Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis
Supporting clinical validation of early cancer diagnostic technologies
Innovate UK is funding the clinical validation and evaluation of technologies and devices for earlier cancer diagnosis. The competition forms part of the Cancer Healthcare Goals programme.
Applications must be collaborative. A UK-registered business, academic institution or NHS organisation can lead, and the consortium must include at least one UK-registered micro, small or medium-sized business …
In scope: clinical validation and evaluation of technologies and devices for earlier cancer diagnosis. Applications from a single organisation are not eligible.
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