We’d love your support
Create real world impact from your research and turn your MedTech idea into a commercial reality with the MedTech SuperConnector™
Up to £200,000 of
project support*
Create real world impact from your research and turn your MedTech idea into a commercial reality with the MedTech SuperConnector™ (MTSC) – a new eight-month* entrepreneurial training programme for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) with possible extension.
Gain access to expert business mentoring and entrepreneurial training with funding allowances for prototyping/consumables, facilities access, travel and your salary. Create connections with industry partners, potential investors and develop your technology with up to the value of £200,000* in support for your project.
APPLICATIONS FOR COHORT ONE ARE NOW CLOSED
*£40,000 in funding + £160,000 in services including desk space, and access to training, mentorship and Masterclasses.
MTSC Funding
ECRs will receive:
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Consumables Allowance (administered by your P.I.)
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Travel Allowance (administered by your P.I.)
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Entrepreneurship Training
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Business Mentoring
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Access to Incubator/Accelerator Facilities
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Access to Industry Networks
Principal Investigators will receive:
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Opportunity to Translate Research
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Consumables Allowance for Prototype Development
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Salary Replacement for ECRs Released onto the Programme
Eligibility
MTSC is open to ECRs and Post-Docs currently in the lab at our partner Institutions.
You must have a medical device, diagnostic or eHealth solution or idea you wish to commercially develop. You must have the support from your P.I. to be on the programme.
Programme Dates:
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Deadline for Applications 07.00, Monday 30th April 2018
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Shortlisted Applicants notified Friday 11th May 2018
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Pre-Pitch 0.5 day training Friday 18th May 2018
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Final Presentations to Judging Panel Friday 25th May 2018
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First Cohort announced Thursday 31st May 2018
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MTSC Accelerator Start Date Monday 18th June 2018
Introducing MTSC Cohort One
Funded by Research England, MTSC is an initiative from a consortium of eight dynamic London universities with interest in nurturing talent, ideas, and entrepreneurship. MTSC will focus uniquely on a new route for Post-Docs and graduate students, to translate MedTech discoveries from academic labs into startup companies, proposing more solutions to today’s health challenges.
