Medical Research Council Proximity to Discovery Industry Engagement Fund

Following the successful implementation of Phase 3, The University of Manchester has been awarded £237,000 from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to deliver Phase 4 of the MRC Proximity to Discovery (P2D) Industry Engagement Fund, running from 1 May 2018 to 30 August 2019.

The fund aims to overcome the bottleneck to the establishment of new collaborations by supporting early interactions and knowledge exchange between industry and academic researchers. Successful proposals will:

  • enhance academic understanding of industry or vice versa in order to foster biomedical research collaborations;
  • showcase biomedical research to highlight the opportunities it provides for potential industry partners;
  • allow an exchange of skills or knowledge to enable development of new collaborative projects.

The competition is structured around two schemes, Relationship Incubator and Industry Secondment, and invites applications from across the biomedical field, including but not limited to:

  • therapeutics;
  • medical devices;
  • diagnostics;
  • digital health.            

Funds will be provided to facilitate partnerships between industry and academic researchers via the following activities:

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The first call for proposals opens on 1 May 2018, with a closing deadline of 30 June 2018, 12 noon.

The second call for proposals opens on 1 August 2018, with a closing deadline of 30 September 2018, 12 noon.

Where possible you are encouraged to submit your proposal to the first call. Should all the funds be allocated in the first call, a second call for proposals will be cancelled.

For more information about how the MRC P2D Industry Engagement Fund can help industrial partners to access our biomedical research expertise, contact:

Naomi Chandler
Business Engagement Officer
email naomi.chandler@manchester.ac.uk
tel 0161 306 0554