MediWales Innovation Awards 2025 – Applications now open!

Applications are now open for the twentieth annual MediWales Innovation Awards.

Supported by Welsh Government, Health and Care Research Wales and NHS Wales, the MediWales Innovation Awards are regional awards, as part of the wider Medilink UK network. The awards recognise Welsh health professionals, clinicians, or health boards that have partnered with industry to deliver a project or developed a collaboration with a particular focus on health or social care research. Projects should have a positive impact on the health, wellbeing, and prosperity of the people in Wales.

The 2025 award categories are:

Industry Awards

• Innovation
• Start-Up
• Partnership with the NHS
• Export
• Outstanding achievement

Health Awards

• Health and Social Care – Industry Collaboration
• Technology and Digital Impact
• Scaling Up Innovation and Transformation
• Social Care Innovation
• Health and Social Care Research Partnership with Industry

Award winners will be announced in a ceremony on 4 December at the Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff, which is set to be a fabulous evening celebrating the amazing achievements of the Life Science sector in Wales.

Each of the Industry Award winners will automatically be entered in the Medilink UK National Competition.

Applications are open from 1 September to 10 October 2025.