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The NIHR, Invention for Innovation (i4i)

and Future Product Development

Dr Richard CurrySenior Scientific Advisor, DH R&D Directorate

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CREATE REFINE EVALUATE

APPRAISE

USE

Basic Research

National Institutefor Health Research

Patient Safety and Quality

Research Centres

Research for Patient Benefit

Programme Grants for

Applied Research

Health Technology Assessment

Invention for Innovation

PrimaryCare Trusts Healthcare Commissioning

NHS Providers Patient Care

Research for Innovation,

Speculation & Creativity

National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence Guidance on Health & Healthcare

NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement Support for the NHS

NHS Purchasing & Supplies Agency Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing

Service Delivery & Organisation

Collaborations for Leadership

in Applied Health Research and Care

Centre for Reviews & Dissemination, Cochrane, TARs

NHS Evidence Access to Evidence

Development Pathway FundingMRC

Biomedical Research Units

Biomedical Research Centres

Public Health Research

Health Services Research

The central role of NIHR research in the innovation pathway

This pathway covers the full range of

interventions - pharmaceuticals, biologicals,

biotechnologies, procedures, therapies and

practices - for the full range of health and health

care delivery - prevention, detection, diagnosis,

prognosis, treatment, care.

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The aim of Invention for Innovation (i4i) is to

improve the identification of innovative healthcare

technologies and accelerate the development of

new healthcare products for the 21st century.

Remit of i4i

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i4i Invention for Innovationi4i

SBRI

Requirementled

development

FPD

Investigatorled

development

HTC & CFI

Links to ideasgenerators &

exploiters

Secretariat

Advisory group

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Small Business Research Initiative(SBRI)

The aim of SBRI is to use government

procurement to drive technology development,through competitive tendering especially in early-

stage companies.

First call in HCAI opened Oct 08 closed Nov.

Contracts being placed for phase 1 now.

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Healthcare Technology Co-operatives

Virtual organisation which will bring together a

wide spectrum of stakeholders with a common

purpose.

Bowel Function HTC

Devices for Dignity HTC

i4i ideas generators

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Challenge Fund for Innovation (CFI)

Supporting partner programmes

MATCHEPSRC

ALIP & KTPTSB

Medical Futures - Private

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i4i Activity

TRL 1-3 TRL 3-6 TRL 6-7 TRL 8-9

Private Investment

Research Councils HTCs

Funding Stream 2

Funding Stream 3

SBRI (ii)

Funding Stream 1

SBRI (i)

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The same criteria are used to assess proposals to each of the threestreams:

Scientific and technical quality

Clinical or healthcare need

Market potential Freedom to operate

Arrangements for protecting IP generated

Project team quality

Project plan quality

Involvement of users and industry Justification of resources

Assessment of proposals

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The FPD programme has been designed to offerinvestigators:

Flexibility of entry points; dependent on the maturity of the ideainvestigators can apply for funding from any of the three streamsand if appropriate proceed from stream to stream.

Co-ordination between streams through having the onesecretariat.

Support to projects that meet their milestones and show promiseso that they can move onto the next funding stream with theminimum of delay and are accelerated along the innovationpathway.

A rolling programme of calls for proposals to better fit with theinnovation process

Benefits of FPD

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Project support consists of:

Project monitoring

Exploitation advice

Project Support

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Dr. Richard Curry

Debbie Romney- Alexander

Dr. Martin Anyim

Dr. Belinda Haupt

Miriam Piterkova

Andrew Davidson

Charlotte Green

Matthew Chapman

Secretariat

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For further information and forms:

www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/i4i

Transforming Health Research

www.nihr.ac.uk/publications.aspx

Richard Curry

rcurry@netcomuk.co.uk

Websites and email

http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/i4ihttp://www.nihr.ac.uk/publications.aspxmailto:rcurry@netcomuk.co.ukmailto:rcurry@netcomuk.co.ukhttp://www.nihr.ac.uk/publications.aspxhttp://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/i4ihttp://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/i4ihttp://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/i4i