The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) established the Place-Based Impact Acceleration Account (PBIAA) scheme to accelerate research translation across the UK. Ten regional hubs were selected in the first round, with a further 8 in the second round, totalling over £80m investment. Each PBIAA focuses on its region’s specific strengths whilst contributing to national innovation capacity. The Yorkshire MedTech PBIAA specialises in medical technologies, leveraging our region’s concentration of clinical expertise and commercial MedTech sector. It is one of the largest of five MedTech/biotech-related EPSRC PBIAAs.
Yorkshire is home to one of the UK’s leading MedTech ecosystems, combining world-class research facilities, extensive clinical expertise, and a deeply embedded commercial sector. This regional strength creates unique opportunities for translational research.
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The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst (IBIC) is a £5 million EPSRC place-based initiative that brings together north-west England’s industrial biotechnology community to accelerate knowledge exchange, skills development, and innovation. It galvanises links between the region’s science, research, innovation, and teaching sectors to create real-world impact.
Led from NTU’s Medical Technologies Innovation Facility, EMERGE RehabTech will accelerate adoption of new rehabtech emerging from university research into health and care pathways. This will drive regional economic growth, transform health outcomes and tackle health inequalities in the region.
Tay Health Tech is creating an innovation ecosystem to drive the use and impact of healthcare technologies in the community. This will help to reduce health inequalities across Tayside.
The Digital Health Technologies Accelerator(DHTA) is a Northern Ireland based consortium led by Ulster University with partners at Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast City Council, HIRANI, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust and 14 MedTech companies in the Belfast area.
The PBIAA network creates opportunities for inter-regional collaboration and knowledge sharing. This national infrastructure significantly enhances the support available to individual researchers and strengthens the UK’s overall innovation ecosystem.
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