Medtech & Diagnostics grants
Non-dilutive capital for devices, diagnostics and digital health
Device and diagnostic companies burn capital long before revenue, which makes grant funding the most efficient money on the table. Innovate UK, NIHR and Horizon Europe's Health cluster all fund medtech, but each rewards a different story. Clinical need, technical novelty, or NHS operational relevance, choosing the wrong route costs a year.
£190m+ won by our team
PhD-level specialists who have won these awards themselves.
Funders funding medtech & diagnostics
- NIHR
- EIT Health
- MRC
Programmes that fit medtech & diagnostics companies
Innovate UK CR&D competitions
Mission-led awards for device and diagnostic innovation with a strong commercial route to market.
NIHR i4i Programme
Best fit where the case is clinical need and NHS pathway evidence rather than pure engineering novelty.
EIT Health Innovation Uptake
European co-funding for health innovations moving from validation into adoption.
What assessors actually score
- Clear separation of technical risk from regulatory risk
- Bench data that supports the feasibility claim, not just the vision
- Evidence of clinical demand from named NHS or clinical users, not market reports
Where we work in medtech & diagnostics
Medtech & Diagnostics grants in our directory
Live programmes from the UK grant directory that suit medtech & diagnostics projects. Deadlines move between rounds, so each listing links through to the current detail.
EIT Urban Mobility
[EIT Urban Mobility] Strategic Innovation Open Call - Health and mobility
This is a multi-beneficiary call requiring a minimum of two independent legal entities working together, established in two different European Member States and/or Third countries associated with Horizon Europe.
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Research infrastructure] Understanding inhabitant’s experiences of neighbourhoods to support their health and well-bei…
Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03). Applicants must be legal entities established in the eligible countries described in Annex B of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes; consortium and other participation rules also follow General Annex B.
NIHR
[NIHR] Stage 1 NICE: i4i Product Development Awards (PDA) NICE early use - October 2026
Applications must come from a consortium whose evaluation partner is a UK legal entity and leads the work to generate evidence. The consortium must also include the product provider as technology partner and at least one NHS site or service adopting the product. Eligible products must already have a published NICE recommendation for early use in the NHS.
NIHR
[NIHR] Stage 1: i4i Product Development Awards (PDA) - October 2026
A minimum of two organisations must be involved Eligibility: between 24 - 36 months A minimum of two organisations must be involved (ideally an NHS organisation/University along side the business) Objectives: The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Product Development Awards (PDA) Call aims to support collaborative research and development of medical devices, in vitro diagnostic devices, and high-impact patient-focused digital health technologies intended for use within the NHS or social care systems. What They Look For: The i4i PDA seeks proposals that have demonstrated proof-of-concept and…
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics] Apply AI: Challenge-Driven AI Innovation Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors…
Expected to open. Open to consortia (not single applicants) of legal entities established in EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, and specific associated countries (Canada, Israel, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK); user-industry companies from the targeted strategic sector (healthcare, advanced manufacturing, or autonomous driving) must be core consortium partners. The lead consortium organises a multi-stage competition and provides financial support to third parties (SMEs or small SME-led teams) who compete to develop AI solutions; each proposal must focus on exactly one of the…
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Food & Bioeconomy] Microbiome for livestock sustainability & health (One Health)
Expected to open. Consortium; UK eligible (Assoc. Country); SMEs as partners
Relevant client wins
Grants our team has won for companies solving comparable technical problems.
£183,682
For AI-enhanced music therapy
MediMusic
Life sciences: digital therapeutics
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£322,500
£322.5K won, 10m+ patients addressable
Perioperative risk prediction program
Life sciences: clinical risk prediction
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Grant awarded
Biomedical Catalyst funding secured
Learning with Experts
Life sciences: perinatal AI
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Grant awarded
NIHR i4i Connect funding secured
Directed Systems
Life sciences: surgical decision support
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