Links
Funding Bodies
- UMIP Premier Fund - http://www.theupf.com
- Northwest Business Angels - http://www.techinvest.org.uk/
- Enterprise Ventures - http://www.enterprise-ventures.co.uk/
- NESTA - http://www.nesta.org.uk/
- Manchester Knowledge Capital - http://www.manchesterknowledge.com/
- Funding for Manchester-Creative Companies - http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2010/05/28/14042-manchester-creative-companies-given-chance-to-access-18m-fund
Associations
- UNICO - the UK University Companies Association - www.unico.org.uk/
- AUTM - Association of University Technology Managers - www.autm.net/index.cfm
- AURIL - Association for University Research & Industry Links - http://www.auril.org.uk/
- The Bioindustry Association - www.bioindustry.org/
- NWUA - http://www.nwua.ac.uk/
- UKBI - http://www.ukbi.co.uk/
- Incubation North West - http://www.incubationnw.org/
- NWIN - http://www.nwin.org.uk/
- UK Bioincubation Manager’s Forum - http://www.ukbioincubation.com/
- Bionow - http://www.bionow.co.uk/
- UK Innovation Forum - www.uk-if.org
Intellectual Property Links
- UK Patent Office - www.patent.gov.uk
- European Patent Office - www.european-patent-office.org/index.en.php
- USPTO - http://www.uspto.gov
- European Intellectual Property Association (EIPA) - http://www.eipa-patents.org/
- World Intellectual Property Organisation - http://www.wipo.int/
Useful tools
www.theintellectualproperty.net
Other useful links
- UMIC Conferencing Facilities - /conferencing/
- Manchester Biotech - http://www.manchesterbiotech.com/
- One Central Park - http://www.onecentralpark.co.uk/
- Broadstone Mill - http://www.broadstone.co.uk/
- Winning Pitch - http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/Academy/
- Manchester Digital - http://www.manchesterdigital.com/
- Manchester Digital Development Agency - http://www.manchesterdda.com/
- Together Works - http://www.togetherworks.org.uk/index.php?q=Home
- TheBusinessDesk.com - http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/
- The University of Manchester - http://www.manchester.ac.uk/
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre - http://www.mahsc.ac.uk/
- The University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited (UMIP)- http://www.umip.com/
- Trustech - http://www.trustech.org.uk/
- Midas - http://www.investinmanchester.com/
- Merseybio - http://www.merseybio.com/
- Manchester Enterprise Centre (MEC) - www.mbs.ac.uk/mec/
- Manchester Science Park - www.manchesterscienceparks.co.uk
- Discovery to Medicine - http://www.discovery2medicine.com/
- The Department of Health - www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
- Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - http://www.berr.gov.uk/ or http://www.dti.gov.uk/
- Knowledge Transfer Partnership - http://www.ktponline.org.uk/
- Government Office North West - http://www.gos.gov.uk/gonw/
- Electronic Repairs & Equipment Manufacturer - http://www.stopfordworkshop.co.uk/
- List of all Government bodies on the internet - www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en
- MANCAT - http://www.mancat.ac.uk/
- National Computing Centre - http://www.ncc.co.uk/
- Manchester Online - www.manchesteronline.co.uk
- Virtual Manchester - www.manchester.com
- Lancashire Online - www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire
- Corridor Manchester - http://www.corridormanchester.com/
- 2xTRA Project - http://www.2xtra.info/
- Technology Strategy Board - http://innovateuk.org/
- Carbon Trust Online Training "Cut Carbon, Cut Costs" - www.carbontrust.co.uk/onlinetraining
- UK Biobank - http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funded-projects/Major-initiatives/UK-Biobank/index.htm
- Nowgen - www.nowgen.org.uk
- The Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB) - http://www.mib.ac.uk/
- Centre of Excellence for Biocatalysis, Biotransformations and Biocatalytic Manufacture (CoEBio3) - www.coebio3.manchester.ac.uk/
- Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (MCISB) - www.mib.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/DTC/
- The National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM) - http://www.nactem.ac.uk/
- Michael Barber Centre for Mass Spectrometry (MBCMS) - http://www.mbc.manchester.ac.uk/
- MIMIT™ - http://www.mimit.org.uk/
- The Centre for Integrative Mammalian Biology (IMB) - http://www.cimb.ls.manchester.ac.uk/
- Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research (CIGMR) - http://www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/genomics/aboutus/cigmr/
- Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) - http://www.mcrc.manchester.ac.uk/
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) - www.manchesterbrc.org