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Information > NIHR Programmes > The Invention for Innovation Research Programme

Invention for Innovation is a new Programme that brings together the work of several smaller programmes with a new investment stream. The aim of the programme is to help accelerate the take-up and use of proven new treatments and devices by the NHS. The programmes incorporated into the Invention for Innovation Programme are:

• The New and Emerging Applications of Technology (NEAT) Programme, funding research into the use of new or emerging technologies to develop health care products and interventions that improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of health and social care.
• The Health Technology Devices (HTD) Programme, which funds research into new medical devices and technologies that will help people and patients towards independence of health and social care.
• The Challenge Fund for Innovation, a new Programme that promotes the uptake of health research and developments into use in the NHS.
• The Department of Health's contribution to the piloting of Healthcare Technology Co-operatives, as announced in the recent Healthcare Industries Task Force Report.