Launchpad: life & health sciences, Northern Ireland – R1 MFA

The funding will support projects across the three Launchpad competition strands that target the innovation cluster in Northern Ireland.

The aim of this competition is to support outstanding innovation projects led by businesses. Your business must be active or growing work activities in the life and health sciences innovation cluster in Northern Ireland.

This Launchpad competition supports the Government’s goals in the Levelling Up White Paper.

The projects will contribute to Northern Ireland’s ambitions for its life and health sciences cluster.

Your proposal must align to the scope criteria for this competition.

This competition is split into three strands:

• Launchpad: life and health sciences, Northern Ireland, Round 1 De minimis or Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA)(this strand)
• Launchpad: life and health sciences, Northern Ireland, Round 1 Collaborative Research and Development (CR&D)
• Launchpad: Northern Ireland, Cluster Management

It is your responsibility to ensure you submit your application to the correct strand for your project. You will not be able to transfer your application and it will not be sent for assessment if it is out of scope.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process.