SBRI – the Small Business Research Initiative

Bringing new technologies to the NHS

Enabling the NHS to access innovations that solve unmet needs. An NHS England & NHS Improvement initiative supported by the AHSN Network
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Competitions

The initiative supports a programme of competitions inviting companies to come forward with their ideas and new technologies for known NHS challenges.

Funding

Ideas are assessed and a fully funded development contract is agreed between the company and the NHS. SBRI Healthcare monitors the contract – where the NHS is the lead customer.

Simple process

SBRI Healthcare is a fast-track, simplified process that enables the NHS to work with industry to tackle known health challenges.

Competitions: Past & Present

Details of SBRI Healthcare competitions, themes and briefing events

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Company directory

Lists many of the companies that have been funded through SBRI Healthcare

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Case studies

Selected competition winners from previous funding rounds

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Latest SBRI related media

SBRI Healthcare on YouTube

Insights by selected SBRI Healthcare portfolio companies with some amazing products, solutions and technologies.

SBRI Healthcare newsletter – Autumn 2020

This newsletter includes updates following recent SBRI healthcare funding competitions and a round-up of wider development opportunities for innovators.

Latest SBRI news

25May

Accelerating innovative healthcare solutions into the NHS – SBRI Healthcare Annual Review 2019-20

We are proud to announce the publication of the SBRI Healthcare annual review. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated some of the unique challenges in healthcare,.. Read More →
20Apr

Front line of the NHS is fertile ground for the fresh thinking that benefits us all

Hear from our new Programme Director  Mike Lewis, joint Director of SBRI Healthcare and NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programmes, writes about his new role and how.. Read More →
15Mar

The ‘First 100’ Companies

Congratulations to the 15 SBRI Healthcare companies featured in The First UK Digital Health Companies Playbook – The ‘First 100’ Companies – published by the.. Read More →
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