UKRI Healthy Ageing Catalyst Awards Open for 2022
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), in partnership with Zinc, are inviting outline proposals for the Healthy Ageing Catalyst Awards. The prize, though funded by UKRI, is part of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) healthy longevity global competition.
The award provides grants for academics based at UK Research Organisations to translate high-risk, high-reward research into products and services to assist with healthy ageing. Projects with the potential to be sustained through a commercial spin-out, social enterprise, IP licensing or other models are also welcomed.
The funding can be used for a range of activities, including but not limited to: testing the desirability, feasibility and viability of ideas, market research, piloting, prototyping and user-testing. Successful projects should allow everyone to remain active, productive, independent and socially connected across generations for as long as possible, and narrow the gap between the experiences of the richest and the poorest.
Up to 27 applicants will receive UKRI funding for up to 12 months. In addition, applicants will receive nine months of part-time support from UKRI’s partner, Zinc. Applicants will have access to:
- Workshops, talks and coaching sessions with Zinc’s associates.
- Office hours with Zinc Fellows.
- One-on-one guidance from Zinc’s R&D and Accelerate teams to support the development of the innovation.
- User groups, to test ideas and prototypes.
- Multiple opportunities to meet peers in the Healthy Ageing industry and showcase the project as it develops throughout the programme.
Over the course of the Awards Zinc will help researchers to explore models that will support the innovation to grow beyond the university and become a sustainable entity – for example through a social enterprise, for-profit company, charity, licencing or working in partnership with an existing organisation that reaches the right audience.
Applicants must have a PhD or similar research experience and be based at a UK research organisation eligible for funding. Proposals are welcome from all discipline areas, but those covering areas normally associated with the arts, social science and the humanities are particularly encouraged. Early career researchers are also encouraged.
Successful applicants should be able to ensure that at least 30% of the core team’s overall time (eg an early career researcher and a senior academic) is dedicated to the awards.
The Catalyst Awards will provide £50,000 for one year at 80% full Economic Cost (fEC).
Expressions of interest should be submitted by the 22 February 2022 (16:00) deadline
For more details on this call please visit: Catalyst | Zinc