Innovative products and services are urgently needed to ensure as high a quality of life as possible, throughout the life course. This tremendous opportunity for business is as yet under recognised and your business could benefit! The Institute for Ageing and Health, founded in 1994, has developed to become Europe’s leading research centre in its field. Based on the rapidly developing Campus for Ageing and Vitality, on the Newcastle General Hospital site, we have established a unique, multidisciplinary environment for engagement between research, training, public and volunteer sectors, the public and business The Institute is a major source of knowledge and innovation with potential for translation into products or services. Our research spans: n How and why we age n Clinical aspects of ageing, particularly brain ageing n Technology to support healthy ageing and those damaged by ageing n The impact of nutrition and exercise on life long vitality n Social aspects of ageing We lead the Newcastle Science City Ageing and Health theme and are committed to seeing genuine benefit, both social and economic emerge from our world class research. We work with businesses and other organisations to support the development of knowledge and innovation to underpin new products and services suited to a society with a much greater average age.
From 2010, we are supported by the European Regional Development Fund to better support projects with small and medium sized businesses based in the North East. The Institute is supported by the University to access funding sources such as the Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme, Translational Research Funds, and regional innovation vouchers, in support of projects with business To learn more about how we could support your business or project, please contact: Graham Armitage, Programme Director for the Campus for Ageing and Vitality on 0191 2481306 or graham.armitage@ncl.ac.uk