Presentation by Andy Cairns, Programme Manager, Innovation Agency: Welcome and introduction at the Funding - Liverpool City Region SME workshop on Thursday 7 February 2019 at The Accelerator, Liverpool

1. Presentation 1
Funding
opportunities
Andy Cairns

2. Health Innovation
Exchange
Funding workshop Event
7th February 2019
@innovationnwc
@andydcairns

3. Presentation 1
The funding landscape is complex, crowded and confusing

4. Some opening remarks
• Show of hands if you have submitted a funding bid
• Stand up if you have won a funding bid
• Put you hand up if securing some funding money is a
“nice to have” but not vital to you success
• Stand up if securing some funding money is VITAL for your
success

5. Innovation funding opportunities
• The AHSN Network & How we support SME’s
• Centrally funded programmes for R&D, Adoption &
Spread
• SBRI Health
• National Innovation Accelerator
• Innovation Technology Payment
• Accelerated Access Partnership

6. The AHSN Network
• 15 Academic Health Science
Networks across England
• (Re)Licensed & funded by NHS
England, NHSI and Office for Life
Sciences
• Promoting innovation in healthcare
• Single structure to improve outcomes
• Promoting economic growth in regions
and for UKPLC

7. Idea Proof of concept Adoption Spread
Innovation and Technology Payment
Central reimbursement of innovative products, services
and technologies
NHS Innovation Accelerator
Supporting a small number of fellows to spread
their innovations in the NHS
Accelerated Access Partnership
Comprised of cross health economy stakeholders, supporting the development of
transformative products, services and technologies via existing routes
NHS Apps Library
Setting standards for apps looking to be
used in the NHS
Health Apps Briefing (NICE)
Assessment of the economic and
efficacy of apps
Test Beds (NHSE)
Pioneering & evaluating use of novel combinations of interconnected devices
Small Business Research Initiative (NHSE)
Provides funding to develop innovative ideas to
NHS problems
Invention for Innovation
Provides funding for development
of prototypes
There are a number of initiatives supporting the identification and adoption of
innovative products, services and technologies

8. Helping the Public Sector address challenges
• Using innovation to achieve a step change
Accelerating technology commercialisation
• Providing a route to market
Support and the development of Innovative
companies
• Providing a lead customer/R&D partner
• Providing funding and credibility for fund raising
SBRI is a pan-government, structured process enabling the Public
Sector to engage with innovative suppliers:
SBRI Key features

9. NHS England funded initiative led by the AHSN’s to develop technology
solutions for known healthcare challenges
• Up to £100k of funding for Phase one (feasibility) and up to £1m for Phase
Two (development)
• Previous calls have included –
• Applications for innovations that can enhance the screening, diagnosis or management of cancer
• Improving patient flow to maximise operational efficiency in the Acute Sector
• Reducing pressure on Urgent and Emergency care
• Minimising the impact of falling
• Mental Health & Technology in Surgery
• Improving Outcomes in Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Dentistry, Oral Health & Oral Cancers
SBRI Healthcare
Next Call Will Be announced Q2 2019

10. NHS Innovation Accelerator - Summary

11. • Supports NHS Adoption of innovation by removing financial or procurement barriers to
uptake of innovative products or technologies
• Competitive process to identify innovations and technologies offering the greatest
quality and efficiency benefits with wider adoption
• Medical devices, digital platforms and technologies
• Applicants can be from healthcare, academia, commercial or voluntary sectors
• Maximise learning and foster culture change
• ITP is specifically focused on low cost & high impact innovations which can deliver
significant patient outcomes and savings to the NHS
• Delivered in partnership with AHSNs, sponsors, national & international experts
• Payment mechanism was operational from April 2018
• New Programme from April 2019
The Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP)

12. The Accelerated Access Review
• Recommended that a network of Innovation Exchanges could play a key role in
supporting the adoption and uptake of healthcare innovation
• Hosted by AHSNs, Innovation Exchanges will be a central place that stakeholders can go
to for information, guidance and support
• Their core functions will include:
1) Identifying need and communicating regional priorities – Help innovators
understand what and where are the healthcare demands, and the evidence
requirements
2) Signposting – Act as a ‘first port of call for information’
i. Direct innovators to additional support or market access
ii. Direct patients towards information about trials and pilots in the region,
or new products
iii. Offer practical support to commissioners/providers on uptake,
collaboration opportunities, dissemination of best practice
3) Validation in a real world setting – Broker regional partnerships with
commissioners and providers to offer real world testing opportunities
4) Spread and adoption of innovation across the system – Support scaling up of
innovations which are promising on a local level
Accelerated Access Partnership

13. A £35m Digital Health Technology Catalyst (over 4yrs) for
innovators – match funding development of digital technologies for
patients & NHS
• The aim is to support the development of digital health products that meet NHS needs
• Funding is for UK businesses to work on innovation projects that tackle the biggest
healthcare challenges.
• Feasibility or development projects that advance digital health or digitally-enabled medical
technologies. These should:
• improve patient outcomes, such as through better clinical decision-making and supporting them to
manage their own care
• offer new approaches to healthcare that transform its delivery
• reduce the demand on the health system, make it more efficient and create savings
• Feasibility studies £50k to £75k - up to one year
• Industrial research & experimental development projects £500k - £1 mill - up to 3 yrs
• Work alone or in collaboration with other organisations, but projects must be led by a UK-based SME
• You could get up to 70% of your eligible project costs

14. Innovate UK Funding
• Digital health technology catalyst round 4:
collaborative R&D funding of up to £5M a-
Opens 11th February
• Any UK business eligible to receive state aid at the time of
funding award.
• Project’s costs between £300,000 and £1 million.
• Projects that can start by 1 October 2019, lasting up to 18
months and completed by 1 March 2021.
• Projects must address major healthcare challenges, grow the
UK digital healthcare industry through the innovative use of
digital technologies
• Projects can include development of solutions for either
clinical or non-clinical use

15. Innovate UK Funding
• More details here : https://apply-for-innovation-
funding.service.gov.uk/competition/312/overview

16. Presentation 1
Access to EU Finance
• Grants, funds and programmes
• Loans
• Guarantees
• Direct funding through grants
• Indirect funding through national and local
intermediaries

17. • A Knowledge and Innovation Community
within the European Institute of Innovation
and Technology
• 140 partners from across Europe
• promotes healthy living, active ageing and
improvements in healthcare
• Opportunities for SMEs – two local SMEs
received €50,000 towards commercial
development

18. Closing remarks . . .
• Keep a track of all the pots and we will as well
• Be honest and realistic when considering eligibility criteria
• Any bid submission needs to be compelling
• Your pitch to the panel needs to be persuasive
• We are here to help with editing, but cant be the author!
• Next meetings Joint event with partners 21/22 March

19. Thank you!
• Andy Cairns 07507 847 345
andrew.cairns@innovationagencynwc.nhs.
uk