Lincolnshire Research

An overview of the breadth of research and innovation that is taking place in Lincolnshire.

Lincolnshire Research & Innovation Conference 2025

On 14th May 2025, the ICB R&I Hub held its first ever Lincolnshire Research & Innovation Conference.

The aim of the day was to celebrate Lincolnshire’s successes as well as outlining our ambition for the future. By 2029 we want to be a leading health and care system for rural and coastal Research & Innovation in the UK.

The day featured local and national keynote speakers, a Q&A panel and presentations from poster contest winners on their findings. Please see the agenda.

Poster Competition

The competition invited Researchers & Innovators from across Lincolnshire to submit posters on their contributions to the field.

The winners from each category were:

  • Early-Career Researcher – Victoria Fallow-Green
  • Mid-Career Researcher – Niloofar Amirian
  • Advanced Researcher – Dr Muhammad Usman Shah
  • Innovation – Meredith Donaldson

To explore the diverse range of Research & Innovation being carried out in Lincolnshire, please visit Lincolnshire Research & Innovation Poster Competition page, where all poster submissions have been uploaded.

With thanks to our local and national partners who helped make the event a success.

Feedback:

  • Lincolnshire Research & Innovation Conference 2025 Feedback
    • Conference rating: 4.38/5
    • Likelihood of recommending to others: 8.59/10

    Comments/What attendees said about the event:

    Q: What did you like the most about the event?

    “You have a great knack of attracting some incredible keynote speakers. I enjoyed the range of talks - from the great and glorious to the newly emerging early career.”

    “The very knowledgeable and passionate speakers”

    “The presenters - collectively they provided a real insight into what is happening locally and blew me away with the variety of research that is being undertaken to improve lives and communities.”

    “The exposure to what is happening around the county and in other disciplines that I wouldn't ordinarily cross paths with.”

    “The learning I gained from attending on different aspects of research.”

    “That there was a very good mix of audience; ICB, clinical and academic. This has not been common in the event's I've been too with the same aim/title.”

    Attendees takeaway message from the conference:

    “Never too late to start getting into research.”

    “Great research can be done with collaboration between different healthcare providers in a region.”

    “So much research and innovation is occurring in Lincolnshire. Research is for everyone. Always have a curious mind.”

    “Research is key to improvement.”

    “Lincolnshire is extremely research active but more than that, we have a breadth as well as depth of research interests that we should shout loudly about and encourage more national funders to think of us as a hotbed of research when they are looking to recruit study sites or offering research funding opportunities.”

    “Research is for everybody - the variety of posters and presentations showed this isn't just for the academics!”

    “There is a lot of research happening at Lincolnshire with aims to become a leader on coastal and rural health by 2029. Excellent to see the amount of collaboration between researchers and practitioners and charities and Lincoln as a whole. Everyone is working together to make Lincoln better.”