Projects funded through the HTAF MRC CiC are principally collaborations between a UoE-based NHS Lothian clinician and an Engineer or Physical Scientist (EPS) investigator from a consortium University. HTAF aims to partner clinicians who have identified an area of outstanding clinical need with an EPS investigator who possesses a potential biophotonics-based solution.
HTAF works iteratively with project teams to develop proposals that outline the current unmet clinical need, the proposed technological solution (and its advantages relative to standard of care) and where the technology could fit into existing clinical pathways.