Funding Opportunities Expanding the Boundaries of Health Informatics using AI (HIAI 14): Making Personalized and Participatory Medicine A Reality Saturday November 15 th
US Government Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Small business lead, can partner w/ research institute(s) Funds early stage small businesses that are seeking to commercialize innovative technologies Three phases: Feasibility and Proof of Concept, Research/Research and Development, Commercialization Small Business Technology TRansfer (STTR) Small business or research institute lead, must partner w/ research institute(s) Three phases: Feasibility and Proof of Concept, Research/Research and Development, Commercialization Grants Small business or research institute lead, no explicit commercialization focus Typically a multi-year single award
US Government (SBIR/STTR) NIH SBIRs (broad topics, most likely place is NCI): http://sbir.nih.gov/funding#omni-sbir NSF SBIRs (specifically the Smart Health (SH) and Biomedical (BM) Technologies topic) : http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/topicshome.jsp Exploratory Projects (EXP): One or more investigators spanning 1 to 3 years Integrative Projects (INT): Multi-disciplinary teams spanning 1 to 4 years DoD SBIRs (specific topics, come out 3x per year, but Defense Health Programs is only in the first round of topics each FY): http://www.dodsbir.net/solicitation/ US Army Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
US Government (Grants) Army Material Research & Medical Command (MRMC) - BAA for Extramural Medical Research (W81XWH-BAA-15-1): https://www.fbo.gov/spg/usa/usamraa/damd17/w81xwhbaa151/ listing.html FDA - Advancing Regulatory Science BAA (FDABAA-14-00120) : https://www.fbo.gov/spg/hhs/fda/dcasc/fdabaa-14-00120/listing.html Veterans Health Administration : http://www.research.va.gov/funding/ VA Research is intramural, meaning only VA employees can conduct research under VA's sponsorship. Typically, VA researchers collaborate with academic institutions. DARPA (specifically Biological Technologies Office) DHSS (specifically Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
US Industry Insurance companies Allina health United Health group (Optum Labs) Major hospital systems Ascension Health Kaiser-Permanente Cedars-Sinai Mayo Clinic
Canada Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) ehealth Innovations: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/47342.html ehealth Innovations Partnership Program: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/48614.html Canada Health Infoway: https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/
Canada ehealth Ontario: http://www.ehealthontario.on.ca/en/ Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC): http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/professors- Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CHRP-PRCS_eng.asp Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) is a joint initiative between NSERC and the CIHR
European Funding Horizon 2020 Bi-national grants German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development: http://www.gif.org.il/ United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation: http://www.bsf.org.il/
Horizon 2020 The biggest EU Research and Innovation program Planned for years 2014-2020 Budget of 80 billion (15 billion in 2014/15) 12 areas covering a very wide scope of issues and challenges Personalizing health and care Smart cities and communities Sustainable food security
Calls for Proposals in 2015 Open until April 21, 2015 Budget: 104.5 million Single stage evaluation Call website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/ desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020- phc-2015-single-stage.html
Who can apply? A consortium of 3+ organizations from different countries Member states of EU Associated countries (Israel, Turkey, Norway, ) In addition to these three partners, any legal entity from anywhere in the world can participate Organization Any natural or legal person (company, university, research organization etc.) Must possess the operational and financial viability to carry out the research tasks it proposes
Calls for Proposals in 2015 PHC-21-2015: Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: Early risk detection and intervention PHC-25-2015: Advanced ICT systems and services for integrated care PHC-27-2015: Self-management of health and disease and patient empowerment supported by ICT PHC-28-2015: Self-management of health and disease and decision support systems based on predictive computer modelling used by the patient him or herself PHC-29-2015: Public procurement of innovative ehealth services PHC-30-2015: Digital representation of health data to improve disease diagnosis and treatment