£67m investment in innovation centres

30 January 2014

Chancellor George Osborne has announced £30m of Government funding as part of a total investment of £67m in four innovation centres across Oxfordshire.

Two Oxford University innovation centres will benefit from the investment aiming to ensure that even more business ideas make the transition from the laboratory to the global marketplace and that high-tech start-ups can grow and develop into larger companies.

Oxford to receive £7 million to turn bright ideas into global opportunities

15 June 2022

The University of Oxford has been awarded more than £7 million, the highest amount of funding given to organisations across the UK, in the latest round of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding - aimed at fueling the best, brightest and most disruptive ideas from Uk research institutions.

Oxford expands the Cartography collaboration with Janssen

6 June 2022

The University of Oxford announced today that it has expanded a strategic collaboration with Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. The agreement was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Oxford spin-out Optellum attains CE marking for its early lung cancer diagnosis AI technology

6 April 2022

The contribution of individual features on clinical imaging scans to the performance of the LCP-CNN cancer risk prediction model developed in Oxford was investigated.

Oxford University retains top spot for spinout generation in the UK

4 April 2022

Oxford University has been ranked first in the UK for turning academic research into spinout companies, according to a new report published today by data analyst firm Beauhurst.

The glass half full man: Professor Chas Bountra and Oxford's innovative future

1 April 2022

Forget the TV clichés about Oxford – all punting and pass the port. The 925-year-old university is full of the most amazing people who are helping and benefiting the world, well beyond the quads and spires, says Professor Chas Bountra, the university’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation. After the events of the last two years - and the COVID-19 vaccine [2.5 billion doses delivered and counting] - this most enthusiastic champion of Oxford maintains there can be no doubt, innovation is part and parcel of the historic university’s future. Who knows what is coming next, he says, expectantly.

Exscientia and University of Oxford launch “Xcellomics” program to expedite early-stage academic research and translate novel biology into future drug discovery

10 March 2022

Exscientia and the University of Oxford's Target Discovery Institute (TDI) today announced the formation of Xcellomics – a program designed to source cellular functional assays from the global academic community to develop novel screens and identify targets and therapeutic candidates for unmet medical needs.