The NIHR Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative works with patients, carers, NHS, charities, academia, inventors, SME’s and business angels to support the development of new medical devices and healthcare technologies improving the effectiveness and quality of healthcare services.

We support academics and clinicians by providing access to a multi-disciplinary team and the opportunity to forge partnerships with industry experts. We have also established a Register for Healthcare Involvement and Technology Evaluation (RHITE) to support study recruitment in brain injury research.

We engage annually in seedcorn funding competitions and mentoring of innovators and provide industry partners with access to front-line clinical and academic expertise. We can help you to build a multi-disciplinary team that will work collaboratively with you to ensure you generate the evidence you need to support the adoption of your medical device or digital technology in the NHS.

We have initiated the implementation of the ‘Public Empowerment through Patient Inspired Innovation’ vision and are committed to engaging patients and carers throughout our work programme. We believe strongly that research should focus on questions that are important to people with brain injuries, and those who care for them.
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Enabling HealthTech through the NIHR – demystifying the process.
Are you a Medtech SME based in the East of England looking for support to get your innovative Medical Device, Diagnostic or Digital Health Tech to market? The NIHR and the Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative are hosting an event on [...]
UKRI – UK Research and Innovation
Funding opportunity Funding opportunity: Neurosciences and mental health partnership Opportunity status: Open Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC) Funding type: Grant Publication date: 23 December 2021 Opening date: 15 February 2023 9:00am UK time Closing date: 24 May 2023 4:00pm UK time Apply for [...]
New funding opportunity: Research for Patient Benefit – Competition 50
The NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme is inviting stage 1 applications for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff, and that have the potential to have an impact on the health or wellbeing of patients [...]