Funding for children's health innovations

Funding is available for healthcare innovations

As part of the Women's & Children's Health Innovation Portfolio, the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office and partners are funding two new innovation challenges:

Near-patient Bilirubin Testing to enable Neonatal Care at Home

This open innovation challenge provides an opportunity for organisations, working in partnership with regional Innovation Hubs to develop disruptive innovative solutions that focus on the monitoring of jaundiced newborns at home. These solutions will focus on near-patient bilirubin testing to develop innovative care pathways and enable family centred care at home for babies who do not require to be in hospital.

Find out more about this competition.

Potential applicants can find out more about the Near-patient Bilirubin Testing to enable Neonatal Care at Home challenge at a briefing event on 25 October 2023.

Children and Young People Remote Asthma Management Challenge

The aim of this competition is to provide an opportunity for organisations working in partnership with NHS Scotland, to develop disruptive innovative solutions. These solutions will focus on the pro-active target management and prediction of asthma attacks in young people with asthma. Applicants can apply for a share of £210,000, inclusive of VAT over the two phases of this competition.

Find out more about this competition.

Potential applicants can find out more about the Children and Young People Remote Asthma Management challenge at a briefing event on 1 November 2023.

Both of these Small Business Research Initiative competitions are open for applications on the Public Contracts Scotland website until 11am on 13 December 2023. 

First published 19 October 2023