Does RfPB exclude paying for research that involves a commercial company?
RfPB will not pay research costs to a commercial company if that company would obtain financial benefit from the research. RfPB may pay research costs to a commercial company only if there is no financial benefit and if the company has a track record in non-commercial NHS research. We would expect any resulting intellectual property from the research to be vested in the NHS. If you feel you can make a case to apply to RfPB that addresses these issues then we would encourage you to put forward an application.
