Deadline: 6-May-22
Applications are now open for the Gelia Castillo Award for Research on Social Innovations in Health (GCARSIH) to recognize the outstanding social innovations that address persistent, societal and health systems challenges.
Through the innovators’ experience, they can better understand why and how social innovations create impact, and discover the keys to scale up or integrate these effective interventions into the larger health system.
For the purposes of this Award, social innovations in health (SIH) are defined as new solutions (product, services, models, market mechanisms, processes) created by multi-sectorial health system actors. The solutions must address a health need more effectively than existing approaches, and have the ability to enhance people’s capacity to act and take ownership of their own health. Social innovations have health-system changing potential as it changes and strengthens relationships between people and results in a more effective use of available resources.
This Award is open to ongoing social innovations in health developed by Filipinos for the Filipinos. The entry must be implemented in the Philippines.
Prize Details
The top innovations in health will receive:
- Cash prize
- Eligibility for a research and development grant
- Training and mentoring package
Eligibility Criteria
- The Award is open to all individuals, groups and institutions that have successfully developed and implemented social innovations in health in the Philippines. Participating institutions may be:
- Public or private
- Members of the consortium
- Scientific, technological and professional societies or associations
- Research institutes
- Universities and colleges
- Others
- The submitted social innovations in health will be considered for shortlisting based on the following eligibility criteria:
- Developed by Filipino/s.
- Implemented in the Philippines for at least one (1) year
- Based on an identified priority health need of a community or geographical context.
- Complete submission entry form (that has enough information for a fair review) submitted within the set deadline.
For more information, visit https://www.pchrd.dost.gov.ph/news_and_updates/call-for-applications-the-gelia-castillo-award-for-research-on-social-innovations-in-health/