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Digital Health Pitch Competition

The Center for Digital Health, in partnership with the Injury Control COBRE, invites Brown University and Health faculty, postdocs, residents, and graduate students to refine their pitches for innovative digital health solutions to address pressing public health challenges. This initiative is part of the Innovation Showcase, an event highlighting groundbreaking research and solutions across various fields.

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Digital Health Pitch Competition

The Center for Digital Health, in partnership with the Injury Control COBRE, invites Brown University and Health faculty, postdocs, residents, and graduate students to refine their pitches for innovative digital health solutions to address pressing public health challenges. This initiative is part of the Innovation Showcase, an event highlighting groundbreaking research and solutions across various fields.

The Brown University Center for Digital Health (CDH) and Injury Control COBRE invite Brown University and Lifespan faculty, postdocs, residents, and graduate students to participate in the Digital Health Pitch Competition. This program offers up to $25,000 in seed funding to interdisciplinary teams designing innovative digital health solutions to address population/public health challenges.

Participants will have the opportunity to network with other innovators and entrepreneurs in the Brown-Brown University Health ecosystem, workshop their ideas with community experts, and pitch their innovations to a panel of esteemed judges.

Innovations appropriate for this competition include digital applications and platforms focused on improving population health, public health, and/or health care delivery, with an emphasis on health equity. Priority will be given to innovations that demonstrate the intention to pursue further external development and dissemination (e.g., commercialization, grant funding, dissemination with non-profits, etc.).

Important Dates

Interest Form Due

Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
Thank you to everyone who participated. The interest form is now closed.

Innovation Mentorship Workshops

July 22, 2024
The mentor sessions took place on this date. Thank you to everyone who participated and made the event a success.

Pitch Application

August 1st, 2024–August 28th, 2024
The application is now open and will close on August 16th. Notifications of acceptance or rejection will be sent out on August 28th.

Network Event

July 30th, 2024
Thank you to everyone who participated and made the event a success.

Digital Health Pitch Competition

Thursday, September 26th, 2024
The Center for Digital Health and Injury Control invites Brown and Lifespan affiliates to refine pitches for digital health solutions as part of the Innovation Showcase, highlighting groundbreaking research.

2024 Pitch Competition

Discover the winners, finalists, and judges of the 2024 Digital Health Pitch Competition by visiting our page.

2022 Pitch Competition

Discover the winners, finalists, and judges of the 2022 Digital Health Pitch Competition by visiting our page.

About the Digital Health Pitch Competition

Looking to fund your next innovative idea? See the details below to find out if you're eligible to apply.

Eligibility Requirements

A team of up to five individuals eligible for the Digital Health Pitch Competition must be led by either a Brown University junior faculty member, postdoctoral graduate, or graduate student (including medical students), or a Brown University Health resident physician, fellow, or relevant clinician with a co-appointment at Brown University. Teams must also include representatives from at least two different schools or departments. Teams can consist of one individual or up to five members.

All interested parties are welcome to submit an interest form. Applicants for the final pitch competition must have team members affiliated with Brown University and/or Brown University Health. Priority will be given to teams led by junior investigators, medical students, graduate students, residents, fellows, and clinical staff at Brown University Health who are new to research and/or digital health.

Please note that pitches will be public. Teams should ensure their pitches are non-confidential. If there are any concerns, please contact Melissa Simon.

Innovation Details

  • We seek innovative digital applications or platforms to improve population health, public health, and/or health care delivery.
    • Digital applications or platforms include social media, text messages, remote monitoring, wearables, integration of predictive analytics into behavior change interventions, and other novel digital techniques for monitoring, early signal detection, prevention, and intervention to identify, prevent, or treat public health epidemics.
    • We are not looking for medical devices or medical technology innovations (e.g., catheters, examination instruments, surgical instruments, physical therapy aids, etc.)
  • All proposed innovations must prioritize meeting the needs of underserved populations or health care delivery systems and providers, with a strong emphasis on health equity.
  • Priority will be given to innovations that demonstrate the intention to pursue further external development and dissemination (e.g., commercialization, grant-funded research, dissemination with non-profits, etc.)

Judging Criteria

Applications will be evaluated by a panel of subject matter experts selected by the Brown University Center for Digital Health. Judges will assess the following:

  • Unmet Need - How does the proposed solution address the public health challenge?
  • Impact - What is the scope of impact the proposed solution offers?
  • Health Equity - How does the innovation prioritize health equity?
  • Feasibility & Sustainability - What is the feasibility of development and implementation into the marketplace or healthcare ecosystem?

Pitch Prize

From the final pitches, the winning team(s) will be awarded the following prizes:

  • Financial award of up to $25,000 in seed funding, which can be used in flexible ways to accelerate the success of their ideas, innovations, and commercialization objectives.  Funds will be set up as a grant award and distributed to the team's department within Brown or Brown University Health. If there are multiple affiliations within one team, the team must select which department will receive the award.
  • Ongoing mentorship from CDH Leadership Faculty and/or Advisory Board members who will provide a minimum of quarterly check-ins for one calendar year following the pitch.
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