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SCALE Initiative
SCALE — Strategic Collaborative Alliances in Life Sciences and Emerging Technologies — is funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Enterprise Ireland (EI) and coordinated by the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA) in partnership with FundtoInnovate (FTI), Italy’s National Research Council (CNR) and University College Cork (UCC).
The initiative strengthens collaborative R&I across the UK, Italy, Ireland and Germany to build high‑impact consortia for the Horizon Europe 2026–2027 Work Programme.
Bioeconomy & Farm2Fork
HE Cluster 6 | Edinburgh, 4-5 December 2025
Health and Mission Cancer
HE Cluster 1 | Dublin, 5-6 February 2026
AI, Digital, Industry
HE Cluster 1,4 and 6 | Berlin, 26-27 February 2026
Health and Mission Cancer
HE Cluster 1 | Rome, 12-13 March 2026
Core outputs
- 4 brokerage events connecting academia, SMEs and industry.
- 8 post‑event roundtables (25+ participants each).
- Mapping of 100 experts across 4 countries.
- Capacity‑building on proposal design, impact and innovation management.
- Ongoing mentoring by SULSA, FTI and CNR.
Impact & benefits
- Stronger UK–EU collaboration in life sciences.
- Cross‑sector innovation and technology transfer.
- Access to European RIs and innovation ecosystems.
- Foundations for Horizon Europe and future FP10 missions.
Partners
- SULSA (Lead, UK).
- FundtoInnovate — FTI (Ireland).
- CNR — National Research Council (Italy).
- University College Cork (UCC).
- Supported by UK DSIT and Enterprise Ireland.
Contacts
FundtoInnovate: Karen Galvin, Magdalena Tyndyk, Valeria Pulieri — scale@fundtoinnovate.com
SULSA: Ally Hughes (Executive Director) — A.Hughes@SULSA.ac.uk
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