<![CDATA[Oxfordshire IGT News]]> en-uk http://www.innovationgrowth.co.uk/images/logo.gif South East Business Innovation & Growth <![CDATA[Spanish Biotech company seeks collaboration with UK partners ]]> This company specialises in the design and manufacture of instruments for use in electrochemisty research applications. They are looking for outsourcing or consortium collaboration with a suitable UK partner.

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]]> 27th July 2010 <![CDATA[Collaborate with the Royal Liverpool University Hospital Bio-innovation Centre]]> Liverpool Science Park wishes to engage specialist services to support the pre-development stages of the delivery of a commercial multi-occupied facility for the life science market in Liverpool.

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]]> 27th July 2010 <![CDATA[Swedish biotechnology company seeks UK SME's for collaboration project ]]> A Swedish biotech company is inviting UK based SME’s to partner in a project to develop new methods for detection of cancer/autoimmune diseases.

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]]> 27th July 2010 <![CDATA[Sustainable Routes grants available]]> Welcome to Sustainable Routes – the smart way to cut travel costs!

Sustainable Routes offers grants of up to £1000 to businesses who want to cut business travel costs by adopting new ways of working.  If your business employs between 5 and 250 employees and is located in Milton Keynes or the Thames Valley* you can apply now.

Here’s your opportunity to focus on business travel and come up with ideas that will save you money.  The project has been funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007-2013

By signing up to Sustainable Routes you will benefit from:

  • a personalised Travel Efficiency Plan
  • a grant of up to £1000 (match funded)

Impact your bottom line and do something really useful for your business, your employees and the environment.

Click here to complete the first part of the application

]]> 26th July 2010 <![CDATA[£10 million research funding available from the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health]]> Call for proposals: monitoring of chronic illness in the home and remote settings

The increased incidence of chronic diseases and conditions presents a huge challenge not just to the NHS but worldwide. Long-term conditions or ‘chronic diseases’ are those that can only be controlled and not, at present, cured. These include diabetes, asthma, arthritis, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia and a range of disabling neurological conditions.

A greater shift towards self-monitoring and self-management could give a significant boost to patient care while reducing costs. The Health Innovation Challenge Fund (HICF), a joint funding initiative between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health, is currently inviting proposals for practical solutions to improve health monitoring in the home and remote settings.

UK institutions, companies, NHS Trusts and equivalent UK authorities are invited to submit a preliminary application by 1 October 2010.

Collaboration between academia, clinicians and industry is particularly encouraged. The HICF is targeting opportunities that can deliver a healthcare outcome within a timescale of around three to five years from the date of the funding decision.

For further information and application forms please click here

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