Tag: Innovate UK

Network launch for immersive digital mental health therapeutics

Stuart Mitchell

Innovate UK announces partnership with the Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London to support UK innovators. Mindset Innovate UK’s £20 million Mindset programme is driving the growth of immersive digital mental health solutions in the UK. By funding projects that develop therapeutic interventions, Mindset is establishing a supportive ecosystem to facilitate the market entry of these innovations. Through fostering collaboration between the immersive technology sector and mental health providers, Mindset aims to accelerate treatment by leveraging immersive digital therapies to offer faster and more accessible support for individuals with mental…

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Funding to boost advances in environmental monitoring solutions

Stuart Mitchell

Innovate UK and the Department for Environment Food Rural Affairs’ (Defra) will invest up to £5 million for collaborative projects that develop environmental monitoring solutions to enable improved monitoring of environmental variables. Global demand for environmental monitoring is rising as awareness grows regarding the importance of monitoring the environment’s state and changes over time. This presents a significant opportunity for future growth and this funding opportunity aims to position the UK at the forefront of this burgeoning market. Innovation in environmental monitoring programme Defra and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)…

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Innovate UK invests over £25m in net zero projects

Stuart Mitchell

Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living programme launches UK-wide package of funding and guidance to help accelerate net zero in regions and local communities. A £25 million package of support from innovation agency Innovate UK will help local authorities across the UK: tackle the barriers to climate action projects speed up their progress to net zero share expertise unlock investment opportunities worth up to £500 billon As part of Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living programme, seven local authorities will each receive Innovate UK funding of between £2 million and £5 million…

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UK grants help AI plastic sorting in Kenya, milk pouch recycling in India and waste pickers in South Africa

Stuart Mitchell

Plastics pilots funded by the International Circular Plastics Flagship Competition – a collaboration between Innovate UK and WRAP delivered through the Global Sustainable Plastic Packaging Programme – have supported actions under international Plastics Pacts and helped deliver improvements at plastic pollution hotspots in Chile, Colombia, India, Kenya, Mexico, and South Africa.   David Rogers, International Director WRAP, explains “Having a network of international plastics partnerships is key in progressing consistent work around the world to repair our planet. Each is uniquely placed to make the changes urgently needed within its own…

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AI innovations are awarded £1.9m by Longitude Prize on Dementia

Stuart Mitchell

The Longitude Prize on Dementia has announced its 24 Discovery Award winners, who will each receive £80,000 grants as part of the overall £4million prize pot and progress to the semi-final stage. The prize, which is funded by the UK’s Alzheimer’s Society and Innovate UK and delivered by Challenge Works, is driving the development of personalised, technology-based tools that are co-created with people living with the early stages of dementia, helping them live independent, more fulfilled lives and enable them to do the things they enjoy. A total of £1.9 million has…

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