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.investorsearch.info

www.academiasearch.info

www.innovationparksearch.info

www.theintellectualproperty.net

www.theknowledgevine.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