WORK WITH US
WORK WITH US
Collaborate With Us
Our team collaborate with industry experts, businesses, healthcare professionals, researchers, as well as children, young people, and families.
If you are looking to partner with us to develop a technology for paediatrics or child health, please complete our innovation support request form.
GUIDANCE
Please read our guidance before completing the form to ensure your request is within our remit.
FORM
Please complete our innovation support request form to tell us about your technology.
RESOURCES
Newsletters, peer-reviewed publications, funding calls, reports, and case studies.
FAQs
Find answers to our most frequently asked questions.
Support We Offer
Our team are able to support innovations for paediatrics and child health that align with our five research themes:
- Early Life
- Long-Term Conditions in Childhood
- Transition
- Mind-Body Integration
- Child Health AI Network
Please note that we usually cannot provide significant and ongoing support without funding. This funding is often obtained by our team being written into funding applications as collaborators or subcontractors.
FUNDING
We are highly experienced in securing funding, and can advise on and support funding applications.
KNOWLEDGE CENTRE
Our knowledge centre provides an extensive repository of resources for individuals and groups aiming to develop high quality and effective technologies for paediatrics and child health.
PUBLIC AND PATIENT INVOLVEMENT
We work closely with children, young people, families, and patient and public involvement groups during every stage of the innovation pathway.
ADVICE FROM EXPERT CLINICIANS
Our Theme Leads provide expert guidance to ensure we develop innovations that address key priority areas.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
We have extensive experience overseeing projects across academia, healthcare, and industry, and can manage and support projects of various sizes. Read our case studies to find out more.
ACCESS TO NHS AND NIHR INFRASTRUCTURE
We work across NHS and NIHR infrastructure, and are one of the 14 NIHR HealthTech Research Centres (HRCs). We can help you find the right NHS and NIHR organisations to work with.
TESTING & CLINICAL TRIALS
We can advise on and support the rapid clinical evaluation of medical technologies in the NHS.
REGULATIONS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We can advise on regulatory guidance and intellectual property for medical technologies. Our team is supported by the Centre for Healthcare Equipment & Technology Adoption (CHEATA) based in Nottingham.
STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATIONS
We have extensive networks across healthcare, industry, and academia, and can help you find the right people to collaborate with.
Innovation Pathway
Our innovation pathway informs and guides how we develop and commercialise technologies for paediatrics and child health.
Our team can support your innovation at any stage of the pathway.
IDENTIFY
- Identify and validate unmet needs
- Establish team
- Intellectual property and regulation strategies
- Involvement of children, young people, and families
DEVELOP
- Product development
- Testing and clinical trials
- Human factors
- Involvement of children, young people, and families
ADOPT
- Regulation and governance
- Procurement and commissioning
- Involvement of children, young people, and families