Date published: 17/05/18
Apply for funding: Colorectal, HPB and vascular surgery ideas and solutions
Businesses, researchers and clinicians working in colorectal, hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) and vascular surgery are invited to apply for pump-prime or clinical session funding of up to £10,000.
Funding is available to support the development of new concepts, demonstration of proof of principle, to accelerate translation of research to the clinic, and devise new research protocols – for new medical devices, healthcare technologies or technology-dependent interventions for surgical technologies.
The funding is being offered by The NIHR Surgical MedTech Cooperative in collaboration with Grow MedTech.
The funding competition is split into two parts: a strategic call that is focused on future unmet needs and a reactive call offering incubator packages that is focused on the immediate needs in surgery.
Eligibility:
- All applicants must be UK based
- All applications must have a clinical collaborator
- Industry-led applications must include matched funding which can be financial or in-kind support
- Successful applicants will work in conjunction with the NIHR Surgical MIC and its extensive network in order to successfully prototype and/or validate their idea(s) (i.e. show proof of concept/principle)
Themes:
Convergence of technologies
- Up to £10K funding
- Industry and/or academic-led applications
- To develop ideas and solutions in:
- medical devices and information technology
- artificial intelligence applied to medical devices
- combining medical imaging with robotics
- digital health
- smart drug delivery devices
The future of surgery
- Up to £10K funding
- Clinically-led applications
- To develop ideas and solutions in:
- patients and their choice of treatment
- the training and role of future surgeons
- the development of new non-surgical interventions
- the emergence of new care models
- patient safety and clinical outcomes
- the role of digital pathology in surgery
Key dates:
Closes midnight, Friday 29 June 2018.
Eligibility:
- All applicants must be UK based – academic institutions, NHS Trusts, third sector organisations and industry
- Applications must have be translational or have clearly planned translational aspects in the near or long term
- projects should have the potential to develop into a more substantial project that can apply for external funding
Theme:
- seed funding call
- up to £5K
- for the early development of novel technology-based solutions applicable to colorectal, HPB and/or vascular surgery (including wound care)
Key dates:
There are four opportunities to submit your proposal:
| Submission deadline | Reviewing date |
| 5pm Friday 1 June 2018 | Friday 8 June 2018 |
| 5pm Friday 20 July 2018 | Friday 27 July 2018 |
| 5pm Tuesday 11 September 2018 | Tuesday 18 September 2018 |
| 5pm Friday 2 November 2018 | Friday 9 November 2018 |
Projects must use allocated support by 31 March 2019.
- Read the complete funding summary document available to download on the NIHR Surgical MIC website
- Apply using the application form provided on the NIHR Surgical MIC website
- Return to: surgicalmic@leeds.ac.uk by the deadline for your chosen call
- For enquiries, contact: surgicalmic@leeds.ac.uk
