Deadline: 14 July 2024
Innovate UK invites ambitious companies with expertise in self-driven healthcare to participate in a Global Business Innovation Programme in the USA.
Innovate UK’s Global Business Innovation Programme consists of a Get ready preparation phase, 5-day innovation visit focused on Self-Driven Healthcare, an Exploit the opportunity workshop and follow up support from an Innovate UK innovation and growth specialist, helping your business maximise the opportunities identified, including developing innovation projects with partners in the territory. This initiative will be delivered physically. This programme will include a visit to HLTH conference in Las Vegas.
The Global Business Innovation Programme is structured around three main phases and each business will have a designated Innovate UK innovation and growth specialist to support them for the duration of the offering, including developing an action plan to capitalise on the opportunities identified. The three main phases of the Global Business Innovation Programme are:
- Get ready: Briefing workshop to build knowledge and understanding of the market and potential opportunities, including how to do business, cultural aspects, how to protect your IP and training on how to improve your pitch and articulate your value proposition. (2 day workshop)
- Visit the market: Explore the innovation opportunities first-hand through meeting with key companies and research organisations and potential collaborators and partners through pre-arranged meetings and organised matchmaking. (5 days of market related activity)
- Exploit the opportunity: An exploitation workshop and one-to-one support from a Innovate UK Innovation and Growth Specialist to follow up and take advantage of the opportunities identified. (1 day workshop and as a guide, around 5 days working with an Innovate UK innovation and growth specialist)
Focus Areas
They would welcome applications from innovative companies involved in driving resource use, efficiency, and productivity through the development of digital health innovations with a focus on AI & data driven solutions in the following areas:
- Healthy lives & longevity
- Preventative health & diagnostics
- Chronic condition management
Benefits of the Programme
- Explore USA self-driven healthcare opportunities.
- A better understanding of the challenges and opportunities of doing business in USA.
- Find potential innovation collaborators and partners and develop your network in the UK and globally.
- Improve your company value proposition to international partners.
Who can apply?
To apply for this initiative, you must:
- Be a UK based innovation-led company with ambitions to grow and internationalise
- Be a company with fewer than 250 employees
- Be CEO, Founder or senior decision maker and able to attend and complete all activities.
For more information, visit Innovate UK.
