NIHR Surgery MedTech Co-operative is working in collaboration with Grow MedTech a new Research England funded programme to support medical technology innovation and development. Our funding competitions are split into two categories: a strategic call focussing on future unmet needs and a more reactive call focussing on the immediate needs in surgery.
For more information on the Surgical MIC funding streams, please download this guide.
Surgical MIC Proof-of-Concept/Principle Funding
Surgical-MIC-Funding-Application-Form-GMT
Surgical MIC Incubator Packages
Surgical-MIC-Incubator-Package-Application-Form-GMT
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS TO SURGICAL MIC FUNDING
• 25 August 2020
• 06 October 2020
• 19 November 2020
How to apply for unmet needs and incubator packages
Surgical-MIC-Funding-Information
Other funding opportunities
The following are links to other funding streams that are suitable for joint applications with the NIHR Surgical MIC. We advise all potential applicants to discuss their potential applications well in advance of the application deadline.
Grow MedTech is inviting applications for Proof of Market, Proof of Feasibility and Proof of Concept projects from academic led teams at Grow MedTech partner institutions – Funding details available here
NIHR Artificial Intelligence Health and Care Award
MedTech Navigator Innovation Grants
COVID-19 Rapid Response Rolling Call – open call
Defence and Security Accelerator: Open Competition COVID-19 – Rapid Sanitising Technology. Deadline: rolling deadline
Open Call for Proposals “Space helping UK on COVID-19 and other pandemics”
NIHR-BHF Cardiovascular Partnership framework for Covid-19 research
Rosetrees Trust Seedcorn Awards – 31 August 2020
Call for Participants in a three-day Sandpit focused on Digital Technologies for Health and Care – 08 September 2020
Sony Research Award Program – 15 September 2020
NIHR Invention for Innovation Connect Call 4 – 16 September 2020
Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund – 18 September 2020
Transformative Healthcare Technologies 2.0 – October 2020
Biomedical Catalyst 2020 Round 1 Early & Late Stage Competition – 07 October 2020
Clinical Academic Research Partnerships Round 3 – 29 October 2020
The Safety Innovation Challenge Fund – 30 November 2020
Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science – 31 December 2020
Innovator Awards – no time limits
Healthcare Technologies: Call for Investigator-led Research Projects – no deadline
British Heart Foundation New Horizons Grants – no deadline
Pancreatic Cancer Scotland – Pump-priming research grants – no time limits