New support for biomedical start ups
KQ Labs programme will help young UK businesses to accelerate their promising ideas and turn them into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases.
皇冠体育app sign and entrance to 皇冠体育app Francis Crick Institute.
A new accelerator programme will offer 拢400,000 to UK start ups working in biomedical and data sciences to help them quickly scale up and achieve commercial success.
Called 鈥� which stands for 鈥� the programme is being funded by Innovate UK and will be delivered by .
皇冠体育app need to transform the health and life sciences sector
皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 growing, ageing population is creating a demand for new care technologies, services and treatments that allow people to live long, healthy and independent lives.
If the potential of artificial intelligence is properly leveraged, this could transform the health and life sciences sector and lead to better outcomes for patients.
One way of doing this is to support start ups with bright ideas to accelerate their thinking and translate this into efficient and effective ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases.
UK government鈥檚 modern Industrial Strategy is addressing the issue of an ageing society.
Help to validate and progress ideas
Up to 10 UK-based start ups will be able to apply for 拢40,000 each and join the 16-week intensive accelerator programme.
This will involve workshops and training, focusing on a broad spectrum of digital health from drug discovery through genomics applications to patient stratification and imaging analysis. and will guide the start ups on issues relating to data access.
By the end of the programme entrepreneurs should have developed new skills and understanding to be able to validate their business proposals and help them move towards a commercial launch.
皇冠体育appy will also know where to go to access further capital investment and other resources.
About the opportunity
皇冠体育app Francis Crick Institute is recognised globally as a leader in biomedical science research and discovery for its work to understand the fundamental biology underlying health and disease.
Its offices are in the area around King鈥檚 Cross, Euston and Bloomsbury known as the Knowledge Quarter. Other organisations based here include the , , and the .
Chris Sawyer, Innovation Lead, Digital Health at Innovate UK said:
皇冠体育app KQ Labs is a fantastic initiative that supports Innovate UK鈥檚 objective to boost UK business growth in the health and life sciences sector. We look forward to helping businesses accelerate their growth and develop new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases.
Dr Veronique Birault, Head of Translation at 皇冠体育app Francis Crick Institute, said:
皇冠体育app KQ Labs accelerator represents a unique opportunity to catalyse the creation of a world-class sustainable digital health ecosystem based in London鈥檚 Knowledge Quarter.
皇冠体育app KQ Labs鈥� vision and programme align with the Crick strategic priorities to collaborate creatively and accelerate translation for health and wealth.
How to apply
Applications are made directly .
Businesses will need to prepare a deck of up to 12 slides. This should include the problem they are trying to solve, the market opportunity, their proposed solution and project milestones.
皇冠体育app deadline to apply is at midday on 7 October 2018.
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