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1 July 2004
A "fitness" programme for farmed fish and a new keyhole surgery treatment for back pain are among the projects to secure new funding today, July 1 2004, from a ground-breaking innovation programme.
A total of 26 commercially-focused research projects will benefit from £4.6m of support announced today from the internationally-acclaimed Proof of Concept Fund backed by Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Executive.
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have won a cash award from the Fund to develop pioneering sea-cage technology which helps regulate the swimming of farmed fish - effectively an "aquatic aerobics" programme.
It's hoped the innovation can be commercially developed for fish farms helping to keep fish fit and healthy and ultimately boosting quality levels and productivity.
Also securing support is an exciting new technique to treat back pain. A team from NHS Grampian has developed a prosthetic disc which can be inserted using day care key-hole surgery.
The project has the potential to offer major benefits to back pain sufferers and reduce the burden on the NHS and economy caused by absences from work.
Under the latest Proof of Concept funding announced today by Deputy Enterprise Minister Lewis Macdonald nine universities, a college of art, a research institute and a NHS establishment are to benefit from awards.
The Minister also announced a £3.6 million European funding boost to set up Proof of Concept Plus a new support scheme aimed at improving the commercialisation potential of projects funded under the existing scheme.
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