The Research Deanery welcomes applications for the following open funding opportunities. Read more below or visit the Research Deanery website for full information and application forms. 1: MRC Confidence in Concept (CiC) Award – The University of Manchester The University of Manchester has been awarded £500k from the MRC Confidence in Concept (CiC) scheme. The [...]

Enzomax, who beat off stiff competition from 15 other teams from universities and institutes around the UK in the Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (Biotechnology YES) 2012 competition ihn November, have won the ‘Best consideration of IP strategy’ category, at the final held in London last night. The annual contest, co-organised by the Biotechnology and Biological [...]

The CEO of Conformetrix Ltd, a leader in optimising drug discovery and design, will discuss partnering strategies and the impact of deals at the One Nucleus Genesis 2012 conference in London on December 13. Dr Sam Williams will also take part in the pre-Genesis 2012 Seminar and BioNewsRound Award the day before the conference. At [...]

Over 280 people from the Northwest’s biomedical sector gathered on 29th November at the 11th Northwest Biomedical Awards at Mere Golf and Country Club, Cheshire. This prestigious awards dinner celebrates key achievements from companies and individuals who have made a significant contribution to the biomedical sector during 2012.    The judging panel which decided the winners consisted [...]

Funding available: Graphene Bioscience Interdisciplinary Grand Challenges The University of Manchester has committed £200K to pump-prime investigations into how Graphene-based solutions might be applied to biomedical/life science problems. Applications for pilot studies (up to 12 months in duration) are encouraged from researchers across the University. Major challenge areas for use of Graphene in life science/biomedical [...]

University of Manchester oro-motor exercise app developer, So2Speak, exhibited to over 12,000 delegates at the 2012 ASHA Convention which took place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from November 15–17. The annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) convention unites speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language and hearing scientists to learn about the latest evidence-based [...]

A Manchester team has secured a place in the final of a national competition to find the entrepreneurial bioscientists of the future. Enzomax beat off stiff competition from 15 other teams from universities and institutes around the UK in the Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (Biotechnology YES) 2012 competition. They will fly the flag for Manchester [...]

Arago Technology Ltd was presented with the Power & Energy Award at the IET Innovation awards ceremony, which was held last Thursday at The Brewery, London. The company, spun out from The University of Manchester by its technology transfer arm, UMIP, was awarded the prize by the judges in recognition of its work in developing [...]

MRC Confidence in Concept Award – The University of Manchester The University of Manchester has been awarded £500k from the MRC Confidence in Concept (CiC) scheme. The University allocation will provide awards up to £100k for a duration of 6-12 months. This is an exciting opportunity to apply for funding to gather data/support feasibility studies [...]

On Thursday 1st November, one of UMIP’s social enterprise spin-outs, STORM Skills Training CIC (Community Interest Company), a self-harm mitigation training service, celebrated its launch. The launch event was hosted by UnLtd and DLA Piper and was held at DLA Piper’s Manchester office. Up to 20 guests attended on the evening, with speakers Julie Nicholson (UnLtd) and Dr [...]