The Worshipful Company of Needlemakers  new award

The Worshipful Company of Needlemakers have established new award this year. The award aims to support an early-stage project developing medical or bioscience products, technologies or services making use of the innovative and/or advanced use of needles or needle replacements for the benefit of patients and wider society.

The award winner will be selected by a distinguished panel of expert judges with clinical, academic and commercial backgrounds comprising:

 - Dr Tom Bashford, Consultant Anaesthetist & Assistant Professor in Healthcare Systems, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

-  Professor Teresa Lambe, Professor of Vaccinology and Immunology, Oxford University

- Liveryman Ian Quirk, CEO and Founder of Active Needle Technology Ltd.

- Dr Mark Slack, Chief Medical Officer, and Co-Founder of CMR Surgical

- Liveryman Helen Tomkys, Head of Global Health Security Preparedness, Department of Health & Social Care

The Worshipful Company of Needlemakers will make this award working in conjunction with the Worshipful Company of Entrepreneurs, whose Entrepreneurs' Award in Social Innovation (EASI) is a successful and established programme.  The award winner will benefit from a package of support provided by the Needlemakers in conjunction with the Entrepreneurs, comprising a programme of workshops and mentoring together with access to valuable networks, and a one-off prize of £7,500 payable by the Needlemakers to the applicant organisation.

Further details can be found in the following link, including to the application form.   The closing date for applications is 17 April (which may be subject to a short extension upon request) and the shortlist of applicants will be interviewed by the panel, with the winner announced late May.

https://www.needlemakers.org.uk/industrial-heritage/needlemakers-award