Application Deadline: May 31st, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 AfOx Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scheme. A multi-disciplinary platform, the AfOx-HIP will support African innovators develop new solutions to Africa’s health challenges. AfOx-HIP is open to work in any scientific discipline, including outside life sciences and engineeringsciences, and any type of technology leading to the creation of solutions towards disease prevention,diagnosis, management and treatment. Examples of technologies include: Therapeutics Vaccines Devices Digital technologies Diagnostics Applications are open to all areas relevant to Africa’s health challenges. Solutions should demonstratestrong potential for health systems strengthening, and particularly, significant improvement inhealthcare equity and access.
Requirements
AfOx-HIP is open to work with any type of technology and in any discipline, including outside life sciences and engineering sciences, to create solutions for disease prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment. This includes vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices, therapeutics and surgical devices.
Solutions with high impact potential that offer opportunities for transformative health delivery in Africa will be prioritised. We especially encourage solutions aimed at:
- reducing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases amongst African populations
- optimising diagnostic and prognostic tests for African contexts
- novel diagnostic tools to increase resilience to endemic diseases
- preventing, diagnosing or treating zoonotic diseases
Benefits
- In each cohort, up to 50 successful applicants benefit from a relevant and robust teaching course on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health for Africa. The training including systems thinking, making financial projections, writing and delivering a pitch, and navigating intellectual property and regulatory hurdles.
- The training is delivered through a series of web-based sessions over 16 weeks. The self-paced interactive programme and weekly workshops requires 8–10 hours/week in total. The programme is designed for optimal accessibility and ease of use for busy innovator-entrepreneurs.
- Personalised mentorship and support is provided to help fellows develop their ventures.
- The programme integrates the use of virtual workrooms for small group engagement and co-creation, so the whole cohort of African innovators learns together, creating an interactive network of peers.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the AfOx Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scheme.
