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CLOSED - Therapeutic Acceleration Support (TAS) Fund Digital Diagnostics & Therapeutics Call
9 May 2022
In the first TAS of it's kind, Digital Diagnostics & Therapeutics Call will support preliminary translational work on projects driven by high quality software programs and technology to prevent, manage, or treat a broad spectrum of physical, mental, and behavioural conditions.
The Translational Research Office are pleased to announce the launch of the first Therapeutic Acceleration Support (TAS) Fund Digital Diagnostics & Therapeutics Call!
- Application submission deadline: 1st July 2022 (17:00 UK time)
The UCL Therapeutic Acceleration Support (TAS) Fund is supported by the MRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA), Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund and the three Biomedical Research Centres (BRC) affiliated with UCL (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) BRC, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) BRC and Moorfields BRC.
It aims to accelerate the transition from discovery science to the early stages of therapeutic development by providing responsive and flexible funding to support preliminary translational work.
This Digital Diagnostics & Therapeutics Call expects to typically fund individual projects up to a value of £35K (directly incurred costs only) for up to 6 months.
Remit of this Call:
- Digital Diagnostics & Therapeutics deliver evidence-based interventions to patients that are driven by high quality software programs to prevent, manage, or treat a broad spectrum of physical, mental, and behavioural conditions.
- They incorporate advanced technology best practices relating to design, clinical validation, usability, and data security. They are reviewed and cleared or approved by regulatory bodies as required to support product claims regarding risk, efficacy, and intended use.
- Applications will only be considered from multidisciplinary teams combining digital and clinical expertise of investigators across different UCL faculties and the NHS.
- Before applying please read the Applicant Guidance to ensure that your project is in remit. Applications that do not conform to the brief will not be considered for funding.
View the Full Application Guidance (UCL sign in required)
Enquiries about the scheme and completed application forms should be sent to Helen Cooksley (h.cooksley@ucl.ac.uk) in the Translational Research Office. Once confirmed, the TAS Digital Call panel will be available to view on the TRO funding opportunities page.