants original late stage award. They will ask applicant to provide evidence that applicant have enough resources to run 2 projects at the same time.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via given website.
For more information, please visit Biomedical catalyst 2018.