The centre was formed as the result of a prestigious EU Horizon 2020 TEAMING grant between UCL and a consortium of Portuguese Universities led by Prof Rui L. Reis at 3B´s Research Group of the University of Minho. The total value of the EU H2020 grant is €15M, of which UCL have been awarded €5.1M as part of the scheme. Portuguese partners will leverage additional national funding to an impressive total of around €100M over the 7 years of the grant. A key overarching focus for the TEAMING award will be to capture and accelerate clinical, innovation and enterprise activities. The research focus for our group in this context is on novel nanomedicines and biomaterials