As a proud Medilink member, we just wanted to spread the word about a number of funding opportunities that are currently available:
If you are developing new products and medtec devices for the Life Science Sector, funding is available from MedilinkEM for the ACTIS and ERDF Funding schemes which will run until 2019.
The ACTIS project (ACTIS: Advanced Clinical Technology Innovation Support) is part funded by ERDF through SEMLEP so money does have to be spent by SMEs in the SEMLEP region but this region is quite large and the definition of an SME is broad.
MedilinkEM also holds two other grants, SoLSTICE (Leicester and Leicestershire) and INSTILS (Derby/Derbyshire, Nottingham/Nottinghamshire) so offering similar support across most of the East Midlands area.
The ACTIS project provides:
· Innovation Grant Support: medical and healthcare directed innovation projects for SMEs (small and medium enterprises) – intervention rate of 30% up to a total grant intervention of 10K (project value up to 33K)
· Travel Grant Support: attendance at medical/healthcare events to further understand the life science sector for new products and services – intervention rate of 30% to a total grant intervention value of 3K (project value up to 10K)
· Advisory Support: signposting and grant funding
· Special Interest Group Business Events: creating an innovative environment, to exchange ideas and stimulate engagement of SMEs alongside academia, clinicians and businesses. Free to SMEs in the SEMLEP region.
Take a look here for more info