DIHI Annual Request for Applications (Innovation Projects)
Funds Duke faculty, staff, students and trainees $25,000 to $60,000 a year to pilot practical healthcare innovation projects inside Duke's clinical enterprise.
DIHI doesn't just open a form and wait — before the deadline, the DIHI team makes itself available to help applicants refine early ideas, check alignment with the year's focus areas, identify the right operational partners, and strengthen the path from concept to measurable impact. Every proposal still needs a DUHS operational lead attached as a co-sponsor before it can be reviewed at all, and up …
This year's cycle funds bold, practical, scalable ideas that address high-priority challenges across Duke's clinical enterprise, with priority given to AI-powered virtual care platforms, automation and workflow redesign, and sustainable patient-facing AI solutions. Past cycles funded a broad range of clinical AI, automation and care-delivery projects, with DIHI setting a new thematic focus each year.
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