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Grants

NIHR i4i Connect

Status

Status not published

Periodic competition calls, usually one or two per year.

Open now

Amount

£650,000

Awards typically up to around GBP 650,000 over up to 24 months for SMEs that need to reach the evidence threshold for a full Product Development Award.

Funder

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

public · national

Deadline: cutoff — Periodic competition calls, usually one or two per year.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

small enterprises
Sectors: health
Stage: pre_seed, seed
R&D activity required
Locally registered entity required

Specifically for SMEs whose technology is not yet mature enough for i4i Product Development Awards.

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.nihr.ac.uk/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked