Precision Neurotechnologies for Human Therapeutics

Concepts

• research services
• the human brain
• human therapeutics
• precision
• human
• neurotechnologies
• therapeutics
• brain disorders
• distributed brain regions
• disorders

Location

LONDON

Description

ARIA is an R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. We empower scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of what is technologically or scientifically possible. We reach across disciplines, sectors and institutions to shape, fund and manage projects across the R&D ecosystem, from startups to universities, to break down silos and discover new pathways.

Total Quantity or Scope

Neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders have an enormous social and economic impact - in 2019, brain disorders accounted for 500m years of healthy life lost. Despite advances in brain-computer interfacing technologies, there have been very few serious attempts at engaging with the central nervous system at the circuit level, where disorders ranging from epilepsy to depression occur. We see a critical opportunity to develop next-generation tools that interface with the human brain at the circuit level. Operating across distributed brain regions and with cell type specificity, these new platform technologies could yield breakthroughs in disease understanding and diagnosis, alleviate bottlenecks in existing therapies, and move us closer to a world in which personalised brain health care is available to everyone. Our goal: to unite the frontiers of engineered biology and hardware to treat many of the complex and devastating brain disorders affecting individuals and communities worldwide. For more information see here https://www.aria.org.uk/precision-neurotechnologies/

Renewal Options

Additional funding, scope and duration could be added to any contracts awarded.

CPV Codes

• 73110000 - Research services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

We're looking for proposals for our Precision Neurotechnologies for Human Therapeutics programme, for more information see here https://www.aria.org.uk/precision-neurotechnologies/ Detailed timelines can be found in the programme call information on ARIAs website: https://www.aria.org.uk/precision-neurotechnologies/ The application process for Technical Areas 1, 2 and 3 consists of two stages: - Submission of a concept paper - At this stage and based on your concept paper, you will either be encouraged/ discouraged to submit a full proposal. If you receive feedback indicating that you are not encouraged to submit a full proposal you can still choose to submit a full proposal. You should note that this preliminary assessment/encouragement provides no guarantee of any full proposal being selected for award of funding. The deadline for submission of concept papers is 29 July 2024 (12:00 BST). - Submission of a full proposal - the deadline for submission of full proposals is 09 September 2024 (12:00 BST). The total funding value is the estimated budget available. We expect to fund multiple applicants. Funding is anticipated to be award via both contracts and grants. For information on how we fund https://www.aria.org.uk/faqs-funding/