DIGITAL HEALTH INITIATIVE SEED GRANTS
The Digital Health Initiative is pleased to announce its Inspiring Digital Health Innovations Seed Grant Program. These grants seek to build upon existing strengths in digital health at UUH and develop the preliminary data and research collaborations required for developing competitive grant applications and/or commercialization opportunities.
2026 SEED GRANTS
The Digital Health Initiative is thrilled to announce the fourth round of Digital Health Innovations seed grant program aimed at catalyzing new collaborations and innovative research in digital health. Pilot awards will be supported up to $50,000 with a potential additional $25,000 for projects that engage the Software Development & Systems Design Core (SD2C) as a development partner.
Applications will be due on March 16th, 2026 at 11:59 PM MST via InfoReady: https://utah.infoready4.com/#freeformCompetitionDetail/1999558
We invite applications that build upon University of Utah Health’s existing strengths in digital health and generate preliminary data and/or collaborations that position teams for competitive external funding or commercialization.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Development and investigation of new digital health tools addressing needs of clinicians, patients, and populations
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Use of digital health tools to facilitate personalized, value-driven, patient-centered care
Integration of patient-generated health data with clinical data to improve outcomes
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Novel applications of gaming techniques to critical digital health research questions
Note: Projects involving applications of AI or data science components (such as the development of prediction models or data interoperability with existing systems or devices) may be considered only if at least one of the proposal’s specific aims involves design and/or evaluation of the technology by clinical end users (e.g. user-testing or pilot implementation with clinicians or patients)
Eligibility
- PIs must not have received seed grant or recruitment funds from the DHI within the past three funding cycles (i.e. since July 2023)
- Only one research proposal per principal investigator (PI) will be reviewed
- All PIs must be at least 0.75 FTE tenure-track faculty or clinical/research-track faculty at the University of Utah
We look forward to your applications! If you have any questions, please click here to review the full request for proposals on InfoReady or contact Dr. Emily Post at emily.r.post@hsc.utah.edu to learn more.
2022 SEED GRANTS
Seven University of Utah Health projects have received seed grants that could promote the development and use of more scientifically based digital health applications in daily health care.
The seed grant projects will receive up to $50,000 for one year. The researchers will develop, test, and evaluate digital applications that fall within one of the four main areas of interest within the DHI:
- Mobile apps and games for health
- Virtual reality and sensors
- Clinical decision support tools
- Integration with electronic health records (EHR)
