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NHS Innovations East Midlands

Where Your Ideas Come To Life


Who Are We?

NHS Innovations East Midlands is the technology transfer arm of the NHS. It provides services to NHS organisations in the East Midlands region including Derbyshire Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland.

The hub is funded by the Department of Health and the Department of Innovation, Universities & Skills.

NHS Innovations East Midlands provides a wide range of services to support the management of NHS intellectual property including identification, registration, evaluation and commercialisation of intellectual property.

Funding Opportunities

Invention for Innovation – i4i

Do you have an idea with an NHS component which you think is innovative?

Are you seeking some funding to progress your idea to the next step, but don’t know where to start looking?

NHS Innovations East Midlands is holding a series of local workshops, with input from the NIHR Research Design Service, to provide information around activities and possible access to i4i funding
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2009 Da Vinci Awards for Innovation in Healthcare

These awards are an excellent opportunity for dynamic partnerships to both raise the profile of their work and advance its development with a generous cash prize. Please spread the word amongst your colleagues and members of any organisations you look after.

The deadline for applications has now been extended to Friday 8th JANUARY 2010.

The date for the event is Monday 22nd MARCH 2010.
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NHS East Midlands Regional Innovation Fund

The 2009/10 East Midlands Regional Innovation Fund worth £1.94M is now open for applications. Held by the SHA, the fund is to support the adoption and spread of leading-edge practices, clinical pathways, approaches, technologies and products; adaption of ideas from other industries or markets, and new idea generation.
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