In 1973 a mental health practitioner would have to read 3 research papers per day to stay up to date on the latest high quality research. By 2013 that number rose to 249 papers per day.

André Tomlin, The Mental Elf

I4i Invention for Innovation


Invention for Innovation (i4i) is a translational funding scheme to advance healthcare technologies and interventions for increased patient benefit in areas of existing or emerging clinical need. Similarly, the Health Innovation Challenge Fund (HIC Fund), a partnership between the Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust, is also a translational funding scheme and complements the NIHR i4i Programme at a key translational gap.

Author: National Institute for Health Research
Publication Date: 06 October 2016



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