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Achieving Innovation Directory
There are a great range of organisations in Wales offering
expertise, funding, and facilities for those wishing to drive health,
care, and wellbeing innovation.
Our Achieving Innovation Directory lists all these supporting
resources in one easy-to-access place – whether you need
financial support, advice, or collaboration opportunities.
If you want to discover how Life Sciences Hub Wales can best
support your innovation, then fill out our Innovation Enquiry Form.
Version 1.0
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Aberystwyth
University
Delivering research, teaching and
business support
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Aberystwyth Innovation & Enterprise Campus
Aberystwyth Innovation & Enterprise
Campus provides world-leading
facilities and expertise within the
biotechnology, agri-tech, and food and
drink sectors.
Wales European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) -
part of UK Research and Innovation Aberystwyth University
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Accelerate Accelerate is a pioneering collaboration
between Welsh universities and the Life
Sciences Hub Wales. Helping to translate
innovative ideas into new products
and services to improve the health and
wellbeing of those living in Wales.
Wales Co-funded by European Regional Development Fund, Welsh European Funding Office, Welsh Government's Health and Social Services group, Universities, Life Sciences Hub Wales, Welsh health boards
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Agor IP AgorIP offers expertise to help take
intellectual property to the marketplace
with the aim of making it a commercial
success.
Wales European Union and Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre
Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre
(ATiC), based at University of Wales
Trinity St David, is an integrated research
centre, putting user-centred thinking and
strategic innovation tools into practice in
its cutting-edge user experience research
facility.
Wales Accelerate – co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund,
through the Welsh Government
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Banc Development Bank of Wales invests
in start-up, early stage or established
companies looking to develop and
exploit technology.
Wales European Regional Development Fund and Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Bangor University Delivering research, teaching and
business support
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Bevan Commission The Bevan Commission, hosted and
supported by Swansea University, is
a health and care thinktank. It brings
together international health and
care experts to provide independent,
authoritative advice to the Welsh
Government and leaders in Wales,
the UK and internationally.
Wales Welsh Government and Swansea University Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
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Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
CALIN CALIN is a network of Welsh
universities that provides open
access to leading life science
experts, facilities and research
and development opportunities.
Wales Swansea University, Cardiff University, Bangor University, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Galway and Tyndall National Institute
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Campaign for Science and Engineering
The Campaign for Science and
Engineering (CaSE) is a leading
independent advocate for UK science
and engineering. Its mission is to ensure
that the UK has the skills, funding
and policies to enable science and
engineering to thrive.
UK Charity Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Cardiff Medicentre Cardiff Medicentre is a dedicated
incubator for biotech and medtech start-
ups.
Wales Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Cardiff Metropolitan
University
Delivering research, teaching and
business support
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Cardiff University Delivering research, teaching and
business support
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Catapult Network Catapult is a network of world-
leading technology and innovation
centres established by Innovate UK
as independent non-for-profit private
organisations. It aims to transform the
UK’s capability for innovation in sectors of strength.
UK One third of funding from core UK Government grants, one third from CR&D activities, and one third from commercial work
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Centre for Innovative Ageing
Wales’ leading centre for ageing studies,
advocating a positive view of ageing and
older people.
Wales Swansea University Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
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Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Centre for Nanohealth An integrated facility providing access
to patients, where novel devices and
sensors can be designed, manufactured,
functionalised, tested and evaluated,
based at Swansea University.
Wales European Regional Development Fund, Swansea University, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Welsh Government Department for Health and Social Services and the Private Sector.
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Clinical Innovation Partnership
A creative initiative aimed at
delivering better patient healthcare
and wealth creation in Wales. It aims
to accelerate the translation of clinical
innovation into improvements in
health and clinical services.
Wales Cardiff University Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
CRISP 2020 The Collaborative Research and
Innovation Support Programme (CRISP)
is a fund intended to stimulate the
capacity of organisations in Wales to
participate in new collaborative research
and development.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Data Innovation
Accelerator
The Data Innovation Accelerator helps
companies in Wales to use their data
better. It aims to work collaboratively
to apply data science techniques to
produce tangible benefits for
businesses.
Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Data Innovation
Centre
The Data Innovation Accelerator supports
small and medium-sized enterprises to
integrate AI into their businesses, through
the provision of data science expertise.
Wales Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Digital Health Ecosystem Wales
Digital Health Ecosystem Wales
brings together industry, clinicians,
policy makers, academics, innovators,
and funders to support digital
innovation and facilitate the adoption
of digital healthcare technology in
Welsh healthcare.
Wales Welsh Government’s Efficiency through Technology Programme Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Economy Future Fund The Government’s £500 million Future
Fund opened in May 2020 – offering
innovative and high-growth British
businesses a pathway to secure
investment through the Coronavirus
outbreak.
UK UK Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
The European
Laboratory Research
& Innovation Group
(ELRIG)
ELRIG is a not-for-profit organisation
serving the life science and drug
discovery communities.
Europe Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Engineering And
Physical Sciences
Research Council
Part of UKRI. Offering partnership
opportunities and the chance to explore
the outcomes of innovative research to
help drive the future prosperity of the UK.
UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Partnership
The ESRC Wales Doctoral Training
Partnership is a consortium of leading
universities, established to train top-
level social scientists across Wales.
Wales
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
European Regions Research And Innovation Network
ERRIN works with research and
innovation to promote triple and
quadruple helix cooperation approaches
and the importance of regional innovation
ecosystems.
Europe Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Expertise Wales An online resource for driving
collaboration and innovation in Wales: a
Welsh Government initiative supported
by the European Regional Development
Fund.
Wales Welsh Government initiative supported by the European Regional Development Fund
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
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Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
GovTech Catalyst The GovTech Catalyst uses a £20 million
fund to pay suppliers to solve public
sector problems using innovative digital
technology.
UK Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Health and Care Research Wales
Health and Care Research Wales brings
together a wide range of partners across
the NHS in Wales, universities and
research institutions, local authorities, and
others to promote research into diseases,
treatments, services and outcomes that
may lead to discoveries and innovations
that may improve and save people’s lives.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
The Health
Foundation
The Health Foundation offers funding
and partnerships to help improve the
quality of care for the public.
UK Independent charity Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Health Technology Centre Health Technology Centre supports
the translation of promising ideas from
the life science and health sectors in
Wales into new products, processes,
and services – aiming to create long
lasting economic value alongside
broader societal benefits.
Wales Accelerate – co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, through the Welsh Government
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Health Technology Wales Health Technology Wales is a national
body working to improve the quality of
care in Wales. Among other things, it
supports technology innovation and
development in Wales by acting as an
initial contact point for technology
developers via a ‘Signposting Group’
directing technology innovators to the
relevant organisations within Wales who
can provide advice and support.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Higher Education
Funding Council For
Wales
The Higher Education Funding Council
for Wales – HEFCW – is the public body
operating between Welsh Government
and higher education providers. Among
other things, it provides funding for
higher education teaching and research.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Horizon 2020 Horizon 2020 is the current European
programme for research and
innovation. It has a budget of €80 billion
and runs until 2020.
Europe European Union Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Horizon Europe The EU’s key funding programme for
research and innovation with a budget of
€95.5 billion.
It tackles climate change, helps to
achieve the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals and boosts the
EU’s competitiveness and growth.
Europe European Union Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Improvement Cymru Improvement Cymru is an all-Wales
Improvement service for NHS Wales.
It provides expertise in developing,
embedding, and delivering system-
wide improvements across health and
social care.
Wales NHS Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Industrial Strategy
Challenge Fund
The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
is part of UK Government’s Industrial
Strategy, the long-term plan to raise
productivity and earning power in the
UK. It invests in world-leading research
and innovative businesses to address
priority industrial and societal
challenges.
UK UK Government and private sector Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Innovate UK Innovate UK is part of the UK Research
and Innovation. It convenes, catalyses,
and invests in close collaboration with
others to build a thriving, inclusive
research, and innovation system.
UK UK Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Innovation Advisory Council for Wales
IACW advises on a broad range of
innovation matters to help grow and
sustain Wales’ economy and improve
the wealth and wellbeing of the people
of Wales. It monitors progress against
the delivery of the Welsh
Government’s Economic Action Plan:
Prosperity for All.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
The Institute of Life
Science
The Institute of Life Science is the
research arm of Swansea University’s
School of Medicine. It is a
collaboration between IBM, Swansea
University, and the Welsh
Government.
Wales Swansea University, Welsh Government, the NHS, ABMU Health Board and business partners
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
International Health
Coordination Centre
The IHCC is a whole-of-Wales
programme of work that bring together
health boards and NHS Trusts to
promote and facilitate international
health partnerships.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
KTPs are a core component of Wales’s
research and development, and
innovation offer to businesses. They link
forward-thinking organisations with UK
academic teams to deliver innovation
projects led by graduates.
UK Partly UK Government funded Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
The Learned Society of Wales
The Learned Society aims to promote
excellence and scholarship in Wales,
to inspire learning and benefit the
nation.
Wales Independent charity Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Life Sciences Hub Wales Life Sciences Hub aims to help the
people of Wales benefit from improved
healthcare and economic wellbeing by
working with innovative companies to
find solutions for NHS and healthcare
providers.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
MediWales MediWales is a life science network and
representative body for Wales, providing
advice, support, and business
opportunities for members.
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
MediWales Directory The MediWales Annual Review and
Directory provides a summary of
activity from the previous year and an
overview of the Welsh life sciences
sector.
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
National Institute for
Health Research
NIHR is the UK’s largest funder of
health and care research.
UK UK Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
NESTA NESTA is a charitable innovation
foundation. It is based in the UK and
supported by a financial endowment. It
offers practical tools and resources,
funding opportunities and specialist
support.
UK UK National Lottery Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
NHS Health Research Authority
One of several organisations that
work together in the UK to regulate
different aspects of health and social
care research. Its core purpose is to
protect and promote the interests of
patients and the public in health and
social care research.
UK Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
NHS Wales
Informatics Service
Welsh Government’s national
organisation tasked with building and
designing digital services for health and
care in Wales.
Wales NHS Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
NHSX NHSX is a joint unit bringing together
teams from the Department of Health
and Social Care, NHS England, and
NHS Improvement to drive the digital
transformation of care.
UK UK Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
North Wales Clinical Research Centre
North Wales Clinical Research Centre
offers research laboratories housing state
of the art equipment such as flow
cytometer, fluorescence microscopy and
molecular analysers.
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Nuffield Trust The Nuffield Trust is an independent
health thinktank. It aims to improve the
quality of healthcare in the UK by
providing evidence-based research and
policy analysis and informing and
generating debate.
UK Charitable trust Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Optic Innovation
Centre The Optic Innovation Centre provides
research / development and serviced
innovation facilities for start-up and
early-stage companies. It is a hub for
high-level optoelectronics technology
and scientific innovation.
Wales Wrexham Glyndŵr University Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Outreach Research & Innovation Group
The UK’s oncology business service
and site management organisation,
providing management consultancy
and oncology site management
services across research and
innovation
UK Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Primary Care Clusters – PC Hub
The Primary and Community Care
Development and Innovation Hub –
also known as the PC Hub was
established in 2016 to support and
facilitate coordinated activity for
health boards and clusters, at a
national level, in the delivery of
Wales’s national plan for primary and
community care.
Wales NHS Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Research,
Innovation and
Improvement
Coordination Hub
The aim of the hub is to coordinate
research, innovation and improvement
activity in North Wales about how health
and social care services can work
together better. It is part of the Welsh
Government commitment in A Healthier
Wales to establish a nationally
coordinated network of hubs to inform new
integrated models of health and social
care.
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Rapid Service
Evaluation Team
Funded by the NIHR and working on a
UK-wide basis RSET evaluates service
innovations and shares learnings.
UK NIHR Health Service and Delivery Research programme Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
SCoRE Cymru SCoRE Cymru supports collaborative
research and innovation endeavours
through grant funding.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Sêr Cymru Sêr Cymru is a multi-million-pound
funding programme to bring scientific
talent into research posts in Wales.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Small Business Research Initiative
The Small Business Research Initiative
in Wales connects public sector
challenges with innovative ideas from
industry.
Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Small Business Research Initiative Centre of Excellence
The SBRI Centre of Excellence is
hosted by Betsi Cadwaladr University
Health Board and funded by Welsh
Government. The Centre works with
public sector bodies to identify health
challenges where no solution exists
and invites businesses to collaborate
to develop innovative ideas and
solutions.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
SMARTCymru SMARTCymru supports Welsh
businesses to develop, implement and
commercialise new products, processes,
and services.
Wales European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
SMARTExpertise SMARTExpertise offers financial
support to innovative collaboration
projects that require a range of
expertise to solve industry problems.
Wales Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through Welsh Government
Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
SMARTInnovation SMARTInnovation aims to help Wales-
based businesses commercialise new
products, processes, and services. It
offers support via a team of
experienced engineers, scientists,
manufacturing specialists and IP
experts.
Wales European Union Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Social Care Wales Social Care Wales aims to develop the
workforce, improve care and support and
increase public confidence in care,
including setting priorities for research.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Strength in Places Fund The Strength in Places Fund is a UKRI
pathfinder programme that invests in
research and innovation projects to
boost research and innovation capacity
in specific areas of the UK, to drive
economic growth in those areas.
UK National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
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Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Swansea University Delivering research, teaching and
business support.
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Trade & Invest Wales Welsh Government department
offering a portal to the full range of
funding mechanisms, programmes,
and infrastructure available to support
businesses to grow, research /
development opportunities,
International trade links. It aims to
capture and retain the value of any
commercial activity in Wales.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
UK Shared Prosperity
Fund
The Shared Prosperity Fund has been set
up to replace structural funding worth
about £2.1 billion per year that the UK
received from the European Union prior to
its exit. it aims to reduce inequalities
between communities.
UK UK Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
Date updated: 23.06..21
Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
UKRI UKRI convenes, catalyses, and invests in
close collaboration with others to build a
thriving, inclusive, research and innovation
system.
UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Delivering research, teaching and
business support
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Wales Cancer Research
Centre
To work with cancer patients and other
partners to develop and deliver research
excellence which benefits the health and
welfare of people in Wales and beyond.
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Wales School For Social Care Research
The Wales School for Social Care
Research contributes to the sustained
co-production of excellent social care
research that informs and enriches social
care policy and practice in Wales.
Wales Health and Care Research Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Achieving Innovation Directory
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Organisation Purpose Geography Funders Service Audience
Wales Science And
Innovation Advisory
Council
The Wales Science and Innovation
Advisory Council advises the Chief
Scientific Adviser for Wales on the role of
science in Wales’s social and economic
development.
Wales Welsh Government Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
Exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Wellcome Trust Wellcome Trust supports science to
solve the urgent health challenges facing
everyone.
Global Charity Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Women In Science,
Technology, Engineering
And Maths (STEM) Board
Women in STEM Board leads activity
to improve gender equality across the
Welsh STEM community. It offers a
forum for STEM ambassadors to discuss
issues and progress.
Wales Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research
Y Lab Y Lab is a partnership between Cardiff
University and NESTA, bringing together
research excellence and innovation
expertise.
Wales NESTA and Cardiff University Funding Academic
Advice Health
Knowledge
exchange
Social Care
Business
Expertise Government
Networking
Research