Apply for Digital Health Technology Catalyst Round 3: Feasibility Studies

Deadline: 31 October 2018

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million to speed up development of commercial digital health solutions.

The Digital Health Technology Catalyst (DHTC) is a £35 million fund, being run over 4 years. It is part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

The DHTC is a core element of the government’s plans to implement the Accelerated Access Review (AAR). It aims to address some of the challenges that the review identified around the development of digital health innovations, and to help grow the digital health sector.

Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, is to invest up to £1 million in feasibility studies that can potentially develop new digital technology solutions to healthcare challenges.

Themes

immersive: virtual and augmented reality
intelligent: artificial intelligence and machine learning
connected: use of sensors, internet of things (IoT), networks
data driven: informatics, data analytics and process

Funding Information

Feasibility studies’ total eligible project costs can be between £50,000 and £75,000.
All projects must start by 1 April 2019 and can last up to 12 months.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding applicants project must:
- be led by a UK based SME working alone or in collaboration with others
- carry out its project work in the UK
- Collaborative project partners can include:
- NHS organisations
- businesses of any size
- universities
- research and technology organisations (RTOs)
- public sector organisations
- charities
Any one business can be involved in up to 3 applications to this competition, but can only be the lead partner in one application.