Innovation Development Award
Funds King's College London researcher innovations advancing toward commercial application.
The Innovation Development Award (IDA) is an internal seed-funding programme administered by King's Innovation Catalyst, the technology-transfer office of King's College London. Launched in February 2026, the programme draws on a £500,000 internal fund to help KCL researchers advance innovations toward commercial application across all faculties — including healthcare, physical sciences, social sc…
All KCL research disciplines — healthcare, physical sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.
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