Non-animal technologies: business funding for new developments

11 Feb 2015 03:01 PM

£6 million in funding for innovative businesses to apply non-animal technologies to early development of new medicines and chemicals.

Innovate UK and its funding partners will support business projects to develop non-animal technologies.

If your company is looking to develop the commercial potential of your idea in this area, you could win a share of £6 million. Projects funded should help predict human and animal responses in:

• early drug development
• veterinary medicine development
• chemical development
• consumer product development

Our aim is not to just to replace animal models. We’re looking to produce better tests and systems that can accurately predict:

• efficacy
• safety
• environmental effects

Our funding partners are:

• the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)
• the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
• the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• the Medical Research Council

Competition information

• the competition opens on 23 March 2015
• we expect projects to last 2 to 3 years and to range in size from total costs of £500,000 to £1 million
• funding will be at 60% for SMEs and 50% for large companies
• a briefing day for potential applicants will be held in London on 26 March 2015 and a number of networking events will take place in February 2015
• this competition is open to businesses working in partnership with other businesses and/or academic and research organisations

Find out more about this competition to develop non-animal technologies, and apply