Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme
Overview
Innovate UK’s £20 million Mindset programme is helping to catalyse the growth of immersive digital mental health solutions in the UK. By funding projects that develop therapeutic interventions, Mindset is establishing a supportive ecosystem to facilitate the market entry of these innovations.
Through fostering collaboration between the immersive technology sector and mental health providers, Mindset aims to accelerate treatment by leveraging immersive digital therapies to offer faster and more accessible support for individuals with mental health concerns.
These projects are shining examples of how innovation can transform people’s quality of life, by helping those with severe mental health conditions take on everyday tasks that can otherwise feel impossible.
Lord Patrick Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
The Innovate UK’s Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme
As part of the overall Mindset Programme, the HIN South London is working with Innovate UK to help Mindset projects develop their innovation toward market readiness.
Together, we aim to facilitate the broader adoption of immersive digital mental health therapeutics alongside traditional approaches to care.
The Mindset-XR Innovator Support Programme assists both large-scale industrial research and smaller feasibility projects by:
- Creating a networking and information sharing platform for potential collaborators.
- Providing advice and expert support to existing and future competition applicants.
- Delivering a programme of outreach and engagement activities to cover the whole of the UK, including the devolved administrations.
- Facilitating knowledge exchange and providing tailored support for Mindset projects.
- Delivering a learning package on a range of topics that address key challenges and barriers to innovation development and adoption.
- Creating the conditions for change through industry-wide and health system-wide roundtables.
We are currently providing support to innovators, from Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3 of the programme, assisting them through feasibility testing and the journey toward commercialisation.
Meet the team
We have assembled a talented team to drive the Mindset-XR Innovator Support Programme.
The power of collaboration
The Innovate UK Mindset-XR Innovator Support Programme draws on the expertise of several organisations in mental health across the UK.
This collaboration enables UK-wide reach and combines complementary expertise in digital therapeutics, service user engagement, clinical research design, and regulation.
These diverse skills are essential in tackling the challenges associated with integrating immersive technology into the healthcare system and society.
Meet our delivery partners
We have assembled a talented group of delivery partners to drive the Mindset-XR Innovator Support Programme.
Meet the team
We have assembled a talented team to drive the Mindset-XR Innovator Support Programme.
Meet our delivery partners
We have assembled a talented group of delivery partners to drive the Mindset-XR Innovator Support Programme.
Resources
Introducing our Mindset companies
Events
We’re very excited to announce that a series of Mindset-XR Innovator Support roadshows will be taking place later in 2026. From September to November we’ll be visiting Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds, and London.
Look out for more details of these free to attend events in forthcoming issues of the Mindset-XR Innovator Support newsletter!
Roadshow event resources
Find a range of resources from our roadshow events in 2024 and roadshow events in 2025.
Case studies
Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme Advisory Board members
Access the bios of our Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme Advisory Board members.
Get in touch
For more information about Innovate UK’s Mindset-XR Innovation Support programme, please get in touch.
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