Innovate UK is offering travel support for companies to attend consortia-building events in Europe. Up to £700 is available to help cover travel and subsistence costs. Innovate UK is offering travel support for companies to attend consortia-building events in Europe. The travel awards are an excellent mechanism for supporting companies...
Exporting Starts Here programme for West Midlands companies
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), has commissioned Exporting Starts Here led by the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce. This initiative empowers small and medium-sized businesses across Coventry, Solihull, Birmingham, and the Black Country to thrive internationally. The programme is designed to...
NIHR i4i Connect funding call
The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme is accepting outline applications to their latest researcher-led Connect funding opportunity. Connect is a researcher-led funding opportunity and supports small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in need of a funding boost to reach the next stage in the technology development pathway. This is a two-stage funding...
Study brief: The effects of a recovery gel on endurance cycling performance in the heat
The popularity of endurance sports like cycling and running has grown significantly over the past two decades. Muscle contractions during exercise increases body temperature. The thermoregulatory response to lower body temperature is to sweat, which over a prolonged period, results in dehydration due to loss of water and electrolytes and...
UKRI unveils new £9 million proof-of-concept fund
The UKRI Proof of Concept funding opportunity aims to support and accelerate the development of new or improved technologies, products, processes, and services arising from research activities at eligible UK research organisations, for example, universities, research institutes, facilities and centres. This opportunity provides grant funding to eligible UKRI research organisations,...
MHRA guidance on new Medical Devices Post-Market Surveillance requirements
A suite of guidance has been published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This guidance is designed to help medical device manufacturers understand and prepare for the new Post-market surveillance (PMS) regulation for medical devices in Great Britain (GB) which will come into force on 16 June 2025. Key...
Peer advice on “demand forecasting strategies”
An established Midlands-based health manufacturer is keen to hear from others about their demand forecasting strategies. If you are responsible for sales forecasting in your business, or if you are looking to review your process and gain useful best practise insights from others, we would like to hear from you!...
Health Innovation East Midlands seeks a Commercial Project Officer
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM) to join its Commercial team as a Commercial Project Officer. A key role within the organisation, offering the opportunity to work across the East Midlands and nationally as part of the Health Innovation Network. How to Apply Applications are...
Innovating healthcare, shaping the future: Strategic partnership between China MedTech Entrepreneurship Camp and EFEC
In the wave of technological innovation, the healthcare industry is experiencing an unprecedented transformation. Professor Chengli Song's MedTech Entrepreneurship Camp in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park has become a crucial base for medical innovation in the Yangtze River Delta region. During her visit to China, EFEC CEO Lily Lin had a...
Female Founder Start-up Programme by University of Warwick and NatWest
Are you a female founder in Coventry with an innovative product or service business? Or, have an idea you want to get off the ground? The Female Founder Start-Up Programme is a collaboration between The University of Warwick and NatWest, specifically designed to support female founders of start-up businesses in...