Life Sciences Sector – Call for Proposals

The Innovation in Life Sciences call seeks in collaboration with organisations in the life sciences sector to create HNCDI projects that apply emerging digital technologies, such as supercomputing, data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and quantum computing, to industrially relevant and impactful research and innovation to further drug discovery and precision medicine in the UK.   

We are seeking project proposals that will leverage newly developed and existing digital technologies to improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of solutions within the life sciences sector.  

The Innovation in Life Sciences call will focus on the following themes of:

• Drug discovery

• Personalised medicine and treatment recommendations

• Patient-specific responses to drug treatment

• Predictive analytics for patient outcomes

The applicable technology areas for consideration are but limited to: 

• AI enhanced modelling and simulation
• AI enhanced data analytics
• Scalable AI
• Exascale computing
• Quantum computing

Most projects are anticipated to fall in the 3 – 12 month timeframe, with maximum project duration being fixed at 12 months.

Key Dates

14 October 2024 | Expressions of interest open

29 November 2024 | Expressions of Interest deadline

1 March 2025 | Full project proposal submission deadline 

Funding Type

This call is funded by the Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation. The programme will fund all STFC and IBM staff, and compute resources. No direct funding is available to organisations outside of the HNCDI partners.

Eligibility

To be eligible for participation to the submission and project delivery phases, your organisation must:

• be a UK based business of any size registered at Companies House;
• have a development base for the relevant product or service in the UK or provide the relevant product or service from or in the UK;  
• if “in kind contribution” is provided, carry out its project work in the UK;
• intend to exploit the results from or in the UK;
• start the project in the window between 1 April 2025 to 1 June 2025;
• end the project by 31 March 2026. 

How To Apply

To apply, read the call information carefully and submit the completed form to hartreecentre@stfc.ac.uk ​ 

Download the application form

Download call information pack