In Case You Missed It: Here's What The MTPConnect Team Has Been up to in February

11 March 2022

MTPConnect Appointed ‘Innovation Intermediary’ for Adelaide BioMed City
MTPConnect has been appointed to deliver the External Innovation and Translation Intermediary services for Adelaide BioMed City (ABMC) health and life sciences Innovation District. Under the $3 million initiative awarded by the South Australian government, MTPConnect will work with ABMC and its research, clinical and business partners to build collaborations and realise the innovation potential of South Australia’s health and biomedical industry sectors.

REDI Fellowship Program Paused
The REDI Fellowship program provides companies in the medical products sector (medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals) with up to $250,000 per annum to bring researchers, clinicians and MTP professionals in-house for up to twelve months to work on priority research projects. The program, operated by MTPConnect, helps build greater engagement between researchers and industry, drive projects towards commercial outcomes and provide fellows with real-world entrepreneurial experiences within research-intensive industry settings. Successful applicants from the November 2021 round are now being finalised, after which all funds in the current budget will be committed and the program will be paused.

TTRA Partners with Australia Centre for Health Services Innovation 
We are pleased to announce a new TTRA partnership with the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), to provide support and mentoring for standalone behavioural intervention applicants and awardees. AusHSI, based at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), are one of Australia’s leading health service research centres, with strengths in health economics, implementation science, statistics and data analysis. 

Life Sciences WA Awarded X-TEND Grant
We are pleased to announce that our partnership with Life Sciences WA (LSWA) has been awarded an X-TEND WA program grant, supported by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation and part of the New Industries Fund. This funding will bolster LSWA’s current efforts to increase the awareness of the opportunities available to investors on WA’s burgeoning life science sector through the creation of a bespoke ‘Investment Series’ education program. The matched funding component of this grant has been provided through MTPConnect’s Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) initiative, on behalf of the Medical Research Future Fund.