Boost4Health
Value of EU Grant - £169,000
Name of funding programme - Interreg 5B North West Europe
Start and end dates - April 2016 to February 2022
Boost4Health will support Kent-based Life Sciences companies with internationalisation and in particular market entry in mainland Europe. The project will formally link Kent’s new BioGateway cluster to various European life science clusters.
- BOM (Business Development & Foreign Investments), Brabant (Netherlands)
- Manchester Growth Company (United Kingdom)
- Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Oost (Netherlands)
- Biocat Catalunya (Spain)
- Université de Liège (Belgium)
- ID2Santé, Bretagne (France)
- BioRegio STERN Stuttgart (Germany)
- Biopeople; University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Eurasanté Lille (France)
- To boost internationalisation among life science companies in Kent
- To provide practical support to Kent life science businesses to help with exporting
- To encourage international collaborations and partnering to help companies access new commercial opportunities
- To link Kent’s BioGateway cluster to major European life science clusters and organisations
- International business growth coaching programme delivered
- International product validation network established
- International life science clustering activity delivered
- Micro-financing for growth acceleration services & international collaborations