[ Women in Global Health & Novartis Foundation | #BuildBackBetter Start-Up Digital Innovation and AI Challenge ]

Event details
Date | 09.10.2020 |
Category | Call for proposal |
Women in Global Health and the Novartis Foundation are hosting the #BuildBackBetter Start-Up Digital Innovation and AI Challenge.
The winners of the challenge will be announced during an event in mid-November. They will be awarded $10,000 and the runners-up will receive $5,000 to develop their innovation further. Both the winner and the runner up will receive guidance from an innovation mentor. These mentors will be assigned by Women in Global Health.
As the world learns to live with the coronavirus, the #BuildBackBetter Start-Up Digital Innovation and AI Challenge will offer a platform for women-led start-ups to advance both gender equity in health security and systems, with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Specifically, the Challenge will identify innovative digital and AI solutions addressing health security during COVID-19 and future health emergencies with the potential to:
(a) increase the number of women as creators of digital health and AI solutions
(b) increase the number of women as leaders of digital health and AI companies and initiatives
(c) ensure that that digital health solutions enable health systems to meet the health needs of all genders
Deadline: October 9, 2020
For further information and application, have a look at the call webpage.
The winners of the challenge will be announced during an event in mid-November. They will be awarded $10,000 and the runners-up will receive $5,000 to develop their innovation further. Both the winner and the runner up will receive guidance from an innovation mentor. These mentors will be assigned by Women in Global Health.
As the world learns to live with the coronavirus, the #BuildBackBetter Start-Up Digital Innovation and AI Challenge will offer a platform for women-led start-ups to advance both gender equity in health security and systems, with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Specifically, the Challenge will identify innovative digital and AI solutions addressing health security during COVID-19 and future health emergencies with the potential to:
(a) increase the number of women as creators of digital health and AI solutions
(b) increase the number of women as leaders of digital health and AI companies and initiatives
(c) ensure that that digital health solutions enable health systems to meet the health needs of all genders
Deadline: October 9, 2020
For further information and application, have a look at the call webpage.
Practical information
- General public
- Free