<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/9C1CFAB2-172E-49F5-8DCE-234C094A9DAC" ns1:id="9C1CFAB2-172E-49F5-8DCE-234C094A9DAC"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/BA556164-4D0F-476F-BDC7-BC7DAFC22EB7" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/07CCFFBF-8DD1-4F22-B849-31C603A3DDE8" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/07CCFFBF-8DD1-4F22-B849-31C603A3DDE8" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2024-11-30T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/12C9028D-48E7-4603-94BE-F11A7F589955" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2023-12-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10089797</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Performance Protection</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Investment Accelerator</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Rezon is revolutionising performance in sport through brain protection. Backed by world-leading expertise and technology, Rezon has created Halos(r), a ground-breaking headband offering athletes unparalleled brain protection. It's the only CE-marked brain protection headwear in sport, minimising the life-changing risks of concussions and early-onset dementia.

Halos(r) is going beyond protection and into brain injury detection. By incorporating electroencephalogram (EEG) nanotechnology into Halos(r) to:

* comfortably and accurately measure, interpret, and report electrical brain activity to aid the detection of elevated risk of brain injury.
* monitor rotational forces to the brain, flag up unnoticed and undetected sub-concussions and alert when 'safe' thresholds on rotational forces are breached.
* give players at all ages and levels across all sports on-demand access to their own cognitive data, in virtually any setting and provide clinical-grade data within seconds.

Rezon is not just a business, but a symbol of a pioneering ethos that is transforming sports safety. We sit at the nexus of scientific accuracy, commercial pragmatism, and holistic safety, innovating ways to protect and monitor brain health in sports.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>