Wanted: Calif. health IT innovators
A consortium of California health organizations have made a call for entries for the Southern California Healthcare Technology Acceleration Program.
The program is intended to accelerate the commercialization of novel healthcare technologies and applications developed by faculty and graduate student researchers within research institutes and universities in Southern California.
The regional program will identify and support the development of early-stage technologies toward commercially viable products or services that can significantly lower (> 30 percent) the cost of healthcare delivery in California.
The consortium includes the von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, in partnership with the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Booz Allen Hamilton and the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego.
Innovators developing non-pharmaceutical therapies, medical diagnostics and devices, as well as healthcare delivery innovations such as software and services are encouraged to apply. Some of the areas of interest are:
Twelve to 15 projects will be selected. Principal investigators will be invited to complete a full proposal funding application and to present their projects to a review panel of external experts in June.
Three or four projects will be selected from this group to receive up to $100,000 for use in the advancement of prototype development and testing, conducting proof-of-concept studies and potentially for additional market research.
The deadline for Statement of Intent applications is 4:30 pm PST April 29.
See the center's website for more information.
The program is intended to accelerate the commercialization of novel healthcare technologies and applications developed by faculty and graduate student researchers within research institutes and universities in Southern California.
The regional program will identify and support the development of early-stage technologies toward commercially viable products or services that can significantly lower (> 30 percent) the cost of healthcare delivery in California.
The consortium includes the von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, in partnership with the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Booz Allen Hamilton and the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego.
Innovators developing non-pharmaceutical therapies, medical diagnostics and devices, as well as healthcare delivery innovations such as software and services are encouraged to apply. Some of the areas of interest are:
- Chronic disease management at home
- Technologies that provide less expensive diagnostic tests and/or less invasive procedures
- Telehealth services
- Scalable retail diagnosis and care concepts
Twelve to 15 projects will be selected. Principal investigators will be invited to complete a full proposal funding application and to present their projects to a review panel of external experts in June.
Three or four projects will be selected from this group to receive up to $100,000 for use in the advancement of prototype development and testing, conducting proof-of-concept studies and potentially for additional market research.
The deadline for Statement of Intent applications is 4:30 pm PST April 29.
See the center's website for more information.