It has £180,000 available for the research and is inviting applications from UK businesses and researchers.
The projects must underpin and support Coeliac UK’s ‘top ten’ research priorities, such as enhancing the quality of staple gluten free food.
Hilary Croft, CEO of Coeliac UK said: “We want to change the course of coeliac disease treatment through improved diagnostics, technology and food innovations that truly bridge the gap between people, health professionals and products.
“Research has the power to do this and by combining forces with Innovate UK and industry, our charity demonstrates its unwavering commitment to the UK’s growing gluten free community.”
Coeliac disease is a condition where the body’s immune system reacts to gluten found in food, making the body attack itself, affecting more than 65,000 people in the UK .
Kathryn Miller, innovation lead for food and nutrition at Innovate UK, said: “It’s fantastic to be working with charities such as Coeliac UK to promote innovations that will have a real, positive impact on people’s lives.
“Innovate UK has long supported businesses innovating in the areas of healthcare diagnostics, digital support and enhancing nutritional quality of foods, themes already supported through joint Coeliac UK / Innovate UK funding awarded earlier this year.”
Earlier this year £750,000 was committed to research projects based in Birmingham, Newcastle and Edinburgh from the first joint research call.
This research enabled the introduction of a new test to provide a less invasive method of diagnosing coeliac disease that may not rely on someone having to eat ongoing amounts of gluten if they have adopted a gluten free diet.
Total project costs for the second call can range from £50,000 to £250,000 and researchers and businesses can jointly apply for a share of the funding up to the maximum £180,000 available.
Applicants can find out more at: www.coeliac.org.uk/innovateuk and must apply by the closing date of 16 September 2019.