Small Grants Programmes
Accessing early-stage resources is often the key to unlocking breakthrough innovations. Our Small Grants Programmes are designed to provide agile financial support for SMEs seeking to advance novel HealthTech solutions. In addition to funding, we connect recipients with a broader innovation network, giving you visibility and opportunities for follow-on support.
Deadlines and upcoming calls are posted here, ensuring you never miss a chance to apply. Our goal is to empower you to take a decisive next step in bringing your Health and CareTech concepts to fruition—delivering benefit faster for patients, service users and frontline professionals in the round.
Current Opportunities
Developing Digital Care Technology
We’re seeking CareTech developers with bold ideas to help transform adult social care provision across the Liverpool City Region (LCR) and beyond.
This programme offers a unique opportunity to accelerate innovative solutions that respond directly to some of the adult social care sector’s most pressing challenges.
Academic & Clinician Health Tech Small Grants
The HealthTech Design Studio (HTDS) Academic and Clinician Health Tech Small Grants Programme is a prize fund for staff at University of Liverpool to develop their own health tech project with real-world applicability. The funding will allow staff to generate impact through innovation and commercialisation, to engage with industry, and to access further training and support from the HTDS team.