“THRIVE is a great programme which aims to accelerate the translation of healthcare innovations tackling health inequalities from bench to bed, speed up patient benefit and expand the entrepreneurial mindset of researchers and clinicians. “
Ben Hugill, Innovation Advisor

The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme is accepting applications to their new researcher and clinician-led THRIVE (Translate Healthcare Research through InnoVation and Entrepreneurship) funding and training opportunity.

THRIVE offers up to £150,000 over 9 months to support the development of the technology and a structured programme of entrepreneurial training, mentoring, peer support and networking. Through the programme, innovators will explore the market for their innovation and identify potential routes for commercialising or sustaining their innovation.

The programme supports innovations that can reduce health inequalities and meet needs in underserved communities.

THRIVE is aimed at academic and clinical entrepreneurs with innovations at prototype development level and above to ensure that the product is advanced enough to test the market need and build a commercialisation strategy and benefit from the training by applying the ideas and frameworks to an innovation ready for translation.

Opportunity opens: Monday 14 April 2025, 1pm
Deadline: Friday 16 May 2025, 1pm

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