NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellowship 2027 – Scale Your Healthcare Innovation Across the NHS

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellowship 2027 supports innovators with proven healthcare solutions that are ready to grow their impact and achieve wider adoption across the NHS. Fellows receive structured support, mentorship and access to a national network of healthcare leaders and innovators.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Expert mentorship from healthcare, innovation and entrepreneurship leaders

• Support to scale and spread an existing healthcare innovation

• Access to NHS leaders, decision-makers and potential partners

• Strategic support around NHS adoption and implementation

• Leadership and professional development

• Peer learning with other healthcare innovators

• Access to specialist expertise and industry connections

• Support demonstrating and communicating the impact of your innovation

• Opportunities to increase national visibility

• Access to the wider NIA alumni and innovation network

• Support navigating barriers to adoption within the NHS

• A three-year Fellowship designed to help innovations achieve sustainable national impact

Who can apply?

• Healthcare innovators and entrepreneurs

• Clinicians and healthcare professionals

• Founders and leaders of healthcare innovation companies

• Applicants with an innovation that has already been deployed in a healthcare setting

• Solutions must have demonstrated measurable real-world results

• Innovations should have the potential to scale across the NHS

• Applicants must be able to demonstrate clear benefits to patients, healthcare professionals or the wider health system

• Innovations should address a significant healthcare challenge

• Applicants need to be committed to actively participating in the Fellowship and wider NIA community

Applicants are encouraged to complete the programme's Readiness Check before submitting their full application to make sure their innovation is at the appropriate stage.

Deadline: 27 September 2026 at 11:59pm UK time.