
The search is under way for the best researchers and innovators in our region with the launch of the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2025.
The annual awards honour those individuals and organisations that have made the greatest impact in the development and delivery of innovation and research in Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Hosted by Health Innovation North West Coast and Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC), the awards provide an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding achievements and impactful work being done in health and care across the region. This is a chance to recognise excellence and innovation, bringing together professionals who are driving positive change in healthcare.
Who can enter?
Whether you work within the NHS, are a research study participant, a patient with an interest in research, work in the wider healthcare industry or local government, are conducting research, part of industry, the third sector or academia, we want to hear from you and what health related research projects or innovation you have been working on and implementing to change things for the better!,
10 Awards on Offer
The awards will showcase the best research and innovation from NHS organisations, industry and academic partners, third sector organisations, local authorities and other collaborators in health innovation.
The winners will be announced on 10 April 2025 at a ceremony at The Spine in Liverpool, home of the Royal College of Physicians.
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