Health Innovation Challenge Fund takes a long-term view
9 June 2010
This third call focuses on chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, arthritis, heart failure and dementia that at present can only be controlled not cured.
A greater shift towards self-monitoring and self-management, facilitated by medical devices and systems available today, could help. The Health Innovation Challenge Fund will look to support projects offering practical solutions to improving health by monitoring chronic illnesses in the home and in remote settings.
The deadline for preliminary applications is 1 October 2010.
The Health Innovation Challenge Fund (HICF) is a £100 million, five-year parallel funding partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health. The funders are collaborating to stimulate the creation of innovative healthcare products, technologies and interventions, and facilitate their development for the benefit of patients in the NHS and beyond. The HICF will have a succession of thematic calls for proposals, each selected to focus on unmet needs in healthcare relevant to the NHS.
