Recognition & Traction

Validated before a single device has shipped

ISARS has earned recognition from enterprise competitions, accelerators, and leading academic researchers — entirely on the strength of our AI results and technical approach.

2026

Catalyst Programme

Selected for the 18-week deep-technology accelerator at Southampton Science Park. Zero equity taken. Dedicated mentorship, facilities access, and introductions to the regional investor network.

2026

Champions of Champions

Nominated to compete at the national Champions of Champions competition, November 2026 — representing our accelerator cohort against ventures from across the UK.

2025–26

Enterprise Forum — 3rd Place

Placed third at the Enterprise and Social Business Forum (ESBF), competing against venture teams from a competitive cohort of student-led enterprises.

2025–26

Enterprise Fund Award

Awarded a competitive grant following rigorous assessment by an enterprise panel to support prototype development and hardware procurement.

2025–26

Oxford Research Collaboration

Collaboration with Dr Marianne Sinka, a leading malaria vector researcher, whose acoustic dataset forms the backbone of our AI training corpus.

2025–26

Camsoton NGO Partnership

Formal partnership with Camsoton NGO, providing direct community access in malaria-endemic regions for field deployment and real-world efficacy testing.

Development Status

Phase 1 — AI Model Training

Complete

Detection and classification models trained on 433,851 samples. All five candidate models verified running in real time on Raspberry Pi 5 edge hardware. Acoustic output chain fully integrated and tested.

Phase 2 — Acoustic Chamber Testing

In Progress

Controlled experiments with live Anopheles mosquitoes in an acoustic chamber. Objective: quantify repulsion efficacy and generate publishable results.

Research Collaborations & Partners

Built on credible domain relationships

Dr Marianne Sinka

Research Collaborator

One of the world's leading malaria vector researchers and co-creator of the HumBugDB acoustic dataset, which forms the backbone of our AI training corpus. ISARS is in discussion with Dr Sinka regarding acoustic chamber access to support Phase 2 trials.

Camsoton NGO

Field Deployment Partner

Charitable organisation with established presence in malaria-endemic communities, providing the on-the-ground access required for real-world field trials and community-level impact measurement.